anyone have tips of photographing home aquariums?

heres my latest shot, just fooling around a bit.


taken with my canon t1i, standard 18-55 kit lens.
also looking for a decent, inexpensive, macro lens.

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/volume_2/cav2i2/aquarium_photography/photography.htm

People need to start using google search engin

you are just putting to much pressure on us to use google!

ive had that page bookmarked for a while now.
now do YOU have anything to add, maybe on your own experiences? or do you just rely on google for those as well?

Well you want to use a flash definitely unless your aquarium is ungodly bright. Even with decently fast glass, getting a high enough shutter speed to stop motion is hard.

Also, set your white balance to tungsten and use a CTO gel on the flash to correct correct the exposure. A CTO diffuser such a sto-fen will work too.

These are a few sample images i took few months ago with that technique. I'm planning to head back to the aquarium again tomorrow (before my annual membership runs out.)
Edit: you'll want to set the flash at a 45° angle and have the lens pointed straight at the subject to prevent distortion.






This post was edited by Eek on Apr 23 2011 06:21pm

in my experience it is hard, the best shots i have seen come from well lit aquariums being either under ho t5 bulbs, or with underwater flash inside the tank. good luck its hard.