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03-16-2008, 01:35 AM
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Awesome shots Bill. 
My Canons have an AI focus mode that continuously focuses on a user set point -- I'm not familiar with Nikon but there has to be an equivalent AF mode. That's the best way I have found to keep fish in focus.
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03-16-2008, 08:36 AM
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BIG SMELLY MOD
 
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Great Pictures!!!!
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03-18-2008, 05:21 AM
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Great Pictures!!!!
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wow Great shot of the Chrysis wrasse ! I never got a good pic of mine
They are all awesome though !
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thank you
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GREAT PICS!!! What camera did you get?
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Those pictures are great Bill. I think you pretty much have the camera figured out, and cannot imagine the quality pictures you will get if you haven't figured it out yet.
I can only sit back and drool over your pictures as mine will never be that good no matter what type of camera I may have.
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Thank you ....but not true. I was totally clueless not too long ago...im still fairly clueless. the camera matters...a lot 
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Awesome shots Bill.
My Canons have an AI focus mode that continuously focuses on a user set point -- I'm not familiar with Nikon but there has to be an equivalent AF mode. That's the best way I have found to keep fish in focus. |
I need to look for this. So you mean like focused always certain part of the tank/certain distance?? Im thinking I need to put the other lens on for fish as I shoot pretty much everything with the macro lens. the DOF is so dang small especially trying to get any decent pics of my chevron. He is so dark that I have to overexpose everything in the smallest fstop possible and he still comes out black and you cant see what he really looks like. This is the best picture I have ever gotten of him...............I wish I knw what I did as I havent been able to do it since with the old camera that took it or the new one.....and the background as you can see was massively overexposed to do it
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03-18-2008, 06:31 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Western Wisconsin: LaCrosse Area Reef Keepers (LARK)
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Nice Pics!
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03-18-2008, 10:23 AM
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photomod
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I need to look for this. So you mean like focused always certain part of the tank/certain distance?? Im thinking I need to put the other lens on for fish as I shoot pretty much everything with the macro lens. the DOF is so dang small especially trying to get any decent pics of my chevron. He is so dark that I have to overexpose everything in the smallest fstop possible and he still comes out black and you cant see what he really looks like. This is the best picture I have ever gotten of him...............I wish I knw what I did as I havent been able to do it since with the old camera that took it or the new one.....and the background as you can see was massively overexposed to do it
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You might want to throw on a slight flash, just drop it as low as you can, while upping the shutter so it still looks like only tank light.
That's the method I used on this pic:
You can tell it was flash; but it can be adjusted further tho either in shutter and ap settings or in PS.
The AI focus program on my cameras, continuously keeps a point in focus. If you pan the camera while focusing, that point will constantly be in focus no matter the distance.
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03-20-2008, 08:03 PM
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Ok wharyat.....Like I said before...I think its going to work wonders if I put on a lens with more DOF than my macro....which I havent done yet....but I did figure something out. MORE ISO. Ive been shooting with super low numbers as they work better for the macros of corals........I also picked up this p[rogram called lightroom, and realized I have been cutting myself short for the last year usiong that POS nikonview to convert and edit. That noise reduction button is the coolest button EVER.  I caught that dang PB finally without the massive blur.........
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03-20-2008, 09:38 PM
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Shark
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Awsome pics Bill, makes me wish a new camera was in the budget...
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03-20-2008, 10:09 PM
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03-21-2008, 09:21 PM
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photomod
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Great shots. 
Yeah, ISO can be a good setting once shutter and ap can't get me there. I try to keep it the absolute last setting to change due to the noise; but normally up to 800 shoots pretty clean on reef shots; 3200 is just a mess with "low" shutter speeds (less than 1/1000).
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03-21-2008, 09:39 PM
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 what kind of fish is this it looks amazing btw awesome pics i wish mine could be half has good as yours. |
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03-21-2008, 10:09 PM
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Thanks rookiereefer. Its a leopard wrasse.
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03-21-2008, 10:09 PM
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clowns rock
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cool i might have to get one
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03-21-2008, 10:13 PM
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clowns rock
Join Date: Mar 2008
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are they hard to keep
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03-26-2008, 01:05 AM
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wow some breath taking stuff you have here!!!
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03-26-2008, 09:17 AM
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Super photos, Bill! Those fish and coral closeups are awesome! You've got that new D80 dialed in pretty well.
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