fish pics series

[onghm]

[onghm]

the next 2 are taken with external flash..

[onghm]

[DeepBlue]

stunning....your photography skills are getting better and better....moving looks like the fish are posing for you

[onghm]

stunning....your photography skills are getting better and better....moving looks like the fish are posing for you

Thanks man

I've seen some amazing shots taken with external flash.

I think i will be hooked for quite a while

Anyway, like i said, there is no film cost.

So i just keep shooting

[Golden Tooth]

Nice shots bro.

[onghm]

Nice shots bro.

thanks bro

[terryansimon]

ah the wonders of technology. I know what you mean by one shot in fifty.

anyway, good shots. (=

[onghm]

ah the wonders of technology. I know what you mean by one shot in fifty.

anyway, good shots. (=

thanks terryansimon.

How i wish i could attain sniper status of 1 shot 1 kill

[onghm]

some evansi shots to share.

Hope i'm not boring u guys with the pics

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

[terryansimon]

onghm...

realistically that would never happen. even Helmut Kreund probably took a few shots before he got the A1 shot.

[onghm]

onghm...

realistically that would never happen. even Helmut Kreund probably took a few shots before he got the A1 shot.

yeah, i was juz kidding.

if i could get 1 in 20, would be very happy already

[onghm]

[bwilly]

good shot..!

I always got problem compensating using flash or w/o..

fishes swim damn fast..!

do you have a black background for your tank..?

I was pondering if I wanted it for my new tank..

but if you have, it does come out nicely when u take the pic..

[bum]

bro,

particularly like the purple tang shot

more please....

[shieldk]

Bro onghm,

Great photography skills .

I'm using Dimage 7i also but never got a shot close to yours. Can you share your camera settings? Are you using manual focus?

Thanks.

[onghm]

good shot..!

I always got problem compensating using flash or w/o..

fishes swim damn fast..!

do you have a black background for your tank..?

I was pondering if I wanted it for my new tank..

but if you have, it does come out nicely when u take the pic..

thanks bro!

I started without flash also.

But as its a moving target, your shutter speed has to be at least 1/60 or faster.

Depending on the amount of lighting your subject receives, the pic most of the time would be underexposed.

And digital noise would be more obvious in underexposed shots.

With external flash, there are a lot of advantages.

1) you could shoot faster than 1/60 thereby freezing the moving target and eliminate blurness caused by movment

2) subject would be better illuminated thereby reducing underexposed areas which results in lesser digital noise

3) more details can be pick up for example, those stripes/spot on the purple tang

4) could add catchlight or in layman term, sparkle in the eyes to make the photo more lively.

The list could go on and on....

But the trick is to be able to control the beast, (i mean the flash ) so that the subject is just nicely illuminated while the background goes underexposed.

I'm still practising and practising and practising to achieve that

Yes, i have a black background.

But if you could achieve what i mentioned above, subject nicely illuminated by the flash and background goes underexposed, then it doesn't really matter if your background paper is black or blue etc....

Other than the lighting consideration, the other key factor is to choose an aperture to have just enough of your subject in focus while the background is thrown out of focus.

In summary, visualise this, the subject is nicely illuminated and in focus against a dark and blur backdrop

Since you already have the gear, keep shooting.

Don't give up

The reward will be worth it

[onghm]

bro,

particularly like the purple tang shot

more please....

Thanks bum.

Have not seen your shots for quite a while.

Any teaser ?

[onghm]

Bro onghm,

Great photography skills .

I'm using Dimage 7i also but never got a shot close to yours. Can you share your camera settings? Are you using manual focus?

Thanks.

You also got a 7i

Very uncommon because in this category and price range, people would normally go for canon g3 or g5

Camera setting as in f/stop, aperture, flash on/off and iso are already included in all the shots (except the tang) near the bottom of the border.

For setup, I'm using an external flash (3600 HS) mounted on tripod.

The camera is handheld and focus is manual.

I normally pre-focus to the area the fish normally loiters.

I would do further fine-tuning of the focus by physically moving the camera forward and backward.

Reason being i'm not fast enough on the focus ring.

And i always focus on the eyes.

By the way, for 7i, you could magnify or zoom in on the subject when in manual focus mode.

This feature is extremely useful.

I shoot in raw mode which gives me the highest resolution and allows me to adjust the white balance after the shot is taken.

My workflow include doing stuff in photoshop like :-

1) increase the contrast slightly

2) darken and blurred the background

3) reduce image size

4) slight sharpening

Hope this helps!

I'm no expert and I'm still learning too

[shieldk]

Thanks alot

I got my 7i at about $1800, when it just arrives in market. Not much choice during that time with the big zoom and 28 - 200 mm focal length.

Learning from someone is always easier than trying to figure out what the manual says.

[onghm]

Thanks alot

I got my 7i at about $1800, when it just arrives in market. Not much choice during that time with the big zoom and 28 - 200 mm focal length.

Learning from someone is always easier than trying to figure out what the manual says.

no problem.

just let me know if i can be of any help

[onghm]

err...gone off topic.. run out of fish...going to post coral shots

Could the mod pls help me change the title to "pic series" pls ?

thanks a million

[onghm]

dunno what is the exact color of this ric.

The mouth is purple for certain, the body is a mixture of grey, blue, purple.

[onghm]

orange ric with green mouth

[onghm]

This is a mixture of green, blue and grey.