Winners, POTM for June 2013

[Cliff]

In first place we have ddavis1979

http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd461/AC-comps/2013%20comps/June%20comps/POTM2_zps57760257.jpg

In second place we have fishmommie

http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd461/AC-comps/2013%20comps/June%20comps/POTM1_zpse5d307f5.jpg

Great pics guys

[KevinVA]

Those were my top pics, as well. Good job and great pics guys!

[Knightia]

Mine too. Good work thumbs2:

That is one striking green sev - you don't see enough of those on here :fish2:

[Cyberra]

I'm a little disappointed that not many people liked my betta picture, but oh well. I'll just have to take a better one for next month

[Knightia]

Cyberra, why don't you post it in a new thread asking for photographic critique. I can probably offer you some advice. Talldutchie has an eye for a good photo too so will no doubt chip in. It's really handy to get constructive criticism on photos if you're not sure why they didn't do so well.

[JudiJetson]

Great job! Both are beautiful fish!

[Cyberra]

Cyberra, why don't you post it in a new thread asking for photographic critique. I can probably offer you some advice. Talldutchie has an eye for a good photo too so will no doubt chip in. It's really handy to get constructive criticism on photos if you're not sure why they didn't do so well.

I only have a basic digital camera, not the fancy cameras other members here use, and fish that do not cooperate when I try to photograph them. I try my best with what I have.

[talldutchie]

I've recently done some experiments with my phone. With a simple camera you have to work a bit harder but it can be done. Let me know if you want help, I'd be happy to see if i can assist

[Knightia]

Fancy cameras help a lot, but it is possible to get good shots with compact cameras, you just need a little more patience and sometimes planning. I won a photography competition with a cheap digital compact.

[mommy1]

Congratulations to both of you.

[steeler58]

Great job, congratulations both of you.

[KingFisher]

Congratulations to you both.

[ddavis1979]

Thanks so much, I saw him sitting still and I thought the reflection was a cool picture, so I grabbed the camera and captured the moment. Lucky!

Also, my camera is a basic point and shoot. What I do is put the mode on shutter speed priority and for my lighting I find 1/40 to 1/60 is pretty good. Then, when I upload the picture, I adjust the lighting more with photoshop. Thats about it!

[talldutchie]

Good tip! and that correction can also be done with various free tools.

[Triton]

I actually just took a pic of my tank and used windows live photo and it looks 100x better than it did. I really have never thought about doing stuff like that

[Cliff]

Just keep in mind that minor adjustments for contrast and brightness are OK for pics entered in the comps, but major changes/editing to pic will disqualify it from being entered in the comps.

Thanks for posting the tip about shutter speed, I will try that with my camera.

[gronlaura]

Congrats to both!

[ScottishFish]

Lovely pics guys!

[fishmommie]

Thanks everyone. Couldn't believe it when those two posed for me so prettily. And I have a plain digital camera too. Sometimes it takes 10 or 20 shots to get a good one.

Congrats DDavis for winning 1st place. That's a great photo. Now a stupid question. What kind of gourami is that? It's gorgeous.

[Knightia]

Gold gourami? It looks like a yellow version of an opaline.