some fish pics taken with minolta d7i

[DNA]

Most of the fish pics are lacking in sharpness, but nice pics never the less. The purple tang is excellent and the best pic for sure.

Her is my firefish for comparison.

[onghm]

Hi DNA,

Thanks for your comments.
I agree with you on the pics lacking sharpness.

How do you get yours so sharp ?

Are you using tripod ?

What about focusing ? Auto or manual ?

I was having problem "chasing" these moving targets with my camera on tripod.

So ended up hand-holding.

Auto-focus is also too slow for my camera.

Any tips for me would be greatly appreciated.


TIA

[onghm]

Hi katchupoy,

I'm assuming you are referring to those coral macro shots ?

I do have a couple of hoya macro filters.

But for these shots, I did not put any filters on.

In fact, those closeup are actually a tight crop.

Take the 3rd ric for example.

The original 2560 x 1920 pix





The crop :-

[onghm]

Originally posted by kayl
Nevermind~ I found it...

I'm surprised you can still find it

I thot it would be obselete by now after 7hi, a1 and currently a2

[kayl]

I just had to look a bit- looks like a nice camera!

[DNA]

Fast moving fish and throught he glass is difficult to photograph, so have a lot of patience and prepare to throw away most of your shots. Here are some tips that work for me.
Use manual focus and focus on a spot the fish visits often.
Make sure the camera is 90° to the glass for best results.
Hold the camera as still and as close to the glass as you can.
Wait for the fish to come.
Use flash if your camera can't stop the action without it.
Take a lot of pictures and save the best.

[onghm]

ahhh....the ambush method

Thanks a lot for your tips!

I will keep that in mind.