An aquarium is a great opportunity to take pictures for many reasons, fish are very attractive to the eye, full of colors, textures and underwater images, for their rarity and the difficulty to obtain them, become a very interesting scenario for both each other. who takes the images and who watches them.
Now no one said it was easy. Aquariums combine everything a photographer fears when looking for the quality of his images: lack of light, reflections and movement There is nothing?
Let’s go over these tips one by one
If you’ve just landed and manual mode makes you feel like you’ve eaten a lemon, don’t worry, first, because learning to master it is much easier than you think, secondly because, in this case, shutter speed Priority mode (S or TV in the mode selector) can also work for you. In this shooting mode, you set the shutter speed (1/125s) (which your camera will keep fixed), getting the correct exposure throughout the game with opening diaphragm values.
Is it possible that in a dark environment you can see your images perfectly on your fantastic and bright next generation touch screen? But when you go home you realize that unfortunately all your images are dark, there you will surely try to save them, and you will only get a big pixel drop ?. Because if you’re already working at a high ISO, there is nothing worse to add to your image quality than an underexposed image.
Then, morally, you should always, always activate the histogram when viewing the parameters of your image, only he will tell you effectively and honestly if your presentation is correct.
If you don’t want images with a white flash in the center and small white dots everywhere, turn it off. This time it won’t do you any good, let alone the camera. Besides, you annoy the animals, then you’re not allowed.
This type of autofocus is characterized by the ability to follow moving subjects, if you have enough light and your camera works properly in these conditions, this can be very useful.
If the camera does not detect the moving subject, you must focus manually.
We have already mentioned that aquariums are places where there is not too much light, so working with optics as bright as possible will be of great help.
Depending on the images you want to get, you can work with a wide angle to focus most of the scene on the image; a macro, for fish details; or a 50mm one, would the King of Lenses be perfect for you here?
I’m sure you’re not alone in the aquarium, I’m sure it’s full of curious and fish-loving everywhere sticking their noses to the glass. as close to the glass as possible. If you have a rubber solarium, you can stick a few centimeters (so as not to scratch anything?) And it will help you isolate the image from reflections.
The best way to get beautiful aquarium images is to choose a good composition in advance, regardless of the fish, if you have patience, just wait for your dear friend to appear in your frame as you had previously planned.
You don’t need to do a master’s degree in sea science before visiting the aquarium, while observing the different behaviors of each fish in situ for a while, you can get an idea of where they like to move, if they have. movement patterns, etc. This will make it easier for you to prepare your compositions and wait.
For moving objects, as in this case, shooting in bursts gives you the perfect opportunity to capture them on the fly. Is this how you make sure you get the image you want without having the bitter taste of the photos?
You have several options although, for once, we will recommend automatic mode (always under your supervision?). Automatic white balance mode usually works quite well. It also prevents you from forgetting to set it up every time there’s a change of light. and you have to throw all your pictures away. However, make sure it works properly before you start shooting like a madman.
Raw format is the one that stores the most and best information on stage, that is, your camera does not interpret anything but collects only ALL the information available. The RAW format works great if you plan to give it a touch of processing later, as it allows you to make certain corrections (such as white balance) without losing or losing little image quality, now this translates into heavier images, (sometimes very heavy), so you should keep that in mind when storing them in your In addition , if you take photos in bursts, working on RAW can slow down the number of frames per second (fps).
Who is the mother of science? Don’t be in a hurry, enjoy, do more tests and more tests, try different compositions and frames, play with the diaphragm, and even with speed. Photography is an art and you’re an artist, so you know, let’s create !
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