show me your tangs

[Speckled Grouper]

 

[CeeGee]

Nasos rock!

 

[TrojanScott]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8252259#post8252259 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by CeeGee
Nasos rock!

Agreed, my favorite fish.

 

[Ripside]

My two. Both are hard to photograph, I swear they can see the infrared focusing beam, and run and hide every time I hit the shutter button to focus...

Yellow tang saying "Talk to the tail"

Blue tang ("Dori", duh!) hanging out with clownfish ("Nemo", of course)...

 

[redspot321]

 

[redspot321]

 

[FishNutzBoi]

My god...Naso tangs are so beautiful. I want one!

 

[archie1709]

is there are special technique in taking pictures of tangs without using a flash?

I mean, these things are too quick. They move to much. They won't stand still.

How do y'all do it?

 

[mg426]

 

[Ripside]

archie1709 - if you can, bump up your camera's ISO setting. Default on a digital is probably 100 - you could try 400, 800, 1600. Higher settings will be grainier, but will let you get away without flash.

Then use a shutter priority, and set it at at least 1/100, I prefer 1/120. That's a fast enough shutter speed to catch them if they're moving.

If using auto-exposure, your aperature will open up as wide as it can, but it still may be a dark photo if you dont' have really bright tank lighting, so a little adjusting in photoshop later might be needed.

 

[Blazer88]

Here is my Two-spot Tang. Cute little fella, only about 2" right now.