Fish Photo

[trident]

Hi,
Just sharing a fish photo. Boulengerochromis microlepis commonly known as the Emperor cichlid, the biggest cichlid in lake Tangayika.

[luenny]

Wah, sure looks big. But there seems to be some sort of fungus growing on the tail.

[trident]

Luenny,
That's some stain on the glass
lucky not on the tail.

[benetay]

Richard, nice great frontal shot. Is this pose intended? Realise the fins are cut in the picture.

[trident]

Benetay,
A real pity the fin got cut off, I was using the 100mm macro and got no time to move back.

[CK Yeo]

oooo.... big fish, nice.... i want to see feeding pics!

ck

[trident]

ck,
Thanks, they were too fast during feeding, I couldn't get any nice shots.
This is all 10 inches of the emperor.

[AQUASAUR]

Hi, Rich!

Impressive close up of those Emperor cichlid!
As I see – you got a qualify photo equipment…even much better than those of mine…
So, Good luck with this Hobby, mate


Looking forward to see more special aquatic shots like this


BTW, just one notice about the last photo – don’t use ISO=400 for the fish with so “shining” surface!

[trident]

Hristo,
Thanks. I bought my equipment specially to take pictures of my fishes!
I don't think it's better than yours'. hahaha
Anyway still can't shoot anywhere close to you............yet
Ok I'll keep in mind about the high ISO.

[luenny]

Richard,
Wah, do you open a fish farm or something? Must go to your place to shoot sometime. If not my 105mm is gathering dust.

[trident]

Luenny,
I shoot all over the place, mostly in friend's house and fish farm.
The 105mm should be great for shooting fish

[trident]

Madman,
2 flash (420ex) on the tank top on slave mode and 1 x 550ex mounted on the camera on master mode.
Cap diffuser for the 2 slave unit and bounce card on the master.
Straight at the fish to reduce distortion.

[Madman]

Wow... the amount of equipment you have is amazing....

How many of us have 3 flash at home? You own 3 flashes??? WOW

[Madman]

Eh... not sure what happened to my post.... cannot see it... somehow disappeared...

[trident]

madman,
For tank photography, it's good to have more flash unit. The more the better
Also you would need a speedlite transmitter, ST-E2, this is used to control the flash.
Regards