Need help on Nikkon D70

[F35-Joint Strike Fighter]

I just borrowed a Nikkon D70 toa take some pics, but I am struggle to adjust the WB, it's too blue. Another question is can Iank see the pic on the LCD first before I can take that pic.

TIA,

Here is the pic

 

[maroun.c]

Nice picture,
I like the clarity of the tank.
I guess increasing your exposure just a bit might be of benefit.
As for the blue cast:
What lighting tdo you have on that tank and which WB preset are you using? try different WB settings to see which one works then if nothing owrks you can always shoot in RAW and adjust the WB later in PP to your liking.
As to looking at the picture before capturing this has to be done through the VF and not the LCD. Anyway once you get used to it you'll find it's a better position to stabilize your camera if not shooting on tripod.

 

[maroun.c]

Here's a quick PS fix (Levels, Autocolour, curves then some Unsharp) took less than 20 sec.
Great pic. The weird thing is that you can still see that blue line in the bottom and to exagerate post processing to fix it will result in unnatural colours in the tank. I've shot my tank lit with 20k and didn't end up with so much blue cast especially on the bottom!
Of course if you reprocess the original you'll end up with better results than mine.

 

[Nikon_Guy]

Try setting the WB manually to Shade -3

 

[F35-Joint Strike Fighter]

manroun C. Thanks so much for your tip. I will ready the manual again, it's still new to me.

 

[F35-Joint Strike Fighter]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10198268#post10198268 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by maroun.c
Nice picture,
I like the clarity of the tank.
I guess increasing your exposure just a bit might be of benefit.
As for the blue cast:
What lighting tdo you have on that tank and which WB preset are you using? try different WB settings to see which one works then if nothing owrks you can always shoot in RAW and adjust the WB later in PP to your liking.
As to looking at the picture before capturing this has to be done through the VF and not the LCD. Anyway once you get used to it you'll find it's a better position to stabilize your camera if not shooting on tripod.

It is Helios 400W 20,00k fired by IC ballast. One more question for you, when I take some close up shots with sigma lense, it comes out very blurry, my naked eyes see thru the "ense" is clear. I am kinda frustrated to myself

 

[TikiDan]

change the white balance in the camera settings, then adjust in photoshop.

 

[maroun.c]

Many factors go into the equation for blurry closup or mcro shots:
-what lense are you using?
- Are you exceeding the closest focusing distance for that lense?
-Is the camera able to lock focus on your object (beep plus nn blinking green light)?
-which focusing mode are you using? (I would go for Autofocus mode set to S and fosusing area set to single)
-Are you using a tripod? if not then it's a must in closup shots
if you plan to handhold your shutter speed should be at least equal or faster than your focal length
-Shutter spped is really important so incraese ISO if you think your shutter speed is not fast enough.
- Also aperture comes into play as bigger aperture allows for a faster shutter speed while minimizing area in Focus. This could be a desirable factor when you try to blurr the background for more artistic shots or could be an inconvenience when you want to document a larger area of the coral to monitor growth or document disease...
-It even goes to not clicking the shutter with your hand as it could induce vibration for that you can either use the built in timer so that the shot is taken a few sec after you press the shutter and allows for the vibration to cease or you can use a remote trigger release or a cable one...
-Also moving objects are harder to shoot so you can always turn off the pumps in the tank before taking your shots.
I guess these would be nice starting points so follow them and post your results so that we can better assist you in deciding what's going wrong.

 

[F35-Joint Strike Fighter]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10203299#post10203299 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by maroun.c
Many factors go into the equation for blurry closup or mcro shots:
-what lense are you using?
- Are you exceeding the closest focusing distance for that lense?
-Is the camera able to lock focus on your object (beep plus nn blinking green light)?
-which focusing mode are you using? (I would go for Autofocus mode set to S and fosusing area set to single)
-Are you using a tripod? if not then it's a must in closup shots
if you plan to handhold your shutter speed should be at least equal or faster than your focal length
-Shutter spped is really important so incraese ISO if you think your shutter speed is not fast enough.
- Also aperture comes into play as bigger aperture allows for a faster shutter speed while minimizing area in Focus. This could be a desirable factor when you try to blurr the background for more artistic shots or could be an inconvenience when you want to document a larger area of the coral to monitor growth or document disease...
-It even goes to not clicking the shutter with your hand as it could induce vibration for that you can either use the built in timer so that the shot is taken a few sec after you press the shutter and allows for the vibration to cease or you can use a remote trigger release or a cable one...
-Also moving objects are harder to shoot so you can always turn off the pumps in the tank before taking your shots.
I guess these would be nice starting points so follow them and post your results so that we can better assist you in deciding what's going wrong.

oK, I got a good lesson this morning. I will print this instruction aand try out later.

Thank you so much!

 

[F35-Joint Strike Fighter]

I just tried PS with this pic:

 

[Absolute Reef]

now...that looks unreal to me.
wooooowwwww.....really nice tank !!! by the way.