How to take top down pictures
 

I have tried to take some top down pictures but between my lights and the surface water movement they are all crap. I don't have an underwater housing for my camera. Just wondering how people do it?

turn off the pumps for the picture

But isn't there a way to actually get closer? I don't know like maybe some kind of acrylic box or ??

Ruth

I just place a small sheet of acrylic on the water's surface and photograph down through that. No need to turn pumps off. You can angle the acrylic to reduce glare.

HTH

Andy

I have one of Kari's camera boats and it is fantastic. :cool:

At OA, they have a couple of acrylic viewing cylinders and those work well for looking and taking overhead pics. Maybe someone can show a pic of one of these "camera-boat" contraptions to Ruth. They're fairly simple in design so it should be too hard to get made.

Anthony

Thanks - you guys are great! I would love to see what one of those camera boxes looks like.

Ruth, there is a pic in the link that muck provided :cool: