After cleaning one of my aquariums today I noticed two tiny baby guppies. At first I thought "yay!", then I thought "ohh... I hope I didn't suck any up while I was changing the water...". Oh well, no use crying over spilled fish.
I wanted to try to take a few pictures of the new additions. This turned out very difficult; the baby guppies are only a few millimeters thick. I decided to move onto an easier target. A large tetra or swordtail should be easy to take a picture of, right?
It seems aquarium photography is an art unto itself. I took a bunch of pictures that didn't turn out very well. A quick search brought me to wetwebmedia.com, a site with some simple tips for improving your fish pics.
Here are some pre-tip pictures. I'll post some improved photos at a later date (Friday?).
The grey fish is mom. The composition of this photo is really bad. The fish is just kinda floating in the center. I broke the rule of thirds in a bad way here. Plus the orange fish, the bright spots, and the black verticle line distract from the main focus (the grey guppy). Plus the fish is turing away.
This picture is a little better. With a little cropping the composition could be improved and many distractions removed. I like how the shallow depth of field blurs the other fish. The DoF is a little too shallow though; the tail of the front, main fish is out of focus.
This picture isn't terrible. The bright spot is distracting. I could have prevented this by turning off the flash, which I learned is a no-no from the linked web site. Also, the fish's tail is out of focus. With a little cropping and a little burning, I think this could be a nice picture.
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