Trying Some Photo Techniques
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lilfishie
Its a kinda MAGIC!! ^_^
wow good photo, nice healthy looking shrimp you have there, what tank do you have him in and what tank mates?
madgap
Fishaholic
It's a very nice, quality picture.... But what are the techniques you're trying?
Murphys-Law
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He is one of 3 in a 70 Gallon planted - The rest of the fishies are in my profile.
I was trying out the Macro on my camera with flash (and struggling a bit) My glass is 12mm thick and it aint easy - The best efforts so far are to simply press the camera onto the glass and wait, hope and pray! The hard bit is getting enough Depth of Field.
I was trying out the Macro on my camera with flash (and struggling a bit) My glass is 12mm thick and it aint easy - The best efforts so far are to simply press the camera onto the glass and wait, hope and pray! The hard bit is getting enough Depth of Field.
lilfishie
Its a kinda MAGIC!! ^_^
nice stocking, any full tank shots?
madgap
Fishaholic
Well it seem's to have paid off. I look forward to future picture's.
Why not start a 'user's tank' journal?
Why not start a 'user's tank' journal?
DarkEntity
Eater Of The Fishies!!!
Not wanting to sound too picky, but what were you trying to do as that image has noise all over it and its out of focus. You need to lower the ISO this will reduce the noise.
madgap
Fishaholic
Forgive me for being naive, but, noise? in a picture?
I'm sure it must be a photographers term but, could you elaborate, please....
I'm sure it must be a photographers term but, could you elaborate, please....
DarkEntity
Eater Of The Fishies!!!
Noise is well er Noise, it looks like speckles or cubes, look at the green area above the Shrimps tail for an obvious example.
Ill give you an example of a picture i took with a cheap ass camera which is noise free (well a lot less noise than the above so you can see what i mean)
Now that image is still out of focus, ive got some of the Anubias in focus where it should have been the shrimp and none of the leaves, there is still noise but its far less obvious.
Ill give you an example of a picture i took with a cheap ass camera which is noise free (well a lot less noise than the above so you can see what i mean)
Now that image is still out of focus, ive got some of the Anubias in focus where it should have been the shrimp and none of the leaves, there is still noise but its far less obvious.
Murphys-Law
New Member
The problems I am trying to address are 
The glass is 12mm - It doesn't help.
ISO is set to 100
The original file was over 3 meg after cropping
Getting it down to <= 100k loses a lot of quality
Do you know a way of getting the critters to stay still long enough??
The glass is 12mm - It doesn't help.
ISO is set to 100
The original file was over 3 meg after cropping
Getting it down to <= 100k loses a lot of quality
Do you know a way of getting the critters to stay still long enough??
madgap
Fishaholic
I'll take your word for it. The area you describe just looks out of focus? Perhaps 'noise' is the new name for lack of clarity?Oh, I dont know. I've had a long day and these beer's haven't sunk in yet
Yeah, you have to kill it.The problems I am trying to address are
DarkEntity
Eater Of The Fishies!!!
The problems I am trying to address are
The glass is 12mm - It doesn't help.
ISO is set to 100
The original file was over 3 meg after cropping
Getting it down to <= 100k loses a lot of quality
Do you know a way of getting the critters to stay still long enough??
You don't need to get them to 100k if you host yourself. A tripod is a god send as is a remote fire for the camera. I've just binned a 3.3 MPg Camera (it took the Shrimp shot of mine above) and bought a nice new Nikon D80, next is the 60mm Macro lense and a new flash. Once i learn to use that i should see a massive improvement in my pics also
If your camera shoots in RAW use that then do all cropping before moving to a JPEG or other format.
Also they dont need to be still, all you need to do is set the camera properly so its got very little shutter lag
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