Another embarassing attempt at photographing my clown...

[shazam26]

I am NOT making any money as a photographer. Bear with me guys, I've tried again... I took the pictures, then provided close ups of the clown in the picture



Both clowns: The smallest at the top, Lewellyn. On the bottom you can see my bigger loach, Alfie.




This is Alfie, the healthy clown. To give you an idea of perspective, Alfie is barely 2 inches.



Lewellyn!








And here's other tank buddies, why not:



This is Tanooki ^_^



This is one of my black kuhli's, Heckle


One of my kuhli's, Jasper

Sorry for how crappy they are.... I TRIED!

[mistergreen]

the little guy by the filter intake seems really thin huh?

does he eat?

[The Kapenta Kid]

Focus is bad, I agree. What sort of camera do you have, maybe we can help you.

[Emma Turner]

Hi Shazam,
Your smallest clown loach does look pretty underweight to me. I'd definitely give them a course of Levamisole (sooner rather than later) if I were you.
Emma

[shazam26]

I have an EasyShare CX7300... it's always had horrible focus. Is there anything I can do to better it?
I'm currently trying to find some dewormer... harder than you'd think
There are NO animal farms around here... just plantation farms.
There are no crevices or hollows behind his eyes/on his body, at least- and he eats like a pig. Until I find him so levamisol I'll ensure than he's getting a big portion of shrimp and bloodworms, to try to give him some weight. He eats like crazy- he was thinner than that when I got him. He was the smallest in the tank at the pet shop, he was alone except for Alfie when they went to get me some.

[brett_fishman]

i have a kodak easyshare DX7630 (6.1 mp) and if you look at the majority of my pictures, they are clear and in focus..

now, what i do is:
1. put the camera on the macro setting
2. put the flash on 100% (not the adaptive mode)
3. aim the lens at the fish (duh)
4. hold the shutter button half-way down, this focuses the camera
5. after the camera focuses (the box in the center of the screen turns from blue to red) push the shutter button down all the way

and voila, clear pics...most of the time!


good luck,
brett.

[shazam26]

Macro setting?? I don't have one. There isn't a flower icon on the dial. You can't hold my shutter button halfway down Any pressure at all takes a photo. What kind of camera do I have here, cardboard an tin?

[brett_fishman]

oh...well then...how does your camera focus?

-brett.

[Vancmann]

Hi shazam26, one suggestion is lighting. Some older and lower performance cameras have a hard time focusing on dimely lit subjects. Try and setup a bright flourescent lamp on them. They may shy away from it though.
On a second look, hardly anything is in focus with your camera and it could be a number of things. It could be the internal focus settings, dirty meter, dirty lens, broken camera, hand infromt of the meter when shooting..

[brett_fishman]

yes..i have a bright halogen desk lamp (on my desk, beside my tank) and if i cant get a bright enough shot, i shine it in at different angles to the tank, using normal white paper to defuse the light (to not blind the fish)

-brett.

[shazam26]

See, that's just the problem, I DON'T focus my camera the darn thing apparently 'automatically' does the job for me. Go figure.
Weird thing is, the photos I take of people and other objects are never off-focus. Only the fish. It isn't because they're moving- I've taken clear photos of cars in motion, and people. As for the lighting technique... I've actually tried it. Am I a doomed photographer? I think it may be time to upgrade in the camera world.

[brett_fishman]

well, the camera is probably focusing on the glass, not the stuff inside...
i dont know how you can fix that, without being able to manually focus it...

-brett.