Life in the aqaurium and a Highland Terrier

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 7 Sep 2009 at 17:25

Following success from the aqaurium I decided to take a few snaps of the kissing gourami and guppy. There are a lot more in there but I'll get to them another day.

Gulp Glup woof woof!

Johnny

Mud · 7 Sep 2009 at 17:46

I find the high-key (first) and colourful (last) dog shots great, but the fish ones do nothing for me. Maybe I'm not a fish person...

Slightly missed focus on the last one, shame. Narrow DOF I realise, but blurry nose draws unwanted attention. Great fur texture though

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 7 Sep 2009 at 18:12

Mud said:
I find the high-key (first) and colourful (last) dog shots great, but the fish ones do nothing for me. Maybe I'm not a fish person...

Slightly missed focus on the last one, shame. Narrow DOF I realise, but blurry nose draws unwanted attention. Great fur texture though

Yeah the dof is at f1.2 so you're gonna get that. I fully expected that.

lukechad · 8 Sep 2009 at 23:19

Do you have any tips for the photo taking of the fish?

Ive recently completed my tank now and want to get some good pics of the fish now they are all settled and used to me!

olv · 9 Sep 2009 at 01:54

I did not know you had an 85mm L

laiman · 9 Sep 2009 at 08:26

Mud said:
I find the high-key (first) and colourful (last) dog shots great, but the fish ones do nothing for me. Maybe I'm not a fish person...

I'd have to agree here although I suppose fish don't have the same range, if any for facial expressions/ posing. One photo of a fish is very much the same as another if that explains it better, at least to me anyway. I think they might work better a little closer or even just closer cropped in a semi-macro style particularly for these relatively small fish.

Raymond Lin · 9 Sep 2009 at 08:40

olv said:
I did not know you had an 85mm L

Where does he live?

The Mad Rapper · 9 Sep 2009 at 10:17

Fstop11 said:
Yeah the dof is at f1.2 so you're gonna get that. I fully expected that.

If you'd increased it slightly the shot would have been perfect. Nice as it is, but definately spoiled by out of focus nose.

Alex53 · 9 Sep 2009 at 10:20

The doggie shots are better composed, especially first and last. The fish shots are a bit too far from the subject and this subject too central in the frame and thus they dont have the same interest or impact.