Help taking fish pictures

[FishingGoalie]

Hello as the title states I'm in need of some help. I can't seem to get any pictures of my fish because by the time i go to take the picture they move waaaaaaaayyaay too fast. Ive tried tracking the fish, I've tried keeping the camera in the same spot but i just can't seem to get a good picture. I have a olympus EPL-1, which i think is considered a mini DSLR with just the standard lens that comes with it.

Any advice would be helpful.

Thanks
Hayden

[gregzz4]

I was having trouble getting good shots with my point and shoot ...

I now take a video, pause it where I like it, and then take a screen shot to be cropped

[FishingGoalie]

Hmmm thats a good idea.

[Timbits]

Lol when my gf told me to do that I was like "doh why didn't I think of that"

Originally Posted by gregzz4

I was having trouble getting good shots with my point and shoot ...

I now take a video, pause it where I like it, and then take a screen shot to be cropped

[Timbits]

Works perfect!

[hillegom]

I like that idea!

[ThisGuy12]

Either video, or seriously ramp up your shutter speed. You could also take a distance shot of the entire tank and zoom/crop the photo to show what you're looking for.

Some people I've heard "shock" the fish via lighting, it almost stuns them in place.


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[mrhasan]

Very fast shutter (somewhere in the range 1/200s), aperture to your taste of depth of field and flash! Yes use FLASH for that black background with just the fish (having black background helps too ).

[MarkoD]

Originally Posted by ThisGuy12

Either video, or seriously ramp up your shutter speed. You could also take a distance shot of the entire tank and zoom/crop the photo to show what you're looking for.

Some people I've heard "shock" the fish via lighting, it almost stuns them in place.


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Rofl. The flash doesn't stun the fish in place. LOL!!!

The flash is just such a quick burst of light that it freezes the action when taking the photo. It's the same as using a quick shutter speed

[sumpfinfishe]

Most fish will frequent certain areas due to the whole territorial thing, so setup your camera on a tripod and pick a specific area for each individual fish. Then if you have burst mode or multiply frame setting pre-focus and lock your focus until your fish swims into that specific area and simply release the shutter to shoot multiple frames which might or might not result in a great image, for every 40-50 fish images i get one or two keepers-thank goodness for digital cameras!!!

Adding some food before hand is also a trick i use, it slows them down a little not to mention it keeps them smiling