Macro pics of my new Acan
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ryanerickson
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Pictures look great wish I could do that.
Fishy 1
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Thanks jm:beer: It's a Acanthastrea echinata-not sure what the color is called though.
Dotkat it takes a fair bit of perseverance to find the setting on your camera that capture the color and get the sharpness in the corals. It is easier to take awesome pics with a DLSR as you have better control over zoom and the camera has a better sensor. I have a harder time with my compact(not to be confused with a point and shoot) as I don't have the limited control of zoom and other settings, but though a lot of trial and error I have got the combo of settings that take a decent picture. I still think I can improve my pictures, but it's a good start compared to what my pics use to look like.
Keep trying you'll get that sweet picture eventually Dotkat:beer:.
Thanks Ryan. Ryan you can take pictures like this, I suggest doing some reading on here and ask lots of questions, people will be glad to help. My camera is nothing fancy and it doesn't need to be to take great pictures. Just keep trying and you will crack that magic formula of settings and technique and you'll be taking great pics in no time.
avijay23
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Perfect depth of field. Personally I like this temperature better but someone's gonna come along and say it's too warm
I love the composition for the first 2 pics. Makes my eye wander from the bottom near and zig zag to the top far.Nice work. Keep shooting.
Fishy 1
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Perfect depth of field. Personally I like this temperature better but someone's gonna come along and say it's too warm
Nice work. Keep shooting.
Thanks Avijay:beer:, I'm glad you like the pics and yes I sure will keep shooting
burkhart.5150
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Looks great, I'm having a terrible time taking sharp, non blue picture with my samsung nx2000 any tips? I've tried adjusting the white balance manually but then pictures turn out blurry. Any help would be great thanks in advance.
Fishy 1
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Hey and thanks, are you shouting in full manual mode? I would recommend getting a tripod as the curse of macro photography is movement from the camera not being held still. Next get the white balance correct so the color is quite accurate to the tank, if you have editing software you can fine tune colors on that. Also are you using a macro lense? Get back to me and I can try and help you more with extra info about the gear and settings you are using and we can go from there:beer:
burkhart.5150
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I do not have a macro lens it's the standard lens that came with the camera 20-55 mm I believe. I have Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 program that also came with the camera and I tried tweaking the pictures a little and they still don't look good to me I don't know if its the camera or the user or a mixture of the two lol. I tried full manual mode and the camera will not focus unless I'm a few feet from the tank.
burkhart.5150
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burkhart.5150
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This is from my iphone and it takes a lot better picture than the camera
lafayettereefer
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I would love to be able to take macros like this. I bet you could make any coral look phenomenal
Fishy 1
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Quoted to see pic.
Fishy 1
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Ahhh there's the problem, that lenses is not very suitable for macro photography. The reason being is the range the lense can focus sharply, a 55mm lenses has about the same range as the human eye so it struggles to focus at close range(as you found out), for macros you want something about 100mm or more so you can get that sharp pic.
burkhart.5150
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Thank you for the help I know samsung makes a macro lens for my camera so I guess that'll be my next purchase because this is becoming an addiction much like my tank lol.
