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Post by Caleen on Oct 31, 2005 12:32:55 GMT -5
Ok, anyone who has seen photos of my Bettas knows that I seem to be incapable of getting any descent shots.
So my question is, what is the best way to get clear photos of your fish? I already know that the quality of your camera equipment is important.
What kind of lighting is best? What kind of container is best to photograph them in (small vs. large, shape, etc).
Any advice is greatly appreciated!
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Post by twoluvcats on Oct 31, 2005 12:38:42 GMT -5
Photographing fish is hard, and takes a lot of practice. A flat sided, square contianer is the best for a place to move them to for photography...but i don't usually do this, with practice you can get ok shots right in your tank. Bright, indirect light seems ot work best for me. If you have a closeup setting on your camera, use that...its often indicated by a flower graphic. The biggest thing to remember is it takes a LOT of shots to get 'the one'...most of the time when I post a pic, the pic you see is the best out of 20-30 shots.
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Post by Caleen on Nov 1, 2005 14:28:30 GMT -5
Awesome  Thank you so much for the advice. |
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Post by minesbetta on Mar 21, 2006 20:21:57 GMT -5
one thing that i read was to put them in a "photo tank" just a small tank (similar to the tiny things they are sold in) and give them something to flare at.....this keeps them from running around the tank and you don't always have to take a ton of pics to get a good one. My problem is i don't have anything to put them in with flat edges, it's all rounded things that i have, so they look really funny and super huge in some of my pics i've taken
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Post by khunbetta on Apr 1, 2006 4:25:44 GMT -5
one thing that i read was to put them in a "photo tank" just a small tank (similar to the tiny things they are sold in) and give them something to flare at.....this keeps them from running around the tank and you don't always have to take a ton of pics to get a good one. My problem is i don't have anything to put them in with flat edges, it's all rounded things that i have, so they look really funny and super huge in some of my pics i've taken Yup you are right that is how we take photos of bettas. Take two small glass containers. put a betta in each container. and block there view, position your Carma the remove the block (can be a piece of paper). the bettas sees each other and flare and pose in that position for about 3 to 7 sec enough time to take 2 3 good snaps. I hope this helps. |
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Post by cellogirl on Apr 2, 2006 13:07:18 GMT -5
Another tip that really helped me is to make sure that you tip your camera done so that you don't get as much flare.
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