Shooting Fish(glass tank)

Ricky91t

Im here trying to take photos of my fish they are in a glass tank and im using a 28-105 lense 3.5-5.6 and sigma flashgun(these fish wont be affected by it )Whats the best way to point the fash head and what power should i use im shooting around 1/60 pics iv taken are coming out abit odd cos of flash but i cant take the pics without it as the tank is dark...Thanks:D

pete4130

Try shooting the flash off camera pointing down into the water? The water should diffuse the light a bit and stop and glare or reflection from the outside of the glass bouncing back at you. if you cant shoot off camera try shooting at a 45 degree angle to deflect the flash reflection away from you to make it less obvious.

5uspect

either that or bounce the flash off the ceiling directly above the tank maybe...
Best option is to get an hotshoe cord and but the flash above the tank as pete says.

ThOnda

Using polariser filter, you can avoid reflections in the tank glass.
Off-camera flash gun(s) from the side(s) would do the job.
Or try to read this :-)

Borderfox

I used a 430ex pointed straight up with a stofen omni bounce on it and a 100mm macro on a 5d. Iso 100 1/200th and f8

Ricky91t

Thanks for the help
I tried some of the tips iv got no off camera cable of polarizer filter and a macro lense would of been good but there to pricy with a bit of cropping im be happy with the result

Borderfox

A good start Richard, whats that an Angel fish?

Ricky91t

Thanks
And yes it is.....Bit hit and miss taking the photo's got loads where either fish was too dark or flash reflected off glass
I supose the advantage of your 100mm macro lense is thats it f/2.8 ??
That would help with the dim light

5uspect

Could you put something safely in the background in the tank? Some matt finish black plastic maybe. Would eliminate those internal reflections.

Ricky91t

Yeah i was thinking that....
Might be putting that background cover on the back
Would that eliminate reflections

Ricky91t

This is my best shot i took..Please tell me if theres anything wrong or something beter i can do.Thanks for the help everyone

5uspect

Thats a great shot IMO. You've got a nice blue in the background and since there are no corners in sight you've got no nasty internal reflections.

Fajitas!

That is indeed, a top class shot!

5uspect

Fajitas! wrote: »

That is indeed, a top class shot!

Looks like a big scary shark too!

eve

I take lots of pictures of my fish and my advice is just to be patient. Fish always seem to be showing off and posing until you point a camera at them-I swear they know the camera is out.