Once again...the Managuense are breeding. Instead of more of the same, I plan on doing a couple things this time around. For one I will take some sequential photos of this small cluster of eggs to see how they develop.
The female keeps fanning the eggs at this point. Almost of all of my photos (99%) are taken with a flash. With these I didn't use a flash, but put the camera on a tripod and exposed the image for about two seconds at F29...to show the movement of momma over the eggs.
I wanted to try something different...so instead of a standard flash, I used a "rear curtain" flash. Basically the flas goes off twice...once when the shutter opens and again just before it closes. The effect I wanted was a double image of the fish. This was relatively easy to manipulate the response...the timing on the other hand was a challenge. Here's some of the shots. I plan on some continued experimentation with this.
Comments are always welcomed.
Maybe the closest to the effect I was trying to achieve.
The female keeps fanning the eggs at this point. Almost of all of my photos (99%) are taken with a flash. With these I didn't use a flash, but put the camera on a tripod and exposed the image for about two seconds at F29...to show the movement of momma over the eggs.
I wanted to try something different...so instead of a standard flash, I used a "rear curtain" flash. Basically the flas goes off twice...once when the shutter opens and again just before it closes. The effect I wanted was a double image of the fish. This was relatively easy to manipulate the response...the timing on the other hand was a challenge. Here's some of the shots. I plan on some continued experimentation with this.
Comments are always welcomed.
Maybe the closest to the effect I was trying to achieve.
