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My fishy macro

Postby Willy wombat on Fri Nov 24, 2006 12:13 am

[img]http://www.fototime.com/{870E14BC-D228-4234-9581-F5A0DAABC752}/picture.JPG[/img]

Quite an expensive aquarium specimen. I love the colourful lines ont he face, etc.
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Postby Steffen on Fri Nov 24, 2006 12:33 am

Excellent! They love dark, still, soft, acidic water with lots of plants - I wonder how you got this bright clean shot? What did you do for lighting?

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Postby Matt. K on Fri Nov 24, 2006 8:55 am

Excellent! What a great shot this would have been for the Fred Hollows Exhibition!
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Postby stubbsy on Fri Nov 24, 2006 9:29 am

Steve

Thats a great image. Aquarium fish are incredibly difficult to shoot because of the technical challenges (like the fact you're shooting through water and dealing with all the refractive difficulties that entails) not to mention the little buggers rarely cooperate and stay still for you.

This is wonderfully lit and the composition is spot on. Superb.
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Postby Alpha_7 on Fri Nov 24, 2006 9:38 am

Great shot and lovely colours, as Peter said not a easy subject to shoot either.
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Postby marcotrov on Fri Nov 24, 2006 7:28 pm

gorgeous lighting and great colours steve under difficult circumstances.
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Postby Willy wombat on Fri Nov 24, 2006 8:54 pm

Thanks for this good feedback guys

For those interested the shot was taken using the Sigma 105mm macro lens on the D70.

Lighting was an SB800 in remote mode positioned above the tank and triggered using the on board flash in commander mode.

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Postby sheepie on Fri Nov 24, 2006 9:10 pm

Wonderful picture :) Well done :)
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Postby jammy2 on Fri Nov 24, 2006 9:19 pm

Very well done, I like the detail and colour in the eyes and scales
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