some pics playing with camera settings

[glenoweth]

here is one of the gold occies. this grumpy guy lives with out females because he always kills them!!!

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[glenoweth]

Midnight julie. ;D

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[glenoweth]

a Julie bemba giving me a kiss goodnight!

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[glenoweth]

Albino Dragon blood juv,

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[glenoweth]

cyprichromis

Sorry for not posting them all in one tread i was being lazzy and did not feel like putting themin photobucket.

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[glenoweth]

really love these lelupie! the orange is just so hot!

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[fishguy]

Nice. Keep playing and learning. I think your shots are getting better and better. Looks like you are using a macro lens, and I can see that you used a flash of some kind to get more light. Good stuff. Try some shots with a smaller aperture like f16 or f18 and see if you like how those look. That will give you more of the fish in focus.

[ree123]

That Lelupi does have rich color.
I have some of them too and mine have good rich color.
Other pic's are nice too.

[glenoweth]

Mar 9, 2012 0:03:06 GMT -6 fishguy said:

Nice. Keep playing and learning. I think your shots are getting better and better. Looks like you are using a macro lens, and I can see that you used a flash of some kind to get more light. Good stuff. Try some shots with a smaller aperture like f16 or f18 and see if you like how those look. That will give you more of the fish in focus.

ok i will try that. thx

[fishguy]

I just looked at the info on your pics. I see you are shooting in manual mode - yes! The one pic I looked at, you shot at 1/125 of a second and at f6.3 using your 60MM macro lens.
You have all the tools you need to get awesome fish pics!
If your fish don't sit still, try shooting a little faster - 1/160 or even 1/200 for your shutter speed. That will help with any blurriness caused by fish movement and/or because you are shooting hand-held. You should aim to get your photos crazy sharp and blur free in the parts that are in focus.
Play with your aperture like I suggested. If you can, take multiple shots of the same fish (or even a plant), and change ONLY the aperture as you take each one - like from f5.6 up through f18 or f22. Then compare them on your computer screen. You will very quickly see what that control does for your photos. The best thing you can do for your photography skills at this point is to just take a lot of pictures and keep playing with the controls.
Keep posting those pics. You have awesome fish to point your camera at.

[glenoweth]

Thanks for the info. I will try again when I get back from sea world. When I am there what lens should I use? The 18-55 or the macro 60 mm.

[fishguy]

The 18-55 lens is a good all-around lens. Take that one on vacation with you. The macro is good when you want to shoot things really close up. You can probably leave it at home.

[glenoweth]

K Ty.