I've a bunch of beautiful fish that I want pictures of, but I can't get a good picture out of my camera. Does anyone have a few tips on taking pictures of fish inside of a fish tank with a digital camera?
I have a Panasonic DMC-FX8 if anyone has specific tips with that.
2007-02-11 01:10:20 · 6 answers · asked by jmancutie 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
Lighting is pretty good, my problem is that the picture gets blurry. I think this might have to do w/ the glass, but for some reason I'm not getting any details inside of the tank.
2007-02-11 02:10:42 · update #1
Hi.
-If you can, use a separate flash light and not the one on the camera,to avoid the reflex of it in the glass.
-Use the flash light at 90 degrees ,respect to your position in front the glass .(on a side of the subject).
- Better if the lights are 2 ,one for each side of the subject.
-If you can't use flash light,use halogen light,positioned at the same angle(90 degrees respect to your position).
.In such a case remember to set the white balance on that kind of light.
-Put,all around the faces of the aquarium(but not to the front glass) a black drapery,or cardboard,to avoid parasite reflexes from other lights.
-To avoid the reflex of your image in the front glass,hide yourself and the camera beside the same black drapery,having only the lens passing through it.
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-Don't use the auto focus system.Perhaps,it's focusing the front glass of the aquarium....Therefore use the manual focus.
-To avoid to have to "follow" the subject around the whole acuarium(and to be able to focus it easier),separate the fish from the others,with a sheet of glass close enough to the front glass of the acuarium.The fish will have to stay in this narrow space,for the time of the shot.
-Be sure,before to start working, to clean well the inside and outside part of the front glass of the fish tank...
-"looks like an hard work,but it's easy to do,and the results enough good".
2007-02-11 03:00:16 · answer #1 · answered by scubanino 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure the flash is off so you don't get the glare from the glass and make sure the lighting in the room is good...that's all I know, besides don't move the camera while taking the picture. :)
2007-02-11 01:14:34 · answer #2 · answered by blue_cow27 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
ok, I have fish too. the glass is not the problem, the problem is focus.
what you want to do if to go into modes and select "macro" or "close up". what this does as the name suggests is it focuses on the image that are close to the lenses as suppose to the images farther away from the lenses. in this mode you will get crystal clear pictures from up close.
note that if your fish are fast swimmers, they will not come looking that clear. so you have to catch them in a stance where they aren't swimming.
and that's it, pretty much.
2007-02-11 04:06:03 · answer #3 · answered by Brayan 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
buy a waterproof casing for you camera and put ur camera into the fish tank on timer mode. press the shutter button and wait for the timer to beep. have fun with lots of surprises!!
2007-02-11 01:40:09 · answer #4 · answered by cheeken lita 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
You must make sure the tank is clear enough to see.
2007-02-11 01:15:19 · answer #5 · answered by Dave 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
put them in a little fish bowl and where they have less room to move a take a pic
2007-02-11 01:16:34 · answer #6 · answered by L M 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋