Nikon D50 + Sigma 105mm

[dudeoflife]

Hello,

I have been shooting my friends corals with my D50 and a Sigma 105mm that he purchased. I am using a tripod and I shoot straight into the tanks, never use any strange angles. Most of the pictures have been taken under T5 but there is also a metal halide I will be shooting under.

We are decently happy with the pictures but feel there is a lot of room for improvement. I'd love to hear any settings that others are having success with using this setup.

 

[Jesus]

Wow, nice pixs. What setting do you have it in?


jesus

 

[RokleM]

So far so good! It's actually the same combo I'm using. It's a little hard to tell, but about the only suggestion I'd have is watch your focus. It appears as though the focus is a little in front of the subject (if you look at the sand/rock), and you might have had enough room to get almost the whole subject in focus if you moved it back slightly. I struggle with the same thing myself. I really wish the viewfinder/focus was a little bigger so I had a bit better idea how the final shot was going to come out. I'm interested in the settings as well.

Not at all to pollute your thread, but here are a few I took recently (top down box). Hopefully you don't mind. I'll go back and check the settings I used so we can compare.