I have a 10 gallon aquairum with guppies, some are very small. I dont know how best to take the pictures flash, no flash, close far away etc.. what are your tips?
2007-01-16 10:54:16 · 4 answers · asked by Jamie J 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
do have a tripod? you can get a table top tripod at Best Buy or any other store that sells electronics for $10. Or just find a way to stabalize the camera without you having to hold it.
Turn the flash OFF. If you have the flash on it will relect on the glass of the aquarium and look terrible.
You need a tripod because without the flash there will be less light. Less light means that the camera will take longer to take (properly expose) the picture. If you hold the camera yourself you are likely to get a blurry picture because it is difficult to hold the camera perfectly steady.
Take some pictures close and others far away. If you have a macro setting on your camera, use it for close shots. It might come in the form of a button that has a flower icon on it.
Take some pictures through the glass and others from up top if you think it might work this way. Getting a good variety will help increase the chances of getting a great shot.
Look for other distracting reflections that might show up on the glass of the aquarium.
Hope this helps. If you need more help, email or IM me.
2007-01-16 11:07:04 · answer #1 · answered by bb 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Regardless of your lighting situation, you want to avoid using the flash at all cost as this will almost certainly result in an ugly hotspot in your photo. To avoid using flash, the first thing you want to do is to set your ISO to a relatively high setting, anywhere from 800-1600. By setting your ISO to a high number the sensor is more sensitive to light. However, for this to work properly you also want to use a fairly large aperture. I am not sure about what controls you have for aperture, but basically it works like this, the smaller aperture numbers for instance 2.8, 4.0, 5.6 let in more light because it is a bigger hole. So if you couple a large aperture with a high ISO setting, you will not need to use flash whatsoever, and you will easily be able to capture action, and depending upon your lighting conditions, you may find that you even have to lower your ISO setting or increase your aperture size because the camera may be letting in too much light. Since we have no clue as to your lighting situation, you will have to experiment.
2007-01-16 20:48:07 · answer #2 · answered by wackywallwalker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, if it's a 5mp cam then you probably won't have the option to go up to 800-1600 iso. You should try get as much light as you can that is not flash. You should use a tripod. try using bell lights on both sides. Play with it, different angles and such, have fun!
2007-01-16 21:24:50 · answer #3 · answered by superdave_909 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone's answers were great and right on. If your camera allows you to add different lenses or/and filters, I would suggest buying a filter that takes out that glare you get often when shooting through glass. I use it on my manual 35mm camera and it works great. I don't have a nice digital that allows me to change lenses yet so I haven't had a chance to try it out that way yet. But it couldn't hurt to check it out, right?
2007-01-17 02:03:00 · answer #4 · answered by dreamingangelu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋