Vampire Fish

[LadyHatred]

About 200 shots and I had to give up. I was getting frustrated. The best of the worst.

http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt316/MistressVashti/60g%20Aquarium%20Journal/PearlGourami-Jan1.jpg

http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt316/MistressVashti/60g%20Aquarium%20Journal/PearlGourami1-Jan1.jpg

http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt316/MistressVashti/60g%20Aquarium%20Journal/VampireCongoJan1.jpg

http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt316/MistressVashti/60g%20Aquarium%20Journal/VampireCongo1-Jan1.jpg

[Honey Badger 1]

the first two shots are very good. the congos scare me a little :hmm3grin2orange: .
they are all very nice looking fish.

[Kazenouta]

:hmm3grin2orange: Vampire fish, indeed!

Nice looking fish regardless!

[brianyu]

i like the congo , umm maybe i will get some lol

[Northernguy]

They look great Lady hatred!
Nice pics too!thumbs2:

[LadyHatred]

Been messing around some more and no luck as to getting a shot without that red eye. I ran out of darkness and can't keep the reflections off the tank glass. I'll keep trying tonight.

I think I'm sitting too far away. I tried not using the zoom, then cropping on the computer. The flash sort of stops the fish but when you magnify it, there's a ghost image outline on them. I found out how to turn the flash intensity down but I still get red eye.

[Lab_Rat]

Beautiful fish! Just keep playing with the camera, you'll get better and better.

[dmagerl]

The only way to get rid of redeye is to physically separate the flash from the camera. I assume it's a built in flash so it's impractical to do that.

With people, the rule of thumb is to separate the flash from the lens by 1 inch for every foot of distance to the subject. So if you are 5 ft from the subject, the flash needs to be 5 inches away from the lens to prevent redeye.

I dont know if fish eyes work the same way. They may reflect light over a wider angle than human eyes do and thus may require even greater separation.

[LadyHatred]

Thanks guys!

I'm going to chalk it up to my being a south paw and the trigger being on the right-hand side of the camera...:11:

[rich311k]

Nice shots and pretty fish!