Photographing shrimp suggestions - Page 2 - Shrimp & other Invertebrates

mossman · 12-13-2005, 03:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Ibn

Great looking CRS.

Flashes can be used to photograph shrimps, especially if it's moved off the camera and directly over the tank.

Thank, Ibn.

Saw that you took nice shrimp photo, which model of camera are you using?

Ibn · 12-13-2005, 02:46 PM

Thanks, Ken. Pictures were taken with a D70 and Nikon 105mm f/2.8D micro lens.

Piscesgirl · 01-26-2006, 03:06 PM

Some info from Troy_h following some beautiful shrimp pictures he took:

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The camera is a Panasonic FZ-20

As far as settings, f2.8, shutter speed 1/4, widest angle on lenses, macro mode.

I always use ISO 80, spot metering and focus for aquarium shots.

My basic technique comes from the lessons of many hours wasted chasing fish all over the tank with results that never made me happy because it doesn't work. It boils down to patience, persistence and available light.

I don't use flash anymore because I don't like the unatural effect, and setting up for one on most of my tanks is disruptive to the tank. I don't use hot lights either because they really tend to disrupt things. Since all my tanks are high light setups, for the most part I have enough light to work with usually.

I generally don't use tripods, I prefer to hold the camera right up against the glass whenever I can, the accessorie ring on the FZ-20 let's you get the lens right up to the glass within 1/4" or less, and if I can get the shot with the ring flat against the glass, I can still use it to steady the camera and get a crisp shot using the image stabilization.

I gotta tell ya, I really love this camera. Pretty much all the reviews put it above everything in it's price class. My wife has the FZ-5, which is basically the same camera with a few less features but still with a Leica lens and quite frankly the picture quality is the same. I looked at Canon's S2 IS, and went as high as the lower end SLR offerings before getting the FZ. The lens was the big selling point, I can shoot full zoom which is the 35mm equivalent of 435mm at f2.8. Get the cheapest SLR you can find, used even, and price that kind of glass for it and you'll see the dollar signs explode.

alexperez · 01-26-2006, 07:35 PM

When I 'm going to take pics of the shrimp. I set up all the equipment and have it ready to go. Then I place some of their favorite food right in front of the camera. They stay still for a bit while they're eating and it gives you a little bit of time to snap some pics off. That is until they all start fighting over the food and start the tug of war.

Here is one of the Tug of War Winner!

Piscesgirl · 01-27-2006, 03:12 AM

That's a great idea, Alex !

milalic · 01-27-2006, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by alexperez

When I 'm going to take pics of the shrimp. I set up all the equipment and have it ready to go. Then I place some of their favorite food right in front of the camera. They stay still for a bit while they're eating and it gives you a little bit of time to snap some pics off. That is until they all start fighting over the food and start the tug of war.

Here is one of the Tug of War Winner!

Great tiger picture!!

Xema · 02-06-2006, 09:55 PM

I hate take shrimpo pictures with flash light, because the flash light make the shrimp loses its natural transparency. So I prefer use the ambient light... but to get nice shoot, you must increase the light intensity. To get it I use to move the lighting hood of the tank to the front of the tank, where shrimp are more close to my objetive.

Some shoots

using food as fodder is a nice idea, but when you have a big concentration of shrimp into your tank, it´s relatively easy 'catch' them in a nice pose.

theteh · 02-08-2006, 05:03 PM

More can be found here:
http://www.theteh.com/html/tropical_...rium_phot.html

jemarcus · 02-19-2006, 06:27 PM

hey guys, juz wondering, won't the flash blind the shrimps ur taking?
each time i take a shot, i feel as if they become blind.
guilt each time i press the button.

Ibn · 03-02-2006, 11:30 AM

Nope. The flash won't blind them. Most of the time, they don't even notice it and keep on doing their thing. They also do keep their transparency even when flash is used.