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i've taken some more pics of the loaches, see what you think now after tinkering about with the camera settings.






what do you think of them.?

mick

They look a lot better and sharper Mick

cheers matey, i was hoping you'd say something like that.

mick

Now we're cooking with gas! There's still a yellowish tinge, but that'll be the tannins no doubt.

Next thing you do is edit.....



A crop, some sharpening, a bit of imperfection cloning out and a slight hue and saturation adjustment. Nothing fancy........



By the way. That's one hell of a fish

Martin.

They looking superb now mate!

Here's a handy little tool for cropping and saturation adjustments etc. http://www.irfanview.com/

thanks lads, and Martin thats a nice bit of work with the pic, all i did was clarify it on paintshop pro, but with a bit of tinkering i should be able to get near the mark.
i did a couple of shots of the rainbows and they come out very neat.

Graeme mate i'll let Anne look at that site, she's my teacher bud.

mick

Great photos! Much improved. Beautiful dario, striata, kubotai, and others.

you are mixing colour temps
a flash is (somewhat) daylight balanced
and the light in your tank is not daylight balanced
hence the loach is (somewhat) of a proper colour and the background isn't.
some ways around this:
-over ride the camera and under expose the background so it dark.
-or don't shoot with flash and set the camera to whatever the colour temp is for the tank.
-or bathe the whole scene in flash and set the camera to daylight balance. This would involve multi flashes...best to avoid.
-or don't worry about it

nice fish you have there Mick