A Shot In The Dark

[DivaMan]

I took these as a demonstration of a specific photography technique that appears to work extremely well in reef tanks. It was done by holding a narrow, bright beamed light source, such as a small car flashlight above the tank, less than a centimeter above the water.

The the water diffused and negated the outlying weak light, while lightly spreading the main beam. This allowed for a pitch black background with superior focus on the subject.

This worked better in a tank that is shorter.

 

[DivaMan]

A Clown In The Dark

A Clown In The Dark

A Clown In The Dark

This one didnt turn out as nicely as the others with that super-clear contrast, but its nice.

The clown wasnt really that hard to photograph like this, but I do want a better photo. All i did, is I used the same red filter to find the clown. then i turned off the light for a bit to let m,e get used to the lighting. Then I took off the red filter, and light-stunned the fish. Snapped my photo and then that was it...

 

[jero1]

Re: A Clown In The Dark

Re: A Clown In The Dark

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11400513#post11400513 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by DivaMan
A Clown In The Dark

This one didnt turn out as nicely as the others with that super-clear contrast, but its nice.

The clown wasnt really that hard to photograph like this, but I do want a better photo. All i did, is I used the same red filter to find the clown. then i turned off the light for a bit to let m,e get used to the lighting. Then I took off the red filter, and light-stunned the fish. Snapped my photo and then that was it...

that picture is amazing!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Phyl]

Nice photos.

For the corals, if you use a slow shutter speed and move the light slightly, you can "paint" the coral in light, giving a really cool effect to the coral.

 

[leoskee]

That clown looks scared to death!

Cool pics.

 

[DivaMan]

Phyl do you have a pic of that?

 

[seansod]

So I take it the tank lights and room light are off?

Cool effect thanks for sharing.

Tony

 

[Phyl]

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1258371

These two pictures were posted in the above thread:

 

[DivaMan]

ooh were those partially photoshoped? And yes every light possible was out.

 

[DivaMan]

and one of a hermit, but its not so good.

 

[Phyl]

Nope! Not at all. The only post production on those pictures is the frame. No other processing was done.

 

[nybyrne]

Great Pics

 

[thor32766]

wow love the black background on those shots. The zoa one is my favorite.

 

[DivaMan]

 

[melev]

Lots of cool night pictures. I've not taken those in a long time. Thanks for sharing.

 

[mobert]

Nice Pics!

 

[melev]

Divaman, mind if I add a couple of shots to your thread?

 

[Hendersonracing]

nice!