Aquatic Photography For the Aquascaper

[John N.]

Please discuss and/or comment on Jason Baliban's article, Aquatic Photography For the Aquascaper here.



-John N.

[John N.]

I'm surprised no one talked about this article yet. This is a great article.

I have already improved my aquatic photography just by adjusting the exposures settings. The photographic step by step of how the different settings look really give you a good idea on how turning that exposure dial effects the lightness/darkness of the whole picture. Now if only I had a beautiful aquascape to take a picture of.

-John N.

[Jdinh04]

Lots of good information, I am almost done with the whole article haha. Jason is a good friend of mine and hes put a lot of helpful tips in that article.

Time to brush off the dust on my Nikon D50 and try to take better shots!

[Roy Deki]

Jason takes some amazing photos...Thanks for all the tips!! Being Japanese you would think I would have known all of this before...lol

[jasonepley]

I wish they talked a little bit about exposure compensations though, throwing an exposure compensation can help with getting an propper exposure from the background if your using using direct flash on the foreground.

[stlfishlover]

I got a Canon Power Shot A560 for my birthday which I love, but have been unable to figure out any of the manual settings... I have been trying for months to take good pictures of my fish and such. After reading the article about a half hour ago, I immediately fiddled with the settings using most of what was suggested in the article... took a couple shots on the new manual settings and then the auto settings again to compare... I can definitely tell a difference! Can't wait to try it again tomorrow when the lights are actually supposed to be on in the tanks.

Before - Auto Settings:



After - Manual, suggested from article:

[StanChung]

I think Jason's done a good job with that article especially for those on a budget.
The difference for me on a DSLR is you get to shoot with wider angle lenses to give more perspective enhancement.

The good point about point and shoots are they generally give better depth of field for the same amount of light.

[Supercoley1]

I've just read this article (catching up on all the magazine articles) and this one is an absolute stunner

So many of these articles focus on DSLR cameras that me an my compact settle for Auto settings apart from using the daylight fluorescent setting. I always get that washed out top section and you just taught me how to fix it (although I haven't tried it yet. lol) I never knew what that +2/-2 thingamy on my camera meant

I shall be playing with camera and aquarium as soon as my wife goes to bed now.

Top marks Jason and many thanks for giving us normal photographer something to work with

AC

[soundtweakers]

This article was awesome, it eventually leads me into more serious photography. Jason is a really helpful guy, and I almost bought his used camera.