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Another embarassing attempt at photographing my clown...

Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 3:26 pm
by shazam26
:lol: 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


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Both clowns: The smallest at the top, Lewellyn. On the bottom you can see my bigger loach, Alfie.
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This is Alfie, the healthy clown. To give you an idea of perspective, Alfie is barely 2 inches.
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Lewellyn!
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And here's other tank buddies, why not:

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This is Tanooki ^_^

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This is one of my black kuhli's, Heckle

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One of my kuhli's, Jasper

Sorry for how crappy they are.... :oops: I TRIED! :lol:

Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 5:52 pm
by mistergreen
the little guy by the filter intake seems really thin huh?

does he eat?

Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 7:15 pm
by The Kapenta Kid
Focus is bad, I agree. What sort of camera do you have, maybe we can help you.

Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 7:27 pm
by 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

Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 12:37 pm
by 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.

Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:04 pm
by 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.

Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 5:32 pm
by 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. :lol: What kind of camera do I have here, cardboard an tin?

Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 5:43 pm
by brett_fishman
oh...well then...how does your camera focus? :lol:

-brett.

Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 11:31 pm
by 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..

Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 11:36 pm
by 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.

Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 8:10 am
by shazam26
See, that's just the problem, I DON'T focus my camera :lol: the darn thing apparently 'automatically' does the job for me. Go figure. :roll:
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. :oops: Am I a doomed photographer? :lol: I think it may be time to upgrade in the camera world.

Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 3:40 pm
by 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.