My first post and request for advice

[sharyndana]

My first SLR camera is a Rebel XT. Knowing only how to point and shoot, I joined a class that takes weekly excursions to various locations for shoots. Problem is, instead of telling you how to take the pix before the meet, we take our finished product to the next class to learn what we did wrong. A future shoot is at a Koi Farm. Are there special techniques for taking photos of fish? Any tips will be appreciated.

Sharyn

[robertwgross]

Koi fish? Use a fish-eye lens! <just joking>

If you are standing beside a pond, you will be shooting at an angle toward the water. Ideally, you would like to see fish under the surface. However, due to lighting, you may see only a bunch of reflections. Try using a circular polarizing filter on the front of the lens. If you rotate the filter, you will see the reflections come and go, so you can choose how you like it.

---Bob Gross---

[lostdoggy]

Aren't there two type of Polarize filter. One cheap another more expensive. At least thats what the salesman told me. Then agin I don't trust salesman, they tend to try and sale the more expensive just for the sake of commission

[ChrisKolb]

Aren't there two type of Polarize filter.<snip>

Yes, there is circular and linear. The circular is more expensive but is the type that you would want to use in most scenarios.

[sharyndana]

Thank you so much. I'm off to the camera store for one of those lenses.

Sharyn

[ron chappel]

The circular polarizer is more expensive (and tend to be a little weaker) but the circular type is needed on autofocus cameras becasue a linear polarizer may dissable/fool the autofocus