I thought it would be cool to have a thread for taking pics and sharing technique of how to take pics of your tank. This was a topic that came up in another thread that afew folks started chatting about, so rather than hijaak that thread I thought we'd start a new one for those interested.
Tank photography
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fallinapart
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Good idea, I'll follow along, but as you can tell from my avatar, I'm not real good at taking pictures...
It's a great start, and once my tank clears a little more, I will try and ost some good examples (as opposed to the numerous bad ones I am so faithfully committed to taking) and the settings.
As a start, I reccomended the use of a few different types of filters for the SLR variety. A UV Haze filter cann help a litte (can make the flourescents a little muddy), or a step up to a polarization filter that can really get you a crisp image and cut out refraction (the thing that causes the light areas to wash and the colors to be muddled).
At minimum, a UV haze filter is a great cheap investment as it will protect your lens. After 30 years of clicking pics, I have saved some pretty expensive lens by scratching the filter instead.
For all, turn off that flash!!! the flash will not help you much unless youe tank is clean as air and your right against the glass....which is number 2. Go ahead and get right on the glass (after you clean it). Often the glass is of little factor as long as your really close.
As a start, I reccomended the use of a few different types of filters for the SLR variety. A UV Haze filter cann help a litte (can make the flourescents a little muddy), or a step up to a polarization filter that can really get you a crisp image and cut out refraction (the thing that causes the light areas to wash and the colors to be muddled).
At minimum, a UV haze filter is a great cheap investment as it will protect your lens. After 30 years of clicking pics, I have saved some pretty expensive lens by scratching the filter instead.
For all, turn off that flash!!! the flash will not help you much unless youe tank is clean as air and your right against the glass....which is number 2. Go ahead and get right on the glass (after you clean it). Often the glass is of little factor as long as your really close.
Well,
If you want less or more of a primary color, then that same 2 stage polarization filter can help you with certain spectrum's. You twist the filter and it changes colors for whatever you want to filter out. Been years since I played with it, but they make them.
The other is correct on the computer, if you have good enough software.
If you want less or more of a primary color, then that same 2 stage polarization filter can help you with certain spectrum's. You twist the filter and it changes colors for whatever you want to filter out. Been years since I played with it, but they make them.
The other is correct on the computer, if you have good enough software.
H@rry
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Check out the photography forum here at RC. Some real good advise and help there that is tailored specifically to taking pics of your reef. Also, this is a very good site to learn the basics, step by step: http://www.ximinasphotography.com/lessons/
crumbletop
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What you need to do to get the camera to capture the colors correctly is set the white balance on the camera. Some cameras have a white balance setting for aquariums. Some have an auto-set feature where you point the camera at something in the tank that is grey and it sets the white balance for your aquarium. Still other cameras don't allow you to set white balance at all. The bluer your lights are the more white balance will matter.
