New to Aquatic Photography

[riise78]

Hi All,

I'm kinda newbie to aquatic photography, therefore like to share some of my rough pics here.
Hopefully you guys can share with me your thots & I do hope to improve from there.
Thanks in advance.

P.S > Kindly pardon me for the dirty tank...

[amiidae]

General sharpness is there.

Subject a little under-exposed. Need to work on the composition.

Care to share your gear & set up ?

[Rigil]

Swee Swee! What pleco series is that?

[riise78]

Originally Posted by amiidae

General sharpness is there.

Subject a little under-exposed. Need to work on the composition.

Care to share your gear & set up ?

Seems like I need to increase the output of my flash, any further details with regards to the composition?
Gear is Canon 600D body with Canon 100mm F2.8L handheld, YN568EX flash on top of tank.

Thanks for commenting bro!
HUAT AH!!!

Originally Posted by Rigil

Swee Swee! What pleco series is that?

Thanks bro!
It's just a normal panaque, Xingu platinum ...

[amiidae]

Pix 1) If you plan to shoot macro, I think cropped tighter will look better.
Pix 2) Should avoid having those cory in the image.

Single flash ? if so, try to get one more for more even exposure.

Do watch out for color cast. eg. blueish tin on the subject. But I guess you can't help it in this case due to bare bottom tank.

[riise78]

Originally Posted by amiidae

Pix 1) If you plan to shoot macro, I think cropped tighter will look better.
Pix 2) Should avoid having those cory in the image.

Single flash ? if so, try to get one more for more even exposure.

Do watch out for color cast. eg. blueish tin on the subject. But I guess you can't help it in this case due to bare bottom tank.

I did not crop the pic bro, will try doing it later.

Hard to avoid the cories bro as I have ard 30pcs in the same tank...paiseh..

Yup, single flash, will need to get another trigmaster receiver before I can add in another flash.

Ya, the bluish tint I believe is due to the blue base of my tank.

Thanks for the detail breakdown bro, really appreciated.

[riise78]

Some new pics, all comments / advices are welcome.
Hope to improve through constructive criticism...

[Censis]

Bro I know nuts about aquatic photography, but I really love your 2nd pic.. Well taken bro, good job'

[riise78]

Originally Posted by Censis

Bro I know nuts about aquatic photography, but I really love your 2nd pic.. Well taken bro, good job'

No prob bro, I'm still learning as well...glad u like it!

[Jon-san]

*Like* 2nd pic too... You used external flash or just tank lighting?