my 125 mixed african

[glenoweth]

nice mix of fish and color.

[signde]

some new pics


german firefish peacock


ob peacock


red fin comp Altolamprologus compressiceps (Red Fin)


regal yellow peacock Aulonocara sp. "Stuartgranti Maleri" (Maleri Is.)


electric blue iceberg hap f1 Sciaenochromis fryeri (Maleri Is.)


Rubin Red Peacock Aulonocara "Ruby Red"


lithobates x ob peacock


6 bar frontosa Cyphotilapia sp. "North" (Burundi)

[davidtcb1]

Great shots!

[rick]

very nice!

[glenoweth]

WOW nice shots DUDE! what kind of camera you got?? I would kill to beable to take picture like this haha. also how are u setting up your flash? from above?

[glenoweth]

Does your red fin get darker that that? how big is he? mine seem to get really dark sometimes with dark bars (that is when i can really see thier red fins show up.

like this one


Here was his Dad "we don't talk about him, he is no longer with us" Quote ( the hangover by mike tyson)

[signde]

nice red fin. mine is still very young. maybe 2", probably less. i bought him at at less than an inch and i've had him about 9 months. i hear they grow incredibly slow.

i have a Canon EOS Rebel T1i and Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II lens. it is an aftermarket lens, rather than a kit lens, so the quality is a little better. f1/8 is very fast, but i've found the depth of field way to shallow to be usable.

no flash. natural lighting or external flash from above is the only way to go. i load up on external lighting with an extra strip light when i take pics since i don't have an external flash. i aslo move them as far forward as possible and only snap when the fish are close to the glass.

these were taken in full manual with auto focus. shutter shutter 1/320, aperture f3.2. average white balance. max iso @3200, which is extremely grainy but allows to me to compensate for the lack of light.

takes lots of patience to get good pics. i probably took 50 and only 10 were usable. i've also found turning off the filters helps. the fish move less it it eliminates air bubbles.

[glenoweth]

I like it! <------- lol i was replying to a diff page, opps ignor that

*Modify*
I NIce camera Set up! I will get one one day I hope. the Firefin in my hand is only 2" i have had them forabout 6 months also ,and yes they grow way to slow! but worth the wait. i was so ticked when the dad died he was amazing!

[rickl]

Wow, gorgeous fish and gorgeous pictures!

-Rick (the armchair aquarist)

[mruble]

Great pictures! Guess I am the only one on here that has no clue on taking pictures!

[ree123]

Mark, you are not alone. :-)
Some of us may know a lot about some things ; yet be almost clueless about others.
Nice that we have each other to learn from.
I am looking forward to Jon's instruction lecture/speech @ our swap/meet on Oct. 2, 2011.

[bnoel210]

Should we bring our cameras with us?

[ree123]

Definately a yes !
Jon is giving a brief lecture on photography techniques.

[signde]

new videos, these guys have all mostly matured with the exception of a few newbies

[jon carman]

That is amazing