Best way to film fish?
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tazdevil":2ggk4t44 said:
The best?
With no expenses barred, I'd vote for two large strobes with modelling lights mounted on the ceiling, pointed directly down into the tank. Additionally, I'd have soft boxes mounted on them large enough to cover the surface of the tank.
Given the size of this, I'd recommend some sort of remote triggering device rather than having a cord. You may need a flash meter as well, plus the housing for it so you can change the flash output if needed for the top third of the tank vs. the middle vs. the bottom third.
Figure this running between $3-5000.
When you are done, you can have a second career shooting weddings or school portraits. :wink:
Regards.
Mike Kirda
P.S. Buy one of the Nikon digital camera flashes, an off-camera sync cord and a decent tripod. Try mounting the flash on a tripod above the tank, firing down. Shoot with the Nikon as a smaller f-stop and see what your results are. That would be the first thing I'd try in your shoes.
Well, my pic in the March contest was the standard flash, f 1/1600, 8*opt, no dig zoom, and (hold your breath) no tripod! just wondering if theirs more I can do to get better shots, tripod I understand, when you say Nikon flash, you mean adding a more powerful one to the top mount on the camera I take it?
That's the one thing I really hate about my C740, and if I could have afforded it would have gone with the C750 (has a hotshoe).
I have since learned that I can help the washed out look doing a few things, using a bit of cardstock among them, and am looking into a digital slave flash unit. Seems Vivitar may make one that's good for me. Problem is, I don't know how to use THAT without the on-camera flash, and I don't know if covering up the on-camera flash will disable the slave.
Right now getting a polarizing filter and telephoto lens are more important.
I have since learned that I can help the washed out look doing a few things, using a bit of cardstock among them, and am looking into a digital slave flash unit. Seems Vivitar may make one that's good for me. Problem is, I don't know how to use THAT without the on-camera flash, and I don't know if covering up the on-camera flash will disable the slave.
Right now getting a polarizing filter and telephoto lens are more important.
one method, that I read in the ebook "Mastering Nikon Compact Digital Cameras" by Peter Inova (sony version is also avail) loactated http://www.digitalsecrets.net/ is to cover the built in flash with a piece of unexposed, but devloped (ie the leader section) piece of film, this blocks all but the IR light from the flash, and IR is all thats needed to trip the slave flashe(s), so the built in flash will still trigger the slaves, without adding any visible light itself
Be very patient, and take your time. Your best shots are when you least expect it. I will start posting some pics here soon of some faster fish, ie tangs, triggers, and my puffer.
Scott
ps
take some shots after you feed your fish, I have noticed that I get my best shots when they are full and kinda tired out from eating, and with the shrimp, for me they tend to come out at night, so I have some killer pics from the night watching.
Scott
ps
take some shots after you feed your fish, I have noticed that I get my best shots when they are full and kinda tired out from eating, and with the shrimp, for me they tend to come out at night, so I have some killer pics from the night watching.
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