Macro Shots- 1st attempt

[DracoFalcon]

I decided to see what kind of aquarium shots I could get with my old Olympus Stylus 740 point and shoot. Here's the raw, out of the camera results. I was pretty pleased since I had no clue what I was doing.

dendro

tri-color cespittularia

borealis

acropora sp?

acropora sp? looks kinda like red planet

chalice

turquoise and green maze brain

 

[DracoFalcon]

acan

electric blue cespittularia

valida?

no clue... new growth at base is ruffled. can anyone identify?

Tyree flowerpot cap

 

[Heart & Sole]

nice shots. I like the chalice shot. Thats a pretty nice colony of acans as well.

 

[DracoFalcon]

I got that acan on the last day of MACNA for $40

 

[Heart & Sole]

wow thats super cheap. nice pick up.

 

[imcosmokramer]

good work

 

[david13579]

good pic.

 

[blackbeard 1]

do you shut the power heads off when u shoot?

 

[ekr]

those picture came out nice. way to go.

 

[Reef Bass]

First attempts? Nice. I like the first shot best.

Your pics are all at f3.3, which renders a very shallow depth of field (distance from focal plane that items are still in focus). I suggest increasing your fstop value to gain greater DOF. You'll need to either decrease your shutterspeed (use a tripod), or bump up your ISO to compensate.

 

[waxy]

Re: Macro Shots- 1st attempt

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14620876#post14620876 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by DracoFalcon
I decided to see what kind of aquarium shots I could get with my old Olympus Stylus 740 point and shoot. Here's the raw, out of the camera results. I was pretty pleased since I had no clue what I was doing.

dendro

tri-color cespittularia

borealis

acropora sp?

acropora sp? looks kinda like red planet

chalice

turquoise and green maze brain

HAHAHA me neither, I was clueless when I first got mine.

But you got to do trial and error.

what I noticed is that, within the few inches of elevation in my tank, I have to change all of my settings. Because it's closer to the light. Exposure, F, ISO, Shutter but it will become second nature.

I'm still learning though... shooting the surface of water at an angle isn't easy.

 

[g35driver]

those are very nice for a point and shoot. i cant even do that with my dslr

 

[Kreator]

Nice pictures for 1st attempt, my first pics were horrible...