I picked up a couple new Angels today and I decided I wanted to take some photos. I experimented with flash and zoom settings, and I found out things I did not know. First, flash photos produce crisper pictures, and it’s usually closer to what it really looks like than just using the tank light. Second, it’s *really* hard to take pictures of moving fish.
Here is a little breakdown of what I was able to come up with. Take a look at these photos and guess which was flash and which isn’t (click ‘em to see the big one).
The one on the left was taken with a flash, and the one on the right was without flash. These are the original photos. Initially, the flash one is much better.
After some Photoshopping, here is what was produced:
What’s kind of odd is in the doctored non-flash image, the lighting looks more natural and reflects what the tank looks like. However, the doctored flash image shows better what the fish looks like. I’m sure it has something to do with the wood he’s chillin’ under. At any rate, this was just my first experiment, and there will be more pictures and experiments and different cameras, so expect to see more posts like this.
And if you’re interested, the camera I used was an Olympus Stylus 400 digital camera with built-in flash. I also used a tripod.
The rest of my photos can be seen at my Aquarium Advice gallery.
-j
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