Isabella

Hey Everyone

I took some new pictures of my fishies in my 75 gallon tank. So I'm posting them here for those who are interested.

Enjoy

Isabella

Isabella

Kevin

those fish look amazing!!!
how do you get such good pics of your fish?

Jim

wow, I don't know where to begin! I only hope mine grows as nice someday!

lilsoccakid

what kind of camera are you using? nice tank!

Peterpiper

Well no point any one else trying for the fish of the month hey lol
FANTASTIC How long did it take to get the shots?
I struggle to take a good photo of our live rock.. and then you come along with these fantastic photos of your fantastic fish. Gee thanks a lot! LOL

COBettaCouple

awesome pics! love those beautiful fish, especially the angels!

neverendingninja

She cheated...she's using a DSLR. Cheater.

Jim

what's a DSLR??

capekate

Great photos Isabella! Can you tell me what kind of fish that red one is? And the red one with the stripe going through it? Are they tetras of some kind? They are really pretty!

~ kate

Jim

I'm amazed at how similar our 2 gold angels are, except yours is a true pearscale and mine is smooth and just looks pearly if the light hits him right. But other than that the colors are identical, right down to the beautiful stripes on their top fins. Is your gold one the male or female?

neverendingninja

Digital Single Lens Reflex camera. Its a digital camera with inter-changeable lens, basically. They take excellent photographs.

I believe she uses the Nikon D40. A very nice entry level DSLR that can do everything the amateur photographer needs, and then some.

Barbrella

OH gee, I wish I could think of more words than "AWESOME!" to describe your stunningly beautiful tank and fish!

Jim

Ahhh, that explains it. I have a Kodak Z650... it takes awesome pics, and has a 10X optical lens with a 50X digital zoom behind it, so it can take pics a mile away literally. The only thing is it doesn't change lens' like my older Nikon 35mm's. I wish it did, I have some great old lenses still.
Anyway, now I am even more jelous of Isabella (Just kidding Isa), I was reciently checking out the Canon Digital Rebel with interchangable lenses, and they needed a bucket for me to drool in...lol. Only problem is I keep spending so much on fish I don't have any $$$ left for a new camera.

Isabella

Kate, the little red fish is a male Cherry Barb, and the little orange ones - with black stripes along their bodies - are female Cherry Barbs. That's why I love Cherry Barbs so much - they're such beautiful small fish The males are a stunning deep red color! Very impressive especially when breeding.

Lilsoccakid, Ninja is right - I am using a digital single lens camera, Nikon D40. I guess this is the most basic one of the Nikon lens cameras. Great for beginners such as myself. The lens is interchangeable, as Ninja said, which means you can attach different length lens to your existing camera, without the need to buy a new camera if you want new lens. My lens is 18-55 mm. It's so-so in terms of the distance you can zoom in. But good enough for me right now. In the future I want to buy 2 lenses: one for landscape shots (wide-angle lens), and one for micro-photography (narrow-angle lens). I'd especially love some extreme narrow-angle lens because this would allow me to take great shots of extremely small objects, ex. detailed close-up of leaves of plants as small as Java Moss - imagine how cool that would be!

I think I used a tripod with most of the above pictures. Tripod eliminates handshake while taking pictures, and this helps you eliminate any blurring in the pictures. They come out looking clear and crisp this way. Angels are relatively easy to photograph as they can stay still in one place for a long time. My Angels seem to like me photographing them. They're curious of what I am doing, lol - always swim up to the glass and stare at me meddling with my camera, lol .

I was also manually adjusting light exposure levels and shutter-speed in the above pictures. Normally, pictures in a fish tank come out too bright and unnatural-looking. So you need to adjust the light exposure (I had to lower it to make the pictures show the tank the way it really looks). The faster the shutter speed you choose, the easier it is to photograph fast-moving little fishies like Cherry Barbs for example. As for my Zebra Danios ... forget it, lol. I'd leave photographing Zebra Danios to a professional photographer. I also have my contrast set to high in my camera, so the colors come out vivid. Looks much better this way than no contrast at all - then pictures come out dull and colorless. Lastly, Nikon has an auto setting for fluorescent lighting - if you leave it on Auto Daylight, it will pick up the fluorescent lightbulb's color temperature, and it will adjust it so that pictures come out looking normal - i.e. you don't have weird colors in your pictures due to fluorescent lighting (normally, fluorescent lighting comes out ugly in pictures).

Jim, I think you're talking about Canon Digital Rebel? I don't think Nikon has a "Digital Rebel" model.

Allie

Awesome shots Isabella!


With glass tank it's near impossible to get glare free pixs....so she's not a cheater. She still centers the shots and gets the angles on her own.
I am getting a whole new camera someday soon. I have Fuji camera and it's not too great with a shaky person like me. It can take hours to get one great shot with any camera...so if there is something out there to make it easier I am going to try it. I get so impatient trying to get pictures of my betta.

Jim

Opps, my bad...lol I changed it.

COBettaCouple

lol, yea, i hear you there. i'd like to get a Sony Alpha but at the rate i'm going, the Sony Omega will be out before we put aside money for a new digital still camera.

Isabella

Allie, actually, all of the above shots were taken WITHOUT the flash That's why I love my Nikon so much. It can take great photos without using the flash. But it's best to use a tripod when taking pictures without the flash, otherwise the pictures may be blurred, especially in darkened conditions. In bright daylight, you can take good shots without the flash and without the tripod too.

P.S. Though I do have fish pictures taken with flash too. It's not that hard actually.

Tsunami35

I just set one of those pics as my desktop wallpaper. Thats exactly the kind of tank I'd like someday... Well done!!

Jim

I do the same thing... set the camera on a tripod, turn the room lights off and then turn off the flash. My camera, and I'm sure Isabella's has a timer. I set mine to 10 seconds, hit the button and then back away from the camera. This way you get a much better chance of a clear picture. It'll definitly be sharper and more natural looking than with a flash.

GreenMan13

If you still have Nikon lenses then they would be able to fit on a new Nikon DSLRs. I have a 28-90mm Quantaray lens and a 70-300 macro Quantaray lens for my old Nikon 35mm SLR and they work great on my Nikon D80. New to this site so I'll need to get some pictures of my fish up here too.

Isabella - Those photos of your angle fish make me want one more. I just need a new tank to put them in first.

Jim

Oh really now?? That is VERY interesting, thank you! I have a few of my old lenses still. My favorite is a 200mm zoom/macro lens that used to belong to my dad. I'll have to take it with me when I go to buy a new camera and see if it fits. If so, that will have a huge impact on what I buy, obviously.
Thanks for the tip!

lili70

Bravo Isabella !!!!!!! Amazing !

I love the red fish with a brown patch on the head. What is it ?
L

Isabella

Once again, thanks everyone

Lili, I think you're talking about my Cherry Barb Males are very deep and vivid red color, especially when breeding. They're really beautiful and peaceful little fish.

guppiemaster892

Those are some good pics and you are taking good care of those fish.

Ryaraines

Isabella,
Your plants are amazing! Can I ask what kind of lighting and bulbs you have? Also, do you use a co2 unit?

Isabella

Hi ... I know it's way too late to reply (been away from Fish Lore for a while), but if you happen to read this thread again: Here are all the stats on my tank's setup: Isabella's 75 gallon planted tank :o)