Secret to Getting a good picture?

[DigiDan]

why not buy a disposible underwater camera....

[Ringo]

that would work

[Alin10123]

Originally Posted by awesome kid

when i get rich (just dreaming) im gonna get a tank so big i can swim in. that would be like, the most fun ever to have existed in the name of fun

I'm picturing deuce bigalow male gigolo in the family aquarium place naked. lol

[arcenciel]

What does that macro button do anyway?

[MDsaints]

lol youll think im a loser but i met this guy who takes pics of fish in tanks for www.thatpetplace.com.. thier really nice.. what he does is leaves the flash on but justs tilts the camera down.. and its a beautiful shot

[Ringo]

Alright earlier today I was playing around with the camera trying to get some pictures of my plecos and banjo cats, and next to me was a magnfying glass. So I grabbed it and starting looking at the fish in the tank through the magnifying glass and it worked great to magnify the fish and made them crystal clear even 8 inches away from the front of the tank.
So then I took a picture through the the magnifying glass and it took a great picture. now if I can just get the fish to stay still....

So try a taking a picture through a magnifying glass, worked good for me.

[Buggy]

I discovered that I could get good pics by turning off the hood light and most of the light in the room. Leave a lamp on so you can see what you are doing and take the pics from a downward angle. Use the camera flash and slow down the exposure speed. Here is a pic of my swordtails using this method.

[spacemom]

Can anyone clue me in as to how to let others see my fish and my tank? i just took a few (hundred, joke!) pictures and i wanted to share them with you guys...
I actually have read a lot of posts on here about "planted" aquariums and I wonder if mine is a joke, as I have just a few sprigs of water plants spread around each of my tanks...can someone tell me how to get my pics on here for some sort of "expert" opinion or something????

thanks,
Spacemom

[duke33]

Thanks for all the input. I'll have to try some of those tricks.Here's the best i can do.

[flamingo]

One hint: usually flash isn't right for most settings. I try to not use it whenever I can manage. Of course, it does help in some conditions and makes "editing and contorting" the pictures levels easier-which is something I love to do lol.

Of course, cleaning the glass is one of the best things you can do. Make sure you don't make irregular motions when cleaning it, going from the top to bottom only, otherwise it leaves streaks on the glass. If a picture is taken from the bottom, it really shows them off.

Macro, just switches the lenses to focus at a shorter distance. Can be the greatest feature of your camera, but it's also harder to get great shots out of. When you use this feature, you have to make sure lighting is perfect, and any movement sets off the photo.

Real two things are just starting off with a decent camera, and taking thousands of photos. I have about 20,000 photos on my computer, only about a thousand are "decent." Many are just for reference or similar stuff.