Hi!
I am having touble taking pictures of my fish tank. I have a Canon PowerShot A520 and either the flash is making the tank look bad or the light is too bright. What should I do?
2007-11-20 11:21:42 · 12 answers · asked by Chris 5 in Pets ➔ Fish
Try adding more light to the tank and not using the flash. You might want to try getting a tripod too, this way you can slow the aperture speed and not have a blurry picture. As far as the fish, if you ask any nature photographer, they'll tell you the hardest thing is photographing animals, they never stay still and always move when you don't want them to. So getting good pictures of the fish is going to be a challenge, but just keep trying and you should be able to get some good ones. Good luck.
2007-11-20 12:09:06 · answer #1 · answered by Goober 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If your problem is flash bouncing off the glass resulting in too bright a picture, try taking it at an angle with the "flash touching the glass". At an angle means the flash is touching the glass but the camera lens is not. This only works if your flash is mounted on top of your camera, not on the side. I repeat, take the pic with the flash TOUCHING THE FRONT GLASS of your tank. Try it, it works!
2007-11-20 14:17:34 · answer #2 · answered by Roberto G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-05 10:30:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
polorizing filters r great, but for those of us with shallow pockets, theres another trick. Trun the lights around you off, and turn the tank lights on. then, sit by the tank and wait for the fish to calm down and act natural. also, NO FLASH.
2007-11-20 12:13:17 · answer #4 · answered by FishRfine 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't take the photos dead on(square to the front of the tank).Angle the shots slightly to one side. Also try some shots with the flash turned off.
2007-11-20 11:33:59 · answer #5 · answered by PeeTee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you tried angle shots where the light wont reflect off the tank as much.Or maybe leave flash off and light the tank up another way.
2007-11-20 11:30:03 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the pictures come out blurry, another neat trick is to put a magnifying glass up to the glass of your tank, then put the camera on the magnifying glass. It will spook the fish at first, but it will help you take really nice pictures.
It's a DIY lens for people who don't want to dish out $400 for a professional one.
2007-11-20 12:39:06 · answer #7 · answered by diburning 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it was me, I'd forgo the flash and take pics of the illuminated tank with the room's lights off. That's just me, though, and I'm a complete amateur when it comes to photography.
2007-11-20 11:51:27 · answer #8 · answered by Quiet Tempest 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
leave the flash off with the tank light on I have taken pics both ways and the ones w/o flash are better.
2007-11-20 17:30:06 · answer #9 · answered by lisadolenz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just turn the flash off, and keep the room light on.
2007-11-20 12:29:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋