Franky's macro shots

[Reef Bass]

Keep it up and you will get there. I was in your shoes not long ago. The folks here are knowledgeable and kind. Probably too kind. Sometimes I would prefer more ruthless constructive ciriticsm. But it's a great place to hone your skills, especially when posting coral pics.

 

[frankyrivera]

cool shot of candy cane coral with all its feeders out

 

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Purple monster

 

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Fruit loops

 

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[DanielJay]

What macro lens are you using?

 

[frankyrivera]

Nikon 105mm macro 2.8 VRII

 

[frankyrivera]

New pic of my helfrichi firefish, enjoy!

 

[rickjd]

Wow awesome vivid colors. Incredibly Great photography as well. Thanks for sharing....Im jealous...

 

[Reef Bass]

Very nice franky! You've come a long way. Keep it up!

 

[frankyrivera]

Thanks with fish it's hit or miss you go through lots of pics before you get a nice composed shot that's sharp where u want it lol

 

[Lucifa68]

wow....just sweet. can you share your cam settings???
thanks

 

[frankyrivera]

It's called trial and error and pure luck lol

 

[Misled]

It's easier when they're still stuck to a rock.

 

[frankyrivera]

It's easier when they're still stuck to a rock.

Wow that is awesome are those clown fish eggs lol

And yes anything stuck to a rock is easier than green swimming fish agreed lol

 

[frankyrivera]

wow....just sweet. can you share your cam settings???
thanks

From all the advice I've received I've learned that better results come from lower iso settings from 200-800 depending on cameras capabilities. For corals a tripod and if using a macro I found that shooting at aperture of f11 or f16 put most of the image I wanted in focus. When shooting fish I bump my iso to 1000 sometimes fast shutter speed of 250-500. The rest is practice and trial and error. Good luck and shoot a lot lol