I’m almost as passionate about photography and videography as I am about keeping reef aquariums. Here is a video tutorial on how to take better photos of your reef aquarium.
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21 responses to “Reef Aquarium Photography Part I”
In all my time as a photographer, you're the only other person I've heard/seen use the bucket of water analogy for exposure! Awesome! Within the analogy, the best way I've come up with to describe ISO is that it's represented by the size of the bucket. Lower sensitivity requires more photons – so, low ISO is a big bucket. Higher sensitivity requires fewer photons, so high ISO is a small bucket.
Do you use any filters, if so which ones? If not then how do you set your camera not to get blue pictures? Also I tried using a filter but my red turn into greens, what does that mean?
You should try a laowa probe lens!!
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Hi Mr Tidal Gardens, May I know whats dslr setting for recoding regular video of your reef tank. current, I set WB at10k; ISO400-1600 depends on the f stops' set; shutter speed 1/100 or 1/125 since the shooting at 60p. but he video quality were not satisfied at all compare to yours.(I'm using D7100 with 60micro for close up, and 16-80mm VR for video)
Uhh huh, you said reefer.
Awesome series – thanks for taking the time to teach the rest of us how to improve our photos!
p.s. I would love to see a video on how to setup for time lapse to capture the corals from lights off to full daylight.
Great Vid ! I just bought a Lumix G6 and have the 14-42 ASPH Mega O.I.S. and 45-150; what do you recommend I get for photographing my fish tanks? maybe something macro?
Awesome
How do I take pictures that don't look overly saturated with blue?
Dude, your videos are great but you need to keep the microphone further from your mouth. It's picking up awful wet mouth noises every time you pause. Those noises are on the same level as mouthbreathing or making awful noises while you eat.
Wow, what a fantastic channel. I am so glad I found it. May I ask what camera you are shooting your videos with?
What camera was this video done with, amazing
Could I ask for you to cover metering the camera and white balance?
Good video, very informative, instructional.
Not sure when part II is going to be out. It is going to be about post processing. It's a lot different than what I normally do, and I haven't figured out exactly how I want to show it.
Both the camera and lights are important.
Thanks for such a great video. When will part 2 be out? I can't seem to capture the coral fluorescence as beautifully as you do. Is it your camera or your lights?
Great Video… and i love the analogies….
Hi, I've got a canon 550d. Im trying to get a nice video of my tank all in sharp focus. Any tip?
I'm not familiar with the camera, but most people shoot with longer focal length lenses. I like macro lenses between 50mm-100mm to get close shots.
hello.. thanks for the video it is genial
i'm thinking in buying the Nikon 1 j 1 with the 10-30 mm f/3.5-5.6 lenses
do you think a can take great photos of my corals???
thankss for all