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Post by mig on Jun 17, 2009 22:55:56 GMT -6
I just got some new fish (Thanks Jon!) and I wanted to post some pics of them up here-- but the best looking picture ive managed to get is this -- it was taken at a side angle with flash Im using a Canon PowerShot s3.. Ive tried standing close taking them at and angle and from far away zoomed in and straight on. When i use the flash it reflects off the fish and dosent look good... I dunno what im doing wrong?!
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Post by angel on Jun 18, 2009 4:24:15 GMT -6
Does your camera have manual focus? It seems to be focusing on the rocks and plants, and the fish then go out of focus. If not, then try to get the fish in the center of your viewer, and where they're in front of everything else. Cameras tend to grab images that are in the center and the closest to you to focus on. If the camera has manual focus, try that. Then you can focus on the fish you're wanting. As for the flash, if you want to use it and have something translucent cover the flash lens with it, which will still allow some light to pass through but eliminate the hot spot of the flash. Kind of like a candle through an egg shell effect.
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Post by angel on Jun 18, 2009 4:24:46 GMT -6
Enjoy your new fish!
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Post by jon carman on Jun 18, 2009 7:28:04 GMT -6
Mig- just take a lot of pics. They move so fast a lot of times the autofocus does not have time to lock in. The pic you took focused on the rocks, but it still looks good. You just have to wait til they stop long enough to focus. On the pic above the flash is good. Thanks for posting the pic and I look foward to seeing some more.
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Post by mig on Jun 18, 2009 7:59:10 GMT -6
He was in the center when I pushed the button!! I probably took about 100+ pictures yesterday trying every different approach. Is there a better setting than auto to take the pictures? When I get home tonight I will try to take some more. Angel what can i put over the lens to do that?
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Post by jon carman on Jun 18, 2009 8:09:10 GMT -6
tissue paper- You have a good camera, you just need to fool with the settings. The great thing about a digital camera is you can take that many pics for little to no cost. I took about 250 pics to get the ones on the pics I posted last night, then I took the 20 best to use. If you ever come back over bring your camera, but hopefullly you'll figure it out before that.
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Post by jon carman on Jun 18, 2009 8:10:46 GMT -6
Oh yeah= this might help- on my kodak easy share I have to be zoomed all the way out to get it to autofocus. Try that and then stand back, wait for a fish to stop then fire away.
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Post by angel on Jun 18, 2009 8:19:06 GMT -6
Good tip! On the camera we use, if we're using autofocus and want it to refocus in the same area we have to point away from the spot we want to take a pic, press the button halfway down to get it to refocus elsewhere, then bring it back where we want the pic and let it refocus. Tissue paper's a great idea too. Anything to soften the light.
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Post by mig on Jun 18, 2009 19:26:34 GMT -6
I've had no luck yet, I tried the tissue thing seems to work, Im going to try putting a thicker piece on seeing if that helps..Im not a very patient person so this is turning out to me more difficult than I thought it would be..
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Post by mig on Jun 21, 2009 20:15:37 GMT -6
It seems that I can get my camera to focus on anything close up.. I spent some time messing with my exposure flash ect settings but still no big improvement. Even on the Macro setting it was not getting focus on things up close or zoomed in... Anyone know of some good basic settings for close up picture taking??
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