Tom619 Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 hi everyone. these are some shots of my huge 30g tank. i've never had professional photography training, so please let me know what im doing wrong. camera used was a point-and-shoot Canon SD800 The reef is about 2 years old now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom619 Posted January 15, 2009 Author Share Posted January 15, 2009 (edited) some shots at night Edited January 15, 2009 by Tom619 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefytang Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 These are great photos. I never really thought it took pro training to take a decent picture, or even an expensive camera. You see a lot of people using pricey gear but often they lack imagination or rely on close ups to compensate. Most of these photos have really unusual compositions and angles. You're not doing anything wrong at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Fantastic photos! I echo everything beefytang said. You take much better aquatic pictures with your point-n-shoot than I do with my digital SLR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmanning Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 I totally agree w/both of you. Seahorsejl........we (you & I) must be new to the Digital SLR. I'm still learning on how to adjust certain settings. I figure that if I take shots in RAW mode, it pretty much lets me make certain corrections. Not to go off topic but this is the reason I needed a much faster camera, I could zoom in closer and capture these shots. Yeah....that's my girl---in red. I recently took this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefytang Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Well I'm certainly guilty of my own comments. I wouldn't mind having a better camera, myself. But I think when it comes to photographing aquatic life, it's all too easy to become seduced by the technical power of DSLR and expensive lenses. You know, the super macros that focus on the surface features of things our naked eye can't easily see. It's cool and I'm not disparaging such things. I'm knee deep in learning it too. But composition is also important. The relationship between a given thing and another within a finite space. That's what strikes me about a few of these photos. At times you see a perfect correlation with the golden ratio, in others he's totally "breaking the rules" with different dynamic angles. It's something to think about when taking photos of any subject matter IMO. You can see the golden ratio in effect with this one picture in particular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom619 Posted January 15, 2009 Author Share Posted January 15, 2009 hey! did you just vandalize my photo!?!??! hahaha im jk beauty is in the eye of the beholder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom619 Posted January 16, 2009 Author Share Posted January 16, 2009 (edited) yeah, the water is so friggen clear! It's like glass. I left all pumps running while the shots were taken too. much of that credit goes to my mama's filter socks I've been using for months. I now have them available for sale if everyone is interested http://www.austinreefclub.com/index.php?showtopic=4813 Edited January 16, 2009 by Tom619 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefytang Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 hey! did you just vandalize my photo!?!??! hahaha Hehe sorry. I couldn't resist. Your photo was such a perfect example of the GR concept. Looking forward to more pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ACampbell Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 GR concept? Is GR an acronym? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iplantz Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Tang Police! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom619 Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 Tang Police! *siren siren* lol im jk. but seriously. i knwo i know. i'm planning to upgrade to a 90 next. in the process of clearing out this corner in the living room for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom619 Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 some new pieces i got last week. The Rose. my clowns never hosted anything for the last year until she showed up. it was immediate attraction; love at first sight, u can say some rics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmanning Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Nice RBT!!! Now, do these particular anemones keep their color? And are they less space intrusive than the LTA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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