Not exactly tank pics but those are too hard to take anyways...

[shaggydoo541]

So I got fed up trying to deal with the water, glass, low lighting and other crap that gets in the way of taking fantastic pictures. So naturally I went outdoors. I felt like a pro (though really I'm just barely beginning). What do you think? I feel I got great pics and compared to pictures I've taken of my tank, I am much more pleased with myself by the shots I took shown below.

And this one is my absolute favorite!

I think I'm ready to go pro.... NOT. But it was fun taking these pictures anyways. Enjoy and let me know what you think.

 

[drummereef]

Awesome pics. I agree, natural sunlight is hard to beat.

 

[shaggydoo541]

It is true. Natural sunlight is fantasitc. I really can't believe I took these shots because up until I tried these outdoor shots I have only been trying picture of my fish tank. So these outdoor ones were so easy by comparison.

 

[bwest]

Depending on what kind of camera you're using, Point and Shoot or SLR, one suggestion I can make would be to increase your F# (Aperture value) in your close up flower shots. This will allow for a greater depth of field in the images, and make everything in the image more in focus. I can't be exact because I don't know what your settings were, but using the last picture as an example, it may have been taken with an aperture setting of f/5.6, which caused the outer petals to be a bit blurred or out of focus. If you manually adjust this to something like f/10, more of the shot will be in focus.

All in all though, great work for just starting out.

 

[shaggydoo541]

Well I was using a d200. I had it on shutter preferred so it was actually choosing the f stop for me. I will have to try tweaking the f stop a little more next time I go out.