Taking pictures of moving fish?????

[Eallclass]

Like others have said, if you need to use a flash.. you want one that is either
A.) Adjustable such that you can point it up or to the side so it bounces onto the fish.

or
B.) remote flashes that will trigger from a different location such that it wont bounce back into the camera.

basically, you want all your flash aimed to the fish.. not into a reflective surface and back at the camera =P

I find it better to cut the lights to the room you are in.. and then super beef up the tank lights to get awesome pictures.

 

[ukfisheeper]

great advice guys but you make it sound so easy! haven't had much luck photographing my tank. oh well..... practice makes perfect lol

 

[CichlidsRool]

I am far from an expert but here is what I do. I use three remote flashes on top of the tank. My primary flash is a Canon 430EX II and I have a Gary Fong diffuser on it so that the light is not to intense. That flash goes above the center of my tank. I use a Cactus remote trigger for that flash. I also use two Quantaray ms-1 slave flashes, one on the top of each end of the tank. I point those down and towards the center of the tank.

I typically use an ISO of around 100 - 200, exposure time 1/250, and aperature f/5.6. I am shooting with a Canon 50D with a Canon 100mm 2.8 macro lens.

Here are a few samples.

bro i hate you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i wish can take pictures like that !!!!p.s these pictures are sweeeeeet!

 

[congofeet]

Sometimes for pesky fish that do not slow down...ever, I will just film them using my camera, upload the film to my pc, slow down the video until the fish are just like I like, then take a screen capture and crop it. It does not work well if you want to blow the picture up huge, but for smaller pictures I think it works well.

 

[ceejayt2k]

These are some great photos

 

[sunny14]

SO HOW IS IT? WAS READING, THOUGHT I'D JUMP IN/ EXACTLY HOW DO YOU PREVENT THE FLASH FROM REFLECTING OFF THE GLASS DURING PHOTOGRAPHY??

 

[HexHammer]

Have "flash-parasols" or just some strong light in a broad angle away from your lens.

 

[flowerwana]

nice ^_^

 

[Alhazred]

Yea i posted after reading the first page with out reading the rest and my comment was already put forth very well Great pictures lowcel.


***so i have removed the comment***

 

[Koji]

Shutter speed is a must for moving object. Flash will give you a more detailed picture. But the only problem is how you wanna shoot and where to avoid the burn mark.

Using a flash diffuser and a lens hood can help a lot in picture taking with flash.

Just some pictures I took with flash (build in)

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