How to take pictures in only actinics or moonlight?

[Blazer88]

I am having the hardest time getting any color into my pics when I only shoot with the actinics or moonlights on. Here is an un-edited shot of a bright pick Ricordia with my VHO actinics on.

Here is the same picture with the color adjusted to help resemble the actual color of the Ric.

And here is a shot of it with my MH on with the exposure compensation set to -1.

The Ric is really bright pink when the just actinics are on but I can't capture the color. Any tips? Advice? BTW, the camera I am using is a Kodak DZ7590.

 

[spoon25]

i got a real good pic with the lights off, flash only on the cam....
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[spoon25]

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[Blazer88]

I figured the flash would help, lol, but I'm just trying to get a good shot with moonlights/actinics.

 

[FishDad2]

I shot this one under moonlight and actinics...but i can't say that I did anything special to get it to come out...guess that's not too much help, is it?!

Trying different white balance settings and varrying the exposure time. Also, see this thread on setting a custom white balance...might be helpful.

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=325684

 

[30galreefkeepr]

with low lighting situations usually you have to turn down your exposure which can make even subtle movements look like blur, so I'd suggest a tripod

 

[gregr]

Have you tried the daylight wb setting?

 

[Blazer88]

I haven't messed with the WB yet for night shots. I'll give that a shot tonight. And I normally don't need a tripod for day shots since the shutter speed is fast enough but I'll be sure to use it tonight. Thanks for the advice on the WB. How would adjusting down the exposure compesation make it more blurry? If anything, I thought it would be less blurry since the shutter isn't open as long.

 

[30galreefkeepr]

No I mean, (which i explained it wrong) haha...In low lighting situations you'll have to actually use -"1 or some setting like this to get a good over exposure I think of it in terms of down because it's farther back on my scroller (on my camera) sorry heh

 

[Blazer88]

lol, at least I'm not going crazy then