9 new fish pictures...

[Blazer88]

I shot these from a friend's tank. Comments are always appreciated. Thanks!

Sunburst Anthias:

Mandarin:

Yellow Tang:

True Perc:

Randall Shrimp Goby:

Chromis:

Kole Tang (tough to shoot a dark fish on a light background):

 

[IBASSFSH]

I love all of the shots! Especially the Sunburst anthias, they always look mad.

 

[jerrym21]

Wow, those are beautiful photos. Better than alot I've seen in books and mags! Nice work!!

 

[rsteagall]

Blazer, are you shooting in 800x600 fine or something larger then resizing?

-Ryan

 

[edwing206]

Sweet pics as always . I like the pics of the mandarin the most.

 

[salty3]

Great pics I love them, they make the fish look soo good in the shots. Not that there not great looking fish.

 

[fishyvet]

What kind of equipment are you using? Those shots are awesome!

 

[superjohnny]

Your shots are fantastic. What camera/lens combination are you using? Do you know what ISO, WB, aperture & shutter speed these were taken with?

Wonderful photo's, thank you for sharing and inspiring!

 

[Bebo77]

very clean looking...

 

[Blazer88]

Thanks for the comments everyone. I am using a Canon 30D and used either my Canon EF-S 60mm F/2.8 Macro or my Sigma 150mm F/2.8 EX Macro lens for these shots.

rsteagall, I always shoot in RAW, process, and then crop/resize in photoshop as needed. superjohnny, I shoot fish in Tv (shutter priority) with a shutter speed of 1/125 to 1/200, depeding on how the lighting is. Thanks again guys!

 

[Tandi69]

Your pics are awesome!!! Think the mandarin shots are my fav. I really gotta look into a new camera lol

 

[Snowsurfer]

Love them !!!!

I always enjoy your fish pics, especially the Yasha as your avatar pic one of my fav fish.

 

[Blazer88]

Here are a few more that I just processed.

 

[edwing206]

Wow. Nice pics.
I love the orange spot rabbit.

 

[chadman]

awsome pictures! the quality and vividness is amazing as well! awsome!

 

[superjohnny]

This may seem like an odd question, but how do you get the clown with the black background?

 

[Blazer88]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9589758#post9589758 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by superjohnny
This may seem like an odd question, but how do you get the clown with the black background?

It's a bit tricky but I'll describe it for you. I first wait until the fish is a bit sleepy before I stick my arm in and snag him from the tank. Then, I place him on a black piece of cardboard and wait for him to stop squirming around so much. Normally I take that time to setup the tripod before I snap a pic and put him back in the tank.





Or, you just use a black paint brush in photoshop since it's easier than cloning out all of the white dots in the water lol Here's the unedited shot.

 

[SupraRacer]

nice pictures

 

[Snowsurfer]

Thats cool adding the black background ill have a go but i bet i mess it up. Do you just zoom in to add the black around the edge of the fish ?

 

[Blazer88]

Yep, just zoom in with a soft-edged brush and have at it. Painting the background in the clown shot took no more than a minute or two, it shouldn't take too long to do it. Just make sure you copy the layer before you do it in case it doesn't work out well so you can just delete it without affecting the rest of the image.