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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.
All of them: F 4, 1/50 or 1/60sec, ISO 1600, Ev Comp. -2. Very noisy but I got it...
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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!
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Cool Irma.
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Fantastic shots Irma - sharks are my least favourite animal and there have been more than usual along our east coast beaches this summer.
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Thanks for your comments... 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.
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I 've tried aquariums many times and have had VERY little success, these shots are wonderful Irma!
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These are amazing Irma. The last one is fantastic.I hope it's wallpaper for the desktop.
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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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Thanks for your comments...
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??
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great shots Irma, I like all things fishy ......... Bruce looks like he is smiling in the first shot
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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...
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The bottom photo, when the shark is closest to the light, is the best I think. But these are sure eeire.
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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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Evil looking boys aren't they.
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Did you have trouble using AF, or did you manual focus?
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Thanks all for your comments...
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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.
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