Mistakes I made with corals and DSLR...

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When I took these I did not have a ful grasp of how to use this camera just yet, 2 DVDs and 2 books later and I am getting a better handle on it. These are older shots, enjoy :)
Birdsnest
birdsnest-1.jpg

ISO 800
S/S 1/50
F/18


Fire and Ice Acan
acaneyes.jpg

ISO 800
s/s 1/60
f/29


Blue Tort
bluecoral.jpg

ISO 800
s/s 1/10
f/29


Purple Tabling Acro
acro-1.jpg

ISO 800
s/s 1/5
f/29


If I had a chance to redo these, I would of shot them at ISO 100 and got rid of a lot of noise and grain. Some of these were shot at angles too because I could not get corals that were behind other corals.

Gorgeous Montiporas....

purplecap2.jpg

purplecap1.jpg

ISO 800
s/s 1/100
f/8


In these I would of lowered ISO also and increased F/stop

Sweetest scrolling Tubinara ever...
coolcoral.jpg


Same noisy settings :(

I wanted to share the beauty of the corals and explain where I went wrong with these.
I hope to get back out there one day and do some more shots. This time with a better understanding of ISO, DOF, barrel distortion, and white balance, I also will shoot the next round in RAW. :)
 

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pics look great!

check out my how stickies, they should help adapting those skills youve learned in the books and dvds, and applying them to your reef pics.
 
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Hey Tater, does that tank look familiar? LOL
Steve, you got a great tank. I would love to shoot it again with Gary, maybe this summer. :)
 

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