How to take top down pictures

Ruth · #1 10-29-2005, 05:28 PM

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?

Invigor · #2 10-29-2005, 05:33 PM

turn off the pumps for the picture

Ruth · #3 10-29-2005, 05:58 PM

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

muck · #4 10-29-2005, 06:04 PM

http://www.canreef.com/phpBB2/viewto...ht=camera+boat

Andy · #5 11-07-2005, 01:25 PM

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

EmilyB · #6 11-07-2005, 06:03 PM

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

SeaHorse_Fanatic · #7 11-07-2005, 06:54 PM

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

Ruth · #8 11-07-2005, 07:35 PM

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

OCDP · #9 11-07-2005, 07:44 PM

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

Beermaster · #10 11-07-2005, 07:50 PM