Photographing Fish Through Glass

[gaz gun man]

'if you go for flash, f8-11 will be quite good, as you get closer to your subject, apparent, depth of field will reduce'


can you explain what you mean mate?

small apertures increase DOF

 

[darryl864]

Are the mounting brackets still there? If the window's not too big, you could hang a large towel or a blanket over it while you're taking pictures.

Why not wait until it's dark?

 

[raptorrex]

'if you go for flash, f8-11 will be quite good, as you get closer to your subject, apparent, depth of field will reduce'


can you explain what you mean mate?

small apertures increase DOF

yeh quite true. however when you move closer to the subject, the DOF appearers to reduce, especially when you use a macro mode. take a picture of your tank and you have 3/4 of the tank in focus. now if you move closer to a fish and take a picture, only 3/4 of the picture will be sharp, the same as the tank shot, but now the fish fills the frame, only 3/4 of it will be sharp, therefore the depth of field appears to be reduced

 

[gaz gun man]

'if you go for flash, f8-11 will be quite good, as you get closer to your subject, apparent, depth of field will reduce'


can you explain what you mean mate?

small apertures increase DOF

yeh quite true. however when you move closer to the subject, the DOF appearers to reduce, especially when you use a macro mode. take a picture of your tank and you have 3/4 of the tank in focus. now if you move closer to a fish and take a picture, only 3/4 of the picture will be sharp, the same as the tank shot, but now the fish fills the frame, only 3/4 of it will be sharp, therefore the depth of field appears to be reduced

ah ok...what camera gear do you use? just out of intrest

 

[Amina]

Use the Macro setting (it looks like a flower)
Dont use flash.

Take a picture, review it. If its to dark or to light. Adjust the Exposure.

With most cameras you can do this easily by pressing one of the arrow keys.

On my camera its the up arrow key. This also allows me to edit the flash levels (if im using it) and the auto bracket. (A feature that allows me to take a number of pictures in a row)

With my friends cheap little Kodak.. I found that I could change it by pressing it to the side. But it could only change by three. which is expected of a cheap camera I guess.

With the macro setting. It allows you to take beautiful closeup shots. If you have a tripod I would recomend using it. If not hold the lens literally right next to the glass.

hope this helps

 

[raptorrex]

'if you go for flash, f8-11 will be quite good, as you get closer to your subject, apparent, depth of field will reduce'


can you explain what you mean mate?

small apertures increase DOF

yeh quite true. however when you move closer to the subject, the DOF appearers to reduce, especially when you use a macro mode. take a picture of your tank and you have 3/4 of the tank in focus. now if you move closer to a fish and take a picture, only 3/4 of the picture will be sharp, the same as the tank shot, but now the fish fills the frame, only 3/4 of it will be sharp, therefore the depth of field appears to be reduced

ah ok...what camera gear do you use? just out of intrest

sorry my last post was a bit hurried, i really should have been on my way to work when writing it .

i currently use a Samsung s630, not the best, but i only really do shots for the net, so its no real problem. it does, though, have a really good macro setting. i also use a mini tripod http/www.unbeatable.co.uk/product/Minox-...d/21777529.html. no longer avaliable, but i would recommend anyone who finds one to buy it, it very useful. and a bog standard tripod. only other stuff i use is a light bar from a rio 180, and bits of tissue and old sheets as i have stated. oh and, possibly the most important thing, Photoshop

I could, if you wish, expand on the relationship between lenses apertures and depth of field. though this would need to be in a separate thread. but as a taster: all lenses actually have the same depth of field, at any give aperture, what changes is the perspective it is viewed from.

 

[gaz gun man]

'if you go for flash, f8-11 will be quite good, as you get closer to your subject, apparent, depth of field will reduce'


can you explain what you mean mate?

small apertures increase DOF

yeh quite true. however when you move closer to the subject, the DOF appearers to reduce, especially when you use a macro mode. take a picture of your tank and you have 3/4 of the tank in focus. now if you move closer to a fish and take a picture, only 3/4 of the picture will be sharp, the same as the tank shot, but now the fish fills the frame, only 3/4 of it will be sharp, therefore the depth of field appears to be reduced

ah ok...what camera gear do you use? just out of intrest

sorry my last post was a bit hurried, i really should have been on my way to work when writing it .

i currently use a Samsung s630, not the best, but i only really do shots for the net, so its no real problem. it does, though, have a really good macro setting. i also use a mini tripod [URL="http/www.unbeatable.co.uk/product/Minox-...d/21777529.html"]http/www.unbeatable.co.uk/product/Minox-...d/21777529.html[/URL]. no longer avaliable, but i would recommend anyone who finds one to buy it, it very useful. and a bog standard tripod. only other stuff i use is a light bar from a rio 180, and bits of tissue and old sheets as i have stated. oh and, possibly the most important thing, Photoshop

I could, if you wish, expand on the relationship between lenses apertures and depth of field. though this would need to be in a separate thread. but as a taster: all lenses actually have the same depth of field, at any give aperture, what changes is the perspective it is viewed from.

feel free to if you want to type it. I'm always looking to learn more. I myself use a Nikon DSLR with a 17-55m f2.8 and a 70-200mm f2.8