The day I went trigger happy

[benjamin]

Well, today was a very rare occasion, a weekend, and I had nothing to do. So I decided to refine my photographic skills, I know I've got a long way to go, please tell me what I can do to get better photos. Also tell me what's bad or good about the photos the I have displayed hear, I've wasted too much time and memory taking mediocre photos, now I want things to change. Also feel free to comment on my animals.

Here's the best axie shot I took today

Here are two shots of my male orientalis who's currently entering breeding condition. I put both photos here because I was having difficulty choosing which one was the best one of them gets his whole body but you can barely see his dorsal features, while the in other one you can see all the details but the tip of his tail is just out of the picture.

Here's my fat para named Fatso, I'm not sure of the gender. This newt steals food from the others and will jump out of the water to eat from my hand, only about 1 cm though. The bluish bit on its nose is shed skin.

 

[mark]

I like the photos, do your newts really like the heater? Doesn't it get a bit warm.

 

[peter]

Ben, you shouldn't have a heater in with your animals. Caudates do not do well in higher temperatures.

 

[jesper]

1.What's up with the heater?
2.You aren't keeping these in the same tank are you?

A couple of newbie tips on macro shooting(as I am a newbie):
1.Lighting is everything, gotta have good light
2.Once you have good light you can use low aperture(high f numbers) with fast shutter speed.
You need low aperture to get a wider focus span. You need fast shutter speeds to avoid blurring the photos due to hand movements, I find it impossible to use tripods in most cases.

Always shoot in manual mode so that you control shutter speed and aperture yourself. Also use manual focusing.

 

[benjamin]

No they are not in the same tank and I would have newtsicles if I didn't have the heater because they are out side. I'm not that stupid!!!!! They are all in species tanks! The heater keeps the tank at 18º c! If I kept them all in the same tank than I probably wouldn't have any of them. The paras are at 20º, the orientalis at 18º, and the axolotl at 10º, all of the animals eat well and show no signs of infection.

 

[jesper]

LOL, just checking Ben....you never know these days

Test my photo tips though...

 

[mark]

Nice