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Advise please on how to photograph fish in a fish tank. 6 years 9 months ago #1211

Bruce Robertson
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I am trying to get my head around how to photograph fish in a fish tank. I have put my 40mm f2.8 Macro lens on my Canon EOS 5D MkII and tried a few methods but without real success. I tried putting the hood of the lens against the glass but couldn't check my focusing. I tried holding the camera 10-15 cm away from the glass and focusing on one target fish and basically "pot luck" because they move quickly. I obviously cannot use flash. Any ideas, suggestions, tips or advice would be much appreciated. Bruce.

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Advise please on how to photograph fish in a fish tank. 6 years 9 months ago #1217

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Hi Bruce,

You do use a flash, but you must use it off camera. Keep the camera at right angles to the glass, and fire the flash from either directly above the aquarium or at 45 degrees to the glass surface.

To lessen the chance of reflections, use a polarizer if you have one.

The camera will generally focus without much bother, but be aware of your depth of field limitations. I tend to use a prime of around 100mm lens for the job, but there's no reason why you couldn't use a wider angle.

You can PM me for some examples of the results, if you like.

Cheers.

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Advise please on how to photograph fish in a fish tank. 6 years 9 months ago #1228

Bruce Robertson Topic Author Offline New Member Posts: 5 Thank you received: 0	Hi Les, Thanks for this. I will give it a try. Fingers crossed. Bruce.
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Advise please on how to photograph fish in a fish tank. 6 years 9 months ago #1233

Les Peters Offline Premium Member Posts: 106 Thank you received: 49	You should end up with something like these Ram pictures... One with the flash above, the other one in front. Attachments: The following user(s) said Thank You: Bruce Robertson
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Advise please on how to photograph fish in a fish tank. 6 years 9 months ago #1234

Bruce Robertson Topic Author Offline New Member Posts: 5 Thank you received: 0	These are WOW photos. Thank you for sharing these. A picture tells a thousand words.
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Advise please on how to photograph fish in a fish tank. 6 years 9 months ago #1235

Les Peters Offline Premium Member Posts: 106 Thank you received: 49	Good luck with it Bruce. One last piece of advice that may be useful. If your camera has a hard time getting a focus on the fish, just move your camera back and forth to get the focus instead. This is easier than trying to use the focus ring on the lens. Hope this idea makes sense!
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