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Fish pics - finding my style
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The only feedback I can really give is to bump up the brightness on your subject in the photo. This will allow the subject of your photo to stand out from the background and not blend in as much. Other than that they look great! Your composition and colors in your pictures are spot on, and you can really see what the focus of each picture should be!
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Appreciate the feedback, it’s very specific and helpful! I’ll have to give that a try next time— it’s definitely a fine balance with brightness.
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Good pictures.I’m still on my journey to finding my “photography style”— I wanted to share some new pics I’ve taken. I’m always open to feedback or ways I can improve, so if you have some please comment.
My favorite pic is the “anthias snuggles” (img_7145)
Happy reefing friends!
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beautiful set of pictures and subject, Id be very happy with what you have,
beleieve these are shot wihtout flash ? great work freezing the motion.
my only area for improvement would be a bit more conctrast or pop as the pics are tiny bit on the flat side, bit of flash might help with that
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Thank you! You are correct, these were done without flash. I have been considering experimenting with flash since it can up the image quality (lower iso, etc). Appreciate the insights.
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how are we feeling about the brightness of the subject/background separation in these? Do I need to bump the brightness of the subject up even more? @IntrinsicReef @Gumbies R Us @maroun.c
I really like it. I think you nailed the color temp and didn't get overexposed areas. The two issues with a flash where I have struggled.
I don't know very much about flash photography. Is there any tricks you learned?
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Thank you! I’m new to flash photography so I don’t have a ton of tips I can give. This was my first time— I did learn that the trick (or so I think) is to try to balance out the power of the flash to avoid harsh shadows. I pointed the flash up and also used a diffuser.
If I’m honest I’m still debating on if I think it’s worth it, considering it wasn’t very cheap. The plus is that it does improve image quality (decreases ISO, higher f stop number). This isn’t necessarily reflected on the forums as the compression decreases the image quality.
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