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Bruce
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We had a lovely day in Fehmarn. First of all we went to buy my shells, I got a lot and very beautiful. Then we went to the beach, G was painting a seascape, while I was working some experiments with long exposure with macro. After a delicious Italian lunch we went to the sea world. Lots of beautiful fishes, gorgeous anemones and a lot of ugly pictures. A bit of disapointment, but still the shark the one who was in the darkes area was my best series.



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All of them: F 4, 1/50 or 1/60sec, ISO 1600, Ev Comp. -2. Very noisy but I got it... Smile
24-105mm Canon Lens.

Thanks so much for your comments... Smile

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
Paul Cezanne
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#2

Hey Irma, I love those shots! I've never seen such a clear shot from an aquarium before - I can't see any reflections either. Did you hand hold or use a tripod?

The last one is my favourite - it almost looks like you're scuba diving down there with them! Big Grin
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#3

Cool Irma.

Lumix LX5.
Canon 350 D.+ 18-55 Kit lens + Tamron 70-300 macro. + Canon 50mm f1.8 + Manfrotto tripod, in bag.
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#4

Fantastic shots Irma - sharks are my least favourite animal and there have been more than usual along our east coast beaches this summer.

Cheers,
Pat
Canon 400D plus assorted lenses
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#5

Thanks for your comments... Smile They are very spectacular animals... The tank where they have them is so huge... I got some other pictures of them but they need a bit more of pp so I'll post them when I have time to work with them.

ST The place is very dark, just few lit signs. The pictures came out very clean, I just got a thin line of a reflection in the last one, but I clonned out. I took my pictures without monopod. Very different from shooting birds in flight. Here you have a very reduced space and no much light, hard contrast and a glass infront of you that distorts tremendously your pictures, your subjects move too fast for the little room you have... I will be very happy if I get 10 good ones out of 400 of the colorful fish and anemones.

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
Paul Cezanne
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#6

I 've tried aquariums many times and have had VERY little success, these shots are wonderful Irma!
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#7

These are amazing Irma. The last one is fantastic.I hope it's wallpaper for the desktop.Smile

Sit, stay, ok, hold it! Awww, no drooling! :O
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#8

How far from the tank were you, Irma?
I have had some small successes using a rubber lens hood pressed gently against the aquarium's side, but still the low light is always a problem. What iso setting did you use?

These are very beautiful, and I hope to someday do as well.
My own guppy aquarium means macro range with a flash unit around the corner from the camera, and like you said hundreds of shots for just a handful of keepers.

And I love your thread title.
Anyone else "get" the reference?
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#9

Thanks for your comments... Smile

Keith, in this series I was more or less 1 meter from the glass. My iso was 1600 and I worked with NeatImage. I got some little white spots but I removed them. I was a bit angry with myself because I left the macro lens in the car, so I couldn't have the chance to experiment with that lens. But as I know that with the macro you always need a lot of light, I didn't take it with me.

Bruce is lovely, isn't he?? Wink

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
Paul Cezanne
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#10

great shots Irma, I like all things fishy Wink......... Bruce looks like he is smiling in the first shot Big Grin
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#11

Thanks Russ.

It was the first time I go to the aquarium with a camera, I am happy with the result I have to say. I would have loved to have more beautiful pictures, but it was a great experience, nonetheless... Smile

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
Paul Cezanne
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#12

The bottom photo, when the shark is closest to the light, is the best I think. But these are sure eeire.

Nikon D3100 with Tokina 28-70mm f3.5, (I like to use a Vivitar .43x aux on the 28-70mm Tokina), Nikkor 10.5 mm fisheye, Quanteray 70-300mm f4.5, ProOptic 500 mm f6.3 mirror lens. http://donschaefferphoto.blogspot.com/
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#13

nice shots never tried shooting thru glass looks like you did a fine job . good job of noise removal look very clean for iso 1600
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#14

Evil looking boys aren't they.

Canon stuff.
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#15

Did you have trouble using AF, or did you manual focus?
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#16

Thanks all for your comments... Smile

jsg
I worked with NeatImage my pictures but I think what it helped a lot is that the pictures doesn't have much detail where the noise can hurt. I got a lot of white dots, I removed but the rest is clean, somehow.

ST I haven't practiced manual focus in this kind of pictures, so I used AF SERVO.

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
Paul Cezanne
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