soldieroffortune1974

This is my 1st attempt at posting videos,or recording them for that matter. I am having several issues that hopefully someone can help correct.

1st is the lighting.....
In person the aquarium is beautifully lit,no dark or excessive lighted areas,nice shade and shadow,etc.It looks good,but when I put a camera or recorder on it, it is washed out,or too dark and spotty with not much detail visible.

2nd is reflections.......
I don't want reflections of the TV,other people or myself visible in the videos,but everything is picked up. I am assuming correcting the lighting will fix this too,but,not sure.


I want to make some videos and take some pics,but I want them to be descent,not cluttered or look amaturish (I am a novice when it comes to photography) so,any assistance or advise is appreciated.

So here it is my 1st video.....CRITIQUE' at WILL..........Help me fix it and I will be doing other videos.Thanks


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soldieroffortune1974

Well, that didn't work......................................

How about this?..............

Butterfly

Pretty tank One of the things I do is turn all the lights off except the ones in the tank. Still I have to take what seems to be 100 pics to get one good one. When I'm using a flash I try to angle the camera and that seems to help the flash reflection on the back of the tank.
Here's a link that offers some other suggestions too.
Aquatic Photography - A Personal Experience
Carol

soldieroffortune1974

Thanks Butterfly,that's a lot of reading,but soon will have others to show with the new "skills" after reading. Sorry about the audio,that's my scanner,I didn't realise I had the volume on the recorder turned on. I will edit that out of others I post.

Butterfly

LOL I think we all forget the sound. You should hear what we have heard in some of the others OOOps! Looking forward to more pics
Caol

CHoffman

I like it...What kinds of fish are in there??...I have no tips to get a better video ..I stink at it myself.

Shawnie

wb SOF!!! (stranger ) any more surprises from teh wifey and kids since you been gone?

nice vid btw

Red1313

YAY!! SOF IS BACK
nice tank no tips though

Nate McFin

You can use polarizing filters to reduce glares. I dont know if they make them for video cams or not but I suspect they do. It makes a huge difference on cameras.
Also as said turning off the lights helps. You can also try diffusing the lights with a piece of tissue to reduce alot of glare.just take a thin piece of white tissue and cover the flash or light on the video camera to soften the glare/reflections.

Alot can be done in post processing via Photoshop or similar program as well.

mr. Clown Loach

but the lense like half an inch from the tank usually works for me when theres a flash

hop2jr

Nice video there. I work in the stage lighting field and video is tricky you might want to add some backlight down the back of the tank this might help the camera better know the diffrents between the wall and the fish in the tank. Might not work but it's a thought.

soldieroffortune1974

There's 8 Cardinal Tetras (Paracheirodon axelrodi) 6 Glowlight Tetra (Hemigrammus erythrozonus) and 2 silver Sailfin Molly in a 55 gallon.

Yes,the new surprise was the plecostamus that was in this aquarium,is now in a 75 gallon by himself,he decided to eat a few and liked the taste. (there were 12 cardinals that I got for Christmas) the glowlight tetras are new and so are the molly's.

I will be trying out the tips for the photos and recorder and post more when I am happy with the results.

CHoffman

LOL..poor pleco..he was the one that had the 55 all to himself before the Cardinal's moved in huh??..lol...I guess he's a meat eater

mr. Clown Loach

he's an old pleco trying to stay hip...

soldieroffortune1974

I just uploaded 12 photos and now I can't find them. I uploaded them in my album 55 gallon planted tetra aquarium,and now I can't find them..........hmmmmmmmmmm

Butterfly

Go to your profile page,your album in to the right on the bottom
Carol