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A rare "dorsal up" picture.



Martin.

Nice pic!! Does this fish hide as much as others have said theirs do?

It tends to be hidden for the first half of the day and then out and about. Definitely livelier in the afternoon/evening. It totally rules the tank by sheer size and intimidating approaches to the other fish. It will totally ignore being attacked and topped by an angry S. lineolata.

All these newer Sewellia took a while to recognize my offerings as food, but they sure are on the case now.

Martin.

Very nice Martin

Great shot. Get that in the species description!

*drool* Lovely looking fish!
A hill-stream tank is on my list of things to do - love the step-by-step guide you guys give

Martin,
I'm always amazed at the quality of photography by the members of this forum. I can shoot 20-30 photos before I'm satisfied with one and it's still nowhere near the perfection regularly posted by some of the members here.
Any chance we could see a tutorial?

Hehe! That was the first of about 6 I took while my Nephew was attempting shots of the fish. All bar one of the others were defective in some way.
A lot of it is the settings I use. I have previously posted those but lord knows where. Other Canon point and shoot users found their shots improved using them. What camera have you got?

Here's a post in a thread on editing:

http://www.aquaria.info/index.php?name= ... 68&start=0

Martin.

Lovely pic Martin, the Spotties are so photogenic (when they finally come out ).

I asked JD a while back about a photography article on LOL and he was thinking about it. Anyone want to give him a gentle nudge?

Emma

Martin Thoene wrote: A lot of it is the settings I use. I have previously posted those but lord knows where. Other Canon point and shoot users found their shots improved using them. What camera have you got?

Martin.

Martin,
I'm using a Canon PowerShot A75. Probably one of the more common cameras out there but a tad dated at only 3.2 mega pixels. I know its capable though because occasionally I manage to get a fairly crisp image.
Here's one of the underside of Gastromyzon occelatus that I thought came out fairly well.


Kinda makes it easy to focus when they're plastered against the glass.
That link sure explains some of why I'm lacking but unfortunately Photoshop is just not in my budget. If I could just get better at getting my subject in the proper focal plane when doing macro work I'd be happy. Sometimes I have to auto focus on some obvious object at the same distance of the fish and adjust the point of aim on the fish and hope he hasn’t moved.
By the way, I'm one step closer to getting a river tank up and running. Last night I filled my freebie 55 gallon and plugged in the power heads and filter. That old Otto powerhead blows so hard it was moving gravel! I was fairly disappointed though with the output of the Aqua Clear 70 powerhead but after some modifications it blows like a, well a, really hard.
JD, I'll do a write-up on the powerhead with pictures of the modifications and stop watch times to drain a 5 gallon bucket if you'll do a photo tutorial, how about it
I'll be gone for the next week on a hunting trip but when I get back I;ll post the power head thread and one on the poor mans river tank build.