Alex Hughes wrote:
: This morning I decidede to attempt some photos of my pet lizards (Green
Anoles,
: Wall Lizards and Leopard Gekos for any herp fans). I used my OM20 and 50mm 1.8
: wit a Hoya +4 Close-up filter (I haven't yet aquired a macro lens or extension
: tubes).
: In terms of lighting I left on the Vivarium lights (so I could see what I was
: doing!) and positioned one flash with a slave unit attached facing down
through
: the glass lid of the tank, with several layers of white tissue. and used a
: bounce head gun on the camera facing upwards.
(..)
: I'll let you know hoe the results turn out, but my question is to anyone who
has
: experince of phoographing fish/lizards in tanks for some tips that may improve
: my technique?
- The OM-20 has a PC flash cord connector - why don't you use that instead of
slave triggering the flash on top of the tank? This may help to reduce
reflections further because the main flash in your setup will also light the
room and you.
- A long collapsable rubber hood that you can press against the glass, or
wearing dark clothes may also help to reduce reflections.
- Using computer flash won't work when the sensor can't be detached - it will be
confused by the reflections from the top glass plate (or the water). Using
manual flash will require a lot of experimenting (bracketing). With a camera and
flash that support TTL flash it is much easier.
- Shooting animals inside a vivarium / paludarium is much easier than inside an
aquarium because the water in a fish tank absorbs so much flash light and tends
to give a green or blue colour cast.
- A nice site that has tips and techniques about aquarium shooting (in the form
of excerpts from various newsgroups) is http://www.thekrib.com/Misc/photo.html
hnz
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