how to photo fish in tank??

i have tried many times..
now i know i will get hammered for the fact i was trying it with my kit lense on my t2i
but how does one get to shoot fish?
any tips?
borrowed my neighbors tamron 17-50 (think that was it) and it didnt come out good either...

think my 70-300 is a macro so maybe that?
just trying to see...

appreciate it...

you have to get the lens right up the glass and have an indirect light source. Does you tank have a canopy light?

Look through the viewfinder, and when the fish come into the frame, press the shutter button.

That's the best I can do without an example of what you've shot in the past.

Look through here. I have given couple of proven recommendations but it would require some advanced photography skill to pull it off. Is much better than trying to shoot with some ridiculous fast glass at some ridiculous high ISO to capture some ridiculous slow moving species (jelly fish). With some ridiculous luck too.

https://photography-on-the.net …955096&highligh​t=aquarium

I've had best results by placing lens against glass and flash overhead pointing down.

deadpass wrote in post #11323448
you have to get the lens right up the glass and have an indirect light source. Does you tank have a canopy light?

55 gallon with canopy light...


ill find the shots i did recently... i went to a gig last night.. and gave my memory card to the band member so he could get the videos (yeah i know t2i and video... but he liked it)... think the pics are there.. going to look through my files...

found one.. now i know the glass needs to be clean.. wife put halloween stickers on it.. need to clean it...

this is Mr T. our Black Angel Fish

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found one of Mr T eating breakfast...

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If you're shooting at home or petstores that best way is to have a wireless flash on top the tank facing down.

Here's a few I took at the petstore a few days ago.

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A very fast lens will help. Something like the 50mm 1.4 perhaps.

A polariser might help to reduce any reflections from the glass?

or you could always borrow my 400D setup...

MikeBurtonPhillipson wrote in post #11325812
or you could always borrow my 400D setup...

hah.. dont think my fish will like that... my bushy nose pleco will go haywire...
im trying to figure this fish picture thing as i want to get some shots of my pleco...ill hopefully get to try some tonight...

Don't use your 70-300. By no means is it actually a macro lens (very misleading). It just means it can focus marginally closer than similar lenses enough to slap on a macro badge. Don't use popup flash either- light isn't gonna go through well.
You would either need a fast lens (with proper control of tank lighting) or a flashgun to get the shots you see above.

Ianfp wrote in post #11325740
A polariser might help to reduce any reflections from the glass?

If you shoot at a slightly angle, with a 50mm lens, the glare shouldn't happen. Even if it should, it won't be inside the frame. Polarizer may not be good if the fish is moving constantly.

Just have my Sigma 50 1.4 recalibrated by Sigma. I love this lens even more. Some shots from my parents' house.

F2.5. 1/200. ISO800. Little processing in DPP. I normally run the shot through CS5. Single strobe. Sigma 50 + 1dmarkIII.

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