Critique my shots

[nikesb]

Photos were taken with a T1i + 60mm Macro. I need some tips with capturing the fishes. It seems I have to use AF when it comes with fishes. Also, what apertures do you guys prefer when it comes to taking coral shots. I believe the blasto below was taken with f3.0

 

[Reef Bass]

Nice fish and corals.

Perpetually moving fish can be challenging subjects.

F3 does not provide much depth of field (amount of subject in focus around the focal plane). For stationary subjects, like corals, if you could put the camera on a tripod, you could achieve greater depth of field by using much longer shutterspeeds and a smaller aperture (higher f number). I often exposure for say 1.5 seconds at f13.

If you aren't comfortable shooting totally manually, try Av mode (aperture priority). Set your fstop and let the camera determine how long the shutterspeed should be to work with that aperture in your specific lighting situation.

 

[faithenfire]

i prefer av mode. i almost never shoot manual

what was your iso at? it looks a little noisy. fish are hard. keep the camera on servo and it will help keep the focus while you track the fish

i'm shooting with a regular lens and i am usually shooting at f4.5 or f5

 

[ReeferBill]

Very nice pics!

 

[nikesb]

Thank you for the tips! I took these tips and applied it. Heres some more shots trying to compare using longer exposure and a smaller aperture.

Also tried my hand at taking shots under royal blues

And this last one was taken with flash of my ever so dark midas blenny

 

[doctor rick]

that's one surprised midas blenny! the depth of field is miles better on these.

 

[Reef Bass]

the depth of field is miles better on these.

+1

 

[CoralBeauty13]

beautiful....one could only get the true beauty out of corals by looking at these picks. Your pics alone made me want to go out and pick up some new corals....beautiful!

 

[Pimentinha1987]

The only critique is... They are tooooo perfect!
Holly cow, those are some gorgeous pictures...

 

[nikesb]

Here's some updates of how I've progressed with the macro. Not everything is taken at 1:1. I feel I've gotten a better feel of aperture with this lense

 

[Mpup]

Shooting with lights on or external flash?

 

[Knots]

For some reason, the lone clownfish picture catches my attention. I like the simplicity.

 

[nikesb]

Shooting with lights on or external flash?

only thing different was changing the temperature of my led lights. much easier to shoot with blue turned way down