What do you think?

[samdaman]

 

[TitusvileSurfer]

That is a sharp looking goby. I would recommend cropping a little tighter, especially removing the bottom half where the sand is below the surface. This should leave enough on the sides that you have neat live rock/macro algae taking up the whole background. All in all I like it.

 

[BlueCorn]

The crop and I'd also clone out all of the spots on the glass. Here's a quick and dirty adjustment. Generally speaking you want to avoid putting the primary subject dead center in the frame. There are all kinds of reasons to break that rule but it's a good starting point. It's a good exposure and relatively sharp so I think you're getting the hang of the mechanics of it.

 

[dubes08]

wow nice ! ! !

 

[samdaman]

That is a sharp looking goby. I would recommend cropping a little tighter, especially removing the bottom half where the sand is below the surface. This should leave enough on the sides that you have neat live rock/macro algae taking up the whole background. All in all I like it.

Thanks for the tips. I really like how the dorsal fins came out.

The crop and I'd also clone out all of the spots on the glass. Here's a quick and dirty adjustment. Generally speaking you want to avoid putting the primary subject dead center in the frame. There are all kinds of reasons to break that rule but it's a good starting point. It's a good exposure and relatively sharp so I think you're getting the hang of the mechanics of it.

Sweet, so I should try and clean out all the little particles and blemishes? Thanks Beerguy

wow nice ! ! !

Thanks!

 

[samdaman]

Here are a couple more, How do they look, I cleaned some blemishes:

 

[goldenfamaliy]

wow, they look great! Beerguy is a great help to me too. I hope to get mine figured out.

 

[jbird69]

Those look sweet! Im not sure if you are using a sharpenning tool in photoshop. But the first pic in the second post has a lot of digital noise (grain) in the out of focus areas. That happens when you sharpen a picture or even if a high ISO is used in the photo. A good way to combat that is to use your outline tool to outline the subject only, then do your sharpenning on the subject. that way you could sharpen the fish and leave the rest with a soft blur. Anytime you sharpen a blurred area, you get noise.

 

[samdaman]

Those look sweet! Im not sure if you are using a sharpenning tool in photoshop. But the first pic in the second post has a lot of digital noise (grain) in the out of focus areas. That happens when you sharpen a picture or even if a high ISO is used in the photo. A good way to combat that is to use your outline tool to outline the subject only, then do your sharpenning on the subject. that way you could sharpen the fish and leave the rest with a soft blur. Anytime you sharpen a blurred area, you get noise.

I am not, I'm using a high iso because the fish moves too fast and its too dark. But I will try that method. Thanks!

By the way, I think where the only photos I can get until he decides to come out during the day.

 

[TitusvileSurfer]

Zoom in a lot more. There is just too much open space.

 

[samdaman]

Zoom in a lot more. There is just too much open space.

I ran out of zoom lol, its a 18-55mm.. The first pic is 55mm