Woot. Canon 100mm Macro! :D

[Hendersonracing]

I have the same lens!

[ReefLuvR]

Originally Posted by firsthesitation

Here if it makes you guys feel better:

Ha ha ha! THAT'S the one I was talking about!

Oh, you know we love ya Nick. Just have to give crap to the serious crap-slinger.

[firsthesitation]

I did find last night there is a fine line where the aperture really starts to effect your shutter speed. Think it was around a 10f stop. At 2.8 its crazy fast but its so much light the lighter colors are bleached out. Played with the WB too finding sunlight and tungsten lighting seemed to give the best results.

Sandy - Joe What are you guys using?

[Hendersonracing]

I use the wb on Av setting (for fish 1600 iso) and coral I use a tripod at 400 iso...Im fairly new also at taking pics! so Im still in the learning process!

[hansmatt]

you can set the white balance (camera, not lens....I know) by taking two white coffee filters and covering the lens, then pointing it up directly at the lights and "set" the WB...I can't do this with my camera, but it works well to provide an accurate set of ambient light values for the processor.

[sandyk]

Originally Posted by hansmatt

you can set the white balance (camera, not lens....I know) by taking two white coffee filters and covering the lens, then pointing it up directly at the lights and "set" the WB...I can't do this with my camera, but it works well to provide an accurate set of ambient light values for the processor.

Kool great tip. Thanks Matt

[firsthesitation]

As promised:

[firsthesitation]

[pogodzib]

Enough with the squirrel. It's time to move on to a new one:

[firsthesitation]

Jeez BRIAN. Couldn't have waited 30 more seconds????

[hansmatt]

noooooow we're talking

[sandyk]

I have the Canon Rebel Digital with a 100 macro also. I have had the lens sinse the beginning of the year. I just love it.

[sandyk]

Not trying to steel this thread but as a reference. I took Matt's recommendation on setting the white Balance. The colors are deffinetly more realistic. Check out the color in these pics.







So I really recommend setting your white balance before taking pics. I also used 1600 iso also.

[hansmatt]

now for some post-processing...similar to WB...POP! go the colors!

[firsthesitation]

Your 1600 ISO could have a factor on why your WB was off too. Has a tenancy to grain up your pictures too. I shoot between 100 and 400 for corals. 600 to 800 for fish. With my build I havent had much time to shoot more pictures but as I play with it I'll keep you guys clued in on what I'm using. Most of those ones I took were shot on aperture priority with a f-stop of 4-8.