I was working with the Macro and the Fisheye lens this weekend. Some odd, some unusual, and some interesting effects.
Paratheraps zonatus...shot from below with the fisheye lens.
I have several tanks with Amphilophus hogaboomarum...planning on taking fish to the convention to distribute. I'm in the process of writing an article for TFH about macro photography and was using some of these to illustrate the technique. This is a straight up photo using the Nikkor 105mm VR Macro lens. All of the Hog fry in this tank are just over a quarter inch in length.
Using the 16mm Fisheye lens it gives you a little more depth...a lot more actually...of the tank full of fish. This is shot from the top of the tank down. You can see that the bottom of the tank has no gravel and a layer of algae. I used to be crazy about keeping the bottom of the tank clean...but found that the fry like to graze the algae. So now I leave it be.
This is shot from the bottom up. I like the effect. One of the things I did in photoshop was to duplicate the photo layer...then was able to transform the bottom edges to correct the aspect ratio...in essence, stretching the image at the bottom...to get the image you see here. I really like the outcome.
One of the Mylosoma durivente in the 300 gallon tank. A while back I picked up an additional half dozen from Jeff Rapps. I really like the fish. You can see the other Metynsis in the background.
Amphilophus nourisati in the 300 gallon tank...all of the Metynsis dither/targets in the background. I processed this photo in two ways. First the actual photo.
The photo was processed utilizing individual CMYK channels editing each individually with filters and masks. The effect is nice.
F0 H. labridens "Taninul Springs" also known as Blue Labridens. I still have a half dozen of these in a 300 gallon tank. All are around 9"
Final photos utilizing the Fish Eye lens. The F0 P. Managuense from Honduras are in the middle of their "down time" having just had a batch of fry. You can see that the effect is not as pronounced. This is due to the how the fish were situated in the lens and the distance from the lens to the front of the glass. Done right, a little of the fisheye give the image a more realistic look.
Also with the Fisheye lens.
Final shot. During this period of time the male will chase the female in circles in the tank. When it gets to be too much, she heads for her side of the tank. This shot just show the rally nice coloration on the male. The blue back isn't as pronounced as it was when the fish was a juvenile....or young adult. It's still there...and more prevalent when breeding.
Final shot of the Chuco intermedium. This photo was taken with a single flash unit placed on the far end of the tank utilizing a wide diffuser.
Paratheraps zonatus...shot from below with the fisheye lens.
I have several tanks with Amphilophus hogaboomarum...planning on taking fish to the convention to distribute. I'm in the process of writing an article for TFH about macro photography and was using some of these to illustrate the technique. This is a straight up photo using the Nikkor 105mm VR Macro lens. All of the Hog fry in this tank are just over a quarter inch in length.
Using the 16mm Fisheye lens it gives you a little more depth...a lot more actually...of the tank full of fish. This is shot from the top of the tank down. You can see that the bottom of the tank has no gravel and a layer of algae. I used to be crazy about keeping the bottom of the tank clean...but found that the fry like to graze the algae. So now I leave it be.
This is shot from the bottom up. I like the effect. One of the things I did in photoshop was to duplicate the photo layer...then was able to transform the bottom edges to correct the aspect ratio...in essence, stretching the image at the bottom...to get the image you see here. I really like the outcome.
One of the Mylosoma durivente in the 300 gallon tank. A while back I picked up an additional half dozen from Jeff Rapps. I really like the fish. You can see the other Metynsis in the background.
Amphilophus nourisati in the 300 gallon tank...all of the Metynsis dither/targets in the background. I processed this photo in two ways. First the actual photo.
The photo was processed utilizing individual CMYK channels editing each individually with filters and masks. The effect is nice.
F0 H. labridens "Taninul Springs" also known as Blue Labridens. I still have a half dozen of these in a 300 gallon tank. All are around 9"
Final photos utilizing the Fish Eye lens. The F0 P. Managuense from Honduras are in the middle of their "down time" having just had a batch of fry. You can see that the effect is not as pronounced. This is due to the how the fish were situated in the lens and the distance from the lens to the front of the glass. Done right, a little of the fisheye give the image a more realistic look.
Also with the Fisheye lens.
Final shot. During this period of time the male will chase the female in circles in the tank. When it gets to be too much, she heads for her side of the tank. This shot just show the rally nice coloration on the male. The blue back isn't as pronounced as it was when the fish was a juvenile....or young adult. It's still there...and more prevalent when breeding.
Final shot of the Chuco intermedium. This photo was taken with a single flash unit placed on the far end of the tank utilizing a wide diffuser.
