Fish portraits taken at Long Island Aquarium

[smoq]

I've taken some fish portraits at yesterday's NERAC conference and thought I will share

My favourite animal in there- flamboyant cuttlefish

 

[smoq]

More to come

 

[SushiGirl]

Great pics!

 

[mwladdicted]

that first cuttlefish pic is sick! nice work!

 

[smoq]

Thanks guys. Some more:

 

[TheFishTeen]

Very nice pictures.

 

[twiggyb]

How big was that panther grouper? Great pics :thumbsup:

 

[the real fishman]

Damn that cuttlefish is beautiful!

 

[burnah]

great pics, but you didnt take them through the glass, did you? please tell me how you managed to take pics with flash through the glass or how awesome it was diving with the sharks

 

[smoq]

Thank you. Yes, all pics were taken through the glass, even sharks I play a lot with my flash settings (every tank is different) and use a large diffuser on the flash. Public aquariums are usually very dark so I've had to use flash.

 

[burnah]

could you tell me how to position the flash to the glass? did you edit your photos afterwards? and did you clean the glass before taking shots? whenever i go to public aquariums, there are lots of smears from small children rubbing their noses on the screen

they are great, no one whos ever taken pictures with flash against an aquarium glass could have thought there was glass between the camera and those fish

greetings

 

[smoq]

You need to be perfectly perpendicular to the glass and as close to it as you can, otherwise you may get a reflection of the lens on the glass (it happens often). Other than that, try to find a spot where there are less scratches on the glass and if you use diffuser on the flash fire it only at 1/4 or so power you should get a desired effect. As far as editing goes I sometimes correct for particles floating in the tank or big heavy scratches on the glass panel. Hope that helps. Check my homepage if you would like to see more of my photographs.

 

[burnah]

and what flash? a slave flash with manual control? how far from the camera do you place it? is it also placed directly on the glass? thanks for your previous answer and sorry for the lots of questions, but your images are amazing..

 

[smoq]

Thanks everyone. The flash I'm using is Nikon SB-800 and I fire it remotely thru cheap transmitters, all handheld. And yes, it's as close to the glass as I can get.

 

[maroun.c]

Nice pictures thanks for sharing. That cuttlefish looks nice and the shark pics are amazing.

 

[siobhan2086]

how many pictures do you take at a place like this? <3 that Moorish Idol

 

[smoq]

how many pictures do you take at a place like this? <3 that Moorish Idol

I didn't do much as I was attending NERAC conference while there, so there wasn't too much time between speeches. I think I took about 200 pics.