A few photos I took with my coolpix 4200…

[nwrogers]

Well I have been struggling to take a decent photo with this camera for some time now. It doesn’t have a real manual focus feature and the controls for taking photos are somewhat limited. After reading this month’s photography article in reefkeeping.com I decided to give it another try. I thought these photos came out ok so I wanted to share them to see what others thought. This is my first time posting in this forum and I hope you guys like these photos…

 

[BlueCorn]

Nicely done; love the foxface!

 

[nwrogers]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9165753#post9165753 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by beerguy
Nicely done; love the foxface!

Thanks! I just got it from the divers den on liveaquaria.com. It was the most expensive fish I have ever bought :lol:

 

[gregr]

Those pictures are excellent- nice and sharp and well exposed- I think you did a great job. Glad to hear you read the article
Greg

 

[nwrogers]

Hay, are you Greg Rothschild? If so, great article and thanks for the compliments!!

 

[gregr]

Yep- I wrote that. Thanks very much

 

[bigtyguyy]

yea i also love the fox face! really nice shots.

 

[Lpabsolute]

Cool shots, i like the one of the snail....

 

[nwrogers]

Thanks bigtyguyy and Lpabsolute! I thought the one of the snail was cool too and the foxface is quickly becoming one of my favorite fishes! Well, here are two more I thought came out OK…

 

[Jeff]

Very nice, you are going to be a natural

 

[nwrogers]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9177464#post9177464 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Engine 7
Very nice, you are going to be a natural

Thanks!

 

[Blitz99]

what MP is that camera? how'd you get such good macros with a point and shoot?

 

[edwing206]

wow very nice pics.

 

[nwrogers]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9186953#post9186953 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Blitz99
what MP is that camera? how'd you get such good macros with a point and shoot?

It is 4.0 MP. Here is what I did. First thing I turned on a feature call BSS. It stands for best shot selector. Basically what it does is while I hold down the button it takes a bunch of pictures and when I get done it saves the one that is the least blurry. I turned down the exposure compensation and put the camera in macro mode. Macro mode only works when I am not zoomed in so sometimes I have to crop the photo before saving it. For some photos I used the white balance and for others I didn’t. The white balance on my camera has a tendency to wash out all of the blues making the photos very yellow in some cases. The other trick I found is to only take photos perpendicular to the glass. I actually put the lens right on the glass to help me hold the camera steady. That is about it, I’m glad you like them

 

[nwrogers]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9187066#post9187066 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by edwing206
wow very nice pics.

Thanks!

Here are a few more…

 

[edwing206]

i like the one of the cleaner shrimp.

 

[SilverOne]

Amazing Pictures! Thanks for sharing.

I'm going to be picking up the coolpics L6 soon. I hope I can get photos like this out of it.

 

[nwrogers]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9202384#post9202384 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by edwing206
i like the one of the cleaner shrimp.

Thanks

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9298112#post9298112 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SilverOne
Amazing Pictures! Thanks for sharing.

I'm going to be picking up the coolpics L6 soon. I hope I can get photos like this out of it.

It took a while to get it but if you mess around with it enough you can get some good pictures.

Here are a few more

Yellow Fiji Leather

Dragon Eye Zoos

FTS

 

[edwing206]

that tank is sweeeet. nice pics too.

 

[nwrogers]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9321200#post9321200 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by edwing206
that tank is sweeeet. nice pics too.

Thanks!! You made my day!