The Forgotten Valley - 60l

[GobyMaster]

Okay, thanks!

Cheers,
GobyMaster

 

[aaronnorth]

Personally i dont think they are bad for a first attempt, forgot to use the old hairdryer trick though lol

 

[Truck]

Personally i dont think they are bad for a first attempt, forgot to use the old hairdryer trick though lol

could you explain please

 

[aaronnorth]

blow a hairdryer onto the water to create a ripple, it gives the aquarium life rather than it being still. Here is a great comparison:
http/www.my-mac.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4744

 

[Bigpig]

playing with new cam what yah get?

 

[SuperColey1]

Aaron

How do you eliminate reflections on the glass? Whenever I take a pic the top of my Tripod reflects in the dark substrate are of the glass.

AC

 

[Bigpig]

Aaron

How do you eliminate reflections on the glass? Whenever I take a pic the top of my Tripod reflects in the dark substrate are of the glass.

AC

I believe you are meant to put like a tent thing around the cam and you or some very large curtains

 

[aaronnorth]

I got a fujifilm finepix S5700

It is best to take the pictures when it is dark as possible, these were done at 1.30pm in the afternoon though lol I just closed the curtains & blinds and i switched of the TV and other fish tank etc to make it dark. It will help if you get a black sheet and put that behind you/ camera.

The link i posted above is good for examples.

This picture sort of shows you the darkness of the room.

 

[Ficious]

turn the lights off in the room and keep the lights in the tank on. use a slow speed no flash setting with your tripod. this way it will take a sec for the shutter to take the pic but you get a very detailed, good looking, flash free pic

 

[SuperColey1]

Lol you misunderstand ne

I take the pictures when it is dark outside. all lights in the house off. TV and PC screens off. The only light is the tank lights.

Then I disable the camera's flash, set the white balance to daylight fluoro and snap.

The reflection from the tank lights on the tripod show up in the dark substrate area of the glass

AC

 

[aaronnorth]

Lol you misunderstand ne

I take the pictures when it is dark outside. all lights in the house off. TV and PC screens off. The only light is the tank lights.

Then I disable the camera's flash, set the white balance to daylight fluoro and snap.

The reflection from the tank lights on the tripod show up in the dark substrate area of the glass

AC

have you tried underexposing? set the camera to -2ex which will make the image darker, and hopefully cancel the problem out. I have never had that problem though.

Alternativley paint the tripod black

 

[Million]

The tank is looking lovely, it's matured really well throughout the journal
Just a few little things to improve on with the pics: the background needs to be less distracting, maybe just a sheet of black, white or grey card; the snails near the top look like dirt on the lens - get rid!; the strands of plants reaching the surface for me are annoying, either cut them so none reach the surface, or make more of a feature of it; and the pic doesn't look level, I appreciate the perspective distortion, but it looks to me like it needs to be rotated CW a couple of degrees

Keep shooting!

 

[keenonfish]

Lol you misunderstand ne

I take the pictures when it is dark outside. all lights in the house off. TV and PC screens off. The only light is the tank lights.

Then I disable the camera's flash, set the white balance to daylight fluoro and snap.

The reflection from the tank lights on the tripod show up in the dark substrate area of the glass

AC

You could try a polarizing lens this should remove the reflections however you will reduce light getting to the lens by about 1 stop.

Move the camera further away from the tank. Slightly angle the camera to tank.. get some blackout material or card and cover tripod or mess with exposure as mentioned above.

 

[aaronnorth]

The tank is looking lovely, it's matured really well throughout the journal
Just a few little things to improve on with the pics: the background needs to be less distracting, maybe just a sheet of black, white or grey card; the snails near the top look like dirt on the lens - get rid!; the strands of plants reaching the surface for me are annoying, either cut them so none reach the surface, or make more of a feature of it; and the pic doesn't look level, I appreciate the perspective distortion, but it looks to me like it needs to be rotated CW a couple of degrees

Keep shooting!

thanks for the critique, i am going to try and photoshop the background out!

 

[Million]

Wouldn't it be quicker for you just to put some plain card behind the tank? Photoshopping it will be obvious, and probably quite distracting