Triplets

[johanmw]

Hi there everyone, i was at work today, doing some photographs of our fish.
I found out that it were harder than i had expected, but some of the shots were pretty nice.

I tried around with a lot of different settings, since i've never taken fish photographies before.
The hardest part were to capture the fish in a good pose (which can be seen on the below shot).

Anyway, this is the best one i got, out of the around 400+ pictures i took.



EXIF data:
Camera: Canon EOS 350D Digital
Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/20
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Flash fired

I would have wanted that all of the three fishes were in the frame, and i would like to clone out the dirt on the tank.

Feel free to critique

[oriolhdz]

As you said, taking photos of fish can be a tough job. I wonder how the photo will look with all the 3 fishes together and complete. Maybe if you have access to the aquarium you can lure them with some food to make them stay in a close range from each other. Good luck!

[wulf]

Is that diagonal mark across the front fish dirt on the tank or a light effect?

I think you have nailed the two main things about the shot. The dirt is a minor problem (next time, clean the tank first! ); it is a real shame you didn't get all of the fish at the top as the colour, detail and arrangement of the three is otherwise excellent.

I notice you were at 300mm, presumably the top end of your Tamron lens. Perhaps back off from there a bit. Zoom lenses are often softer at the long end so you might get a sharper picture, even if the fish are a bit smaller in the frame before cropping. It also gives you more margin for error. Because the fish are moving, allow plenty of space around them and then crop for the final composition. You will probably still need to take lots of pictures but it should give you a much bigger success rate (from the dimensions of this picture, it looks like you had to crop anyway).

Wulf

[johanmw]

Thanks for the tips.

I used the 300mm to get as much detail as possible, but i see your point, and i'll try that next week.

Edit: The diagonal white stripe, is the flash bouncing on some dust on the tank (yeah, we forgot to clean it first