Suggestions on photographing fish?

[tatsu]

I was not sure where to place this topic.

Anyways, the title basically says it all. I've tried photographing my fish to no avail.

I have a 5 Megapixel camera with micro-mode to photograph small objects. However, it still ends up blurry.

Any suggestions would be helpful!

 

[snowyangel]

Here's is a pinned topic found on the forum at Members fish Pics for taking great pics : http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=19038
Welcome to the forum.

 

[LoachLover]

Welcome to the forum. I always have trouble photographing my fish, especially my loaches, they move to fast

 

[tatsu]

Wonderful read, thank you very much!

 

[Inchworm]

Hi tatsu

Welcome to the forum!

We have some really excellent photographers on this forum and I'm sure you will learn a lot from them. Most of our members are friendly and will be happy to help you.

I'll be looking forward to seeing pics of your fish soon.

 

[mwm]

What Kind of camera are you using right now? The only thing you can do to get shots of fast moving fish is to turn up your shutter speed using manual modes. The problem is once it gets above like 1/16 or something it will go dark so you need either a kickass lighting system or you can use flash which normally kills the color of your fish. The fish i take pictures of usually are slow movers so I just turn on macro mode and shoot

EDIT: Spelling

 

[bunjiweb]

The only thing you need to know with taking pictures of fish is to turn macro mode on. If you have a tripod, use it. If your camera has adjustable capture speed, put it on the highest setting so you will have less motion blur.

Other than this there's a lot of luck, and a lot of patience involved.

Ben

 

[Toadfish]

Hey This is my first time on fish forums but I've been involved in the hooby for awhile and during that time I have had a few different ways to photograph fish. The easiest being to sit and wait with a point and shoot and hope for the best (which I would show you with my betta pics but I can't figure out how to put pictures in this message). Another way is to get a large flash and set it up at an angle above your subject (slow moving subject is easiest). I tried that one and it worked well with my toadfish (see my photo). The last way I've heard of but not tried is to set up a small tank and take a seperate peice of glass and lightly squeeze the fish against the front of the glass so they can't move. You also have to set up lights or flashes at the right angle which will take some trial and error.
Note: You don't need a fancy camera to take good pictures, the one I use for most of my photos is a Kodak EasyShare, 4 megapixels.

 

[Toadfish]

I think I figured out how to post images so here it is the betta pic I promised.

 

[Nidge]

First of all take LOTS of pictures, Use your flash and tilt your camera down a little to avoid flash reflections. Clean the aquarium glass too theres nothing as bad as getting a nice shot and then notice a lump of algae in the shot.
What camera do you have?
Most cameras have different settings, Use the one for sport normally it has a faster shutter speed.
Post back what camera it is and ill look it up and see what features suits aquarium photography.

 

[guppygirl]

That is one awesome betta toadfish!!!

 

[Toadfish]

Thanks for the compliment, but it helps to work at an aquarium store and get first picks at that split tails that come in. Actually here's the other split tail that I have.