Tangs can be a challenge to photo!

[finatic]

Since Doug started it, I can't help myself...lets see them tangs! Here's my Naso.
http://recluse.cyclopsnetworks.com/photos/naso_600.jpg

[Doug]

Hi Finatic,

I agree. Tangs are always on the move and they are really fast. I almost always have to use my flash in order to get a pic of them.

http://www.reefwebsites.com/images/IMG_3347.jpg

Canon D30, 100mm macro with flash.

Doug

[finatic]

Very nice! I was just fooling around trying to pan fast enough to catch him...no flash on that one...I hate what the flash does to the colors, so I have to take lotsa shots to get a good one...gotta love digital cameras!

[Doug]

Here is one of the Sohal that I used to have.

http://www.hawkfish.org/90gallon/052001/sohal.jpg

This was taken with an Olympus E-10.

Doug

[Doug]

Purple Tang.

http://www.reefwebsites.com/images/IMG_3237.jpg

Canon D-30, 28-105mm zoom lens with flash.

Doug

[Doug]

Another shot of the sailfin tang.

http://www.reefwebsites.com/images/IMG_3225.jpg

Canon D-30, 28-105mm zoom lens with flash.

Doug

[Doug]

Kole Tang.

http://www.reefwebsites.com/images/IMG_1155.jpg

Doug

[gregr]

awesome pics of awesome fish! you guys have some incredible tanks. you make me want to scrap my 55 fowlr and do a serious reef.
one can dream...
Finatic- i'm really impressed by the panning shot you did- that seems like an impossible trick but you sure pulled it off.
i'll be trying that one tomorrow :p
this is a shot taken from one of the coral tanks at my lfs. it took forever to get one in focus...
greg
p.s. Doug- your sailfin is the coolest (they are my favorite of the tangs)

[geofloors]

Here's one of my sailfin



Doug,

sweet tangs and great pics.

[geofloors]

Here's one of my hippo.


I have two other tangs I'll try getting pics of tomorrow.


George

[DEUCE BIGALO]

here ya go.. my camera sucks.

[ReefMon]

http://www.reefmon.com/pictures/180/111801/sailfin640.jpg

[myreef]

I agree the Desjardini is one of my favorites....here is mine. They are very hard to capture....I was actually taking a pic of the gorgonian when he swam into view. :D
http://www.myreefcreations.com/personal/tankpics/gorgonian1.jpg

[Doug]

Hi Everyone,

With the pictures that you are showing here, maybe tangs are not that hard to photograph. ;)

Great pics everyone!

Doug

[Mako]

These are tough fish to catch on film, or should I say silicon? ;) Ok, here is one of my Powder Blue.

http://mysticreefs.com/reefpics/PBT.jpg

[finatic]

Wow those Desjardinii are beautiful!
Great pictures everyone!

[Pinecone_Jeff]

Here's my tang. This is the only fish I've ever named! :)
Don't make him make you an offer you can't refuse. Just give him some nori! :D

He's also my autosig pic.

http://www.sandplay-toys.com/Reefs/tonysoprano_w.jpg

[finatic]

Doug,
Tried one with the flash a few minutes after he woke up...I like the detail, but I gotta work on the white balance!
http://recluse.cyclopsnetworks.com/photos/naso_flash.jpg

[finatic]

Ok, last one, white balance set off the sandbed. Tangs are awesome!
http://recluse.cyclopsnetworks.com/photos/naso_3.jpg

[Doug]

Hi Finatic,

Nice pics! The second one looks great!

Doug

[Pinecone_Jeff]

All these pics are so great, everyone! Keep up the great work, folks! :)

[Doug]

Hi Jeff,

Did you use the flash on your Tony S's picture? That is really good a shot. You often see a lot of yellow tang shots but yours is so crisp and close up.

Good job!

Doug

[Pinecone_Jeff]

Doug,
Yeah, I used the built-in flash on my Nikon CoolPix 990. It was shot at a slight downward angle I think.

I also have Photoshop 6.0 to help with the levels and brightness/contrast.

And it helps that Tony likes to strike a pose from time to time. :D

Oh and thank you so much for the compliment! I've learned so much about taking better pictures on this forum both from you and everyone else. It's fast becoming another hobby! :p

[smokinreefer]

here's my sailfin
http://members.shaw.ca/smokinreefer/sailfinresized.JPG

[smokinreefer]

whoa...how come the pic is so big?
when i upload it to my webspace it's not that big.
can you guys tell me how to fix it?

[kedd]

I hope he will start eating, my LFS was nice enough to give it to me, thinking it might eat in a reef tank.

He is very thin,but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
I've tried a lot of different foods and nothing yet.

Suggestions anybody?

-Kedd

[tubs]

OK here are a few pics of my tangs in various tanks. I set shutterspeed to 250 (nikon 950) and just focus in a certain area that a tang usually comes to then anticipate and shoot. I anticipate because of the lag between depressing the button and the camera actually taking a shot.

They do move around a lot and doesn't take long before it comes into view. I have enough lighting in the tank to not require a flash and this helps quite a bit because using a flash can result in a harsh picture.

http://reef.esmartweb.com/images/fish2/pbtang/pbtang-072701-001a.jpg

http://reef.esmartweb.com/images/fish2/sailfin/sailfin-081801-001a.jpg

http://reef.esmartweb.com/images/fish/1024/btang01-1024.jpg

http://reef.esmartweb.com/images/fish/1024/yt03-1024.jpg

[Pinecone_Jeff]

Awesome pics, Tubs! Nice technique too. I'll be trying that. How did you have enough light to run your shutter at 250? You must have MH's over you tank I take it. Excellent pics.

[tubs]

Hey Jeff,

Thanks. Yeah those 400 watters make it a huge difference.

[Pinecone_Jeff]

Hey you're the John Susbilla from SEABay! D'oh! I didn't notice at first. :eek:

What happened to the 2002 Western Marine Conference? :( Last year was my first conference and I had a blast! Especially with it being in Monterey.

Say, Charles Delbeek is coming to the SFAS to give a talk on June 7th. Any chance SEABay can get him give a talk around then too?

Sorry this was off topic. Hey, nice tangs! ;)

[vinman]

Here's the best I could get as the yellow is pretty shy and oh yeah, a S.M. damsel thrown in for good measure!:p

[Pinecone_Jeff]

That's great! You can just see the tang freak out... it's like he's saying "Oh no! It's that guy with the box that flashes at me... gotta get awayyyyy!!!!!" :D

[Skipper]

A friend's Sailfin. Love those frontal shots....

[schrader mo]

My yellow tang

[cloak]

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[64Ivy]

Here's my Chevy. Had him four years now.

[MikeRyan]

Here is one of my tang ... this is few months old ... he has grown since this shot

[acrophoria]

My sailfin.
Cannon D30

[ScavDog]

Great photos!

[ScavDog]

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[ScavDog]

http://scavdog.com/reef/images/640x480/hybrid.jpg