some macros

[MikeS]

still experimenting with the new camera a bit (actually it's a dvd camcorder, so the pics are only about 1.5 megapixel :cry: )...here are some macros of stuff in my tank...

[Zack]

wow! looking great! :eek2:

[Condiman]

Nice photos. I wish I could take clear photos like that all mine are fuzzy lookin.

[icereefer]

If your just experimenting, it's going to be sweet to see those picture when you got it down pat.
nice photos.

[MikeS]

here's what I do so far....make sure the aquarium glass is nice and clean...I take the pics at night so I can shut off the lights in the room....no reflection from the glass.

I take the pics at an angle to the tank glass, this seems to help the camera to focus on my subject, not the tank glass. I take a LOT of pics....for every good one, I get 10 bad ones.

I wish I had a better camera.

Mike

[miztahphong2]

is it me or are those shrooms metalic green with stripes? where do ya get those and what are they called?!

[icereefer]

I found what works for me is , like you said clean glass,and I turn off my flash,and take a lot of my macro shots just about lens on the glass , like you said at a angle,usally a down ward angle so I don't get the glare from my lights.

[MikeS]

the shrooms were labeled as "melon striped" mushroom polyps at the LFS....I've had them for about 2 years now, and they spread like wildfire, there are patches of them all over the tank.

The pictures really don't do them justice....they glow an incredible green under actintic light, they are very beautiful....

Mike

[miztahphong2]

are those the same thing as the green striped mushrooms?

[MikeS]

they look alot alike, but the stripes are less pronounced and the green is much more vivid.

Mike

[Condiman]

I found what works for me is , like you said clean glass,and I turn off my flash,and take a lot of my macro shots just about lens on the glass , like you said at a angle,usally a down ward angle so I don't get the glare from my lights.

Ill have to try that and see if it works for me

[icereefer]

If you have red eye mode take that off too