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11-06-2011, 07:23 PM
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The only real difference between those four photos is that you got your focus point right on the third one, the other three just aren't in focus so you just need some practice with manual focus. I also noticed you changed your aperture to F22, which I don't think you needed to do, your DOF will probably be fine at F8 or so for those pics. While F22 will give you more DOF you also increase your shutter speed which can make it harder to get a sharp picture so until you master your focusing try and speed up your shots. Once you master that and feel you could use some more DOF then decrease your aperture (higher number).
Your WB is still off a bit, I would try using the sand or zoom into a grey piece of rock before resulting to other methods. This usually works for me just fine. Also unless you have a program like photoshop that allows you to edit and process raw files don't shoot in raw. It's not helping. If you want email (83phelps@gmail.com) me your raw file for #3 and I can give you an idea what post processing can do for you. For now shoot in jpeg. So keep up the good work, continue to practice shooting in manual focus and work on getting your subject perfectly focused. Also make sure your viewfinder is adjusted properly for your eye sight, sometimes this causes problems, see your manual for details. Also always be sure to position your lens perpendicular to the glass. 
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11-29-2011, 06:00 PM
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I just moved. so in a few week's hopefully I'll be taking shots of my new tank.
thanks for the advice, i'm going to look into on how to clean my sensor and seting up custom whitebalance for my next shot, along with trying to focus better.
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11-29-2011, 06:12 PM
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A probelem with the focus could be if you're using the camera's "beep" for focus, and that will be wrong when using tubes. At least it is on my camera. My camera defaults to infinity focus as soon as a lense is connected using an adapter.
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12-16-2011, 06:57 AM
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I brought my camera in and there is no problem with a dirty sensor but a permenent problem with the sensor. stuck or dead pixel's, so I played around with photoshop and it seems that I can get away with it by bluring the image and adding noise to a small area to make it look decent in photo shop.
not sure how this will effect the pic if I choose to develope it? either way I will just use this camera to learn from before buying another if I do. in the next few day's I will post some pic's. finaly I am settled down in my new place to take pics I got a free photoshop when I took my computer in to get cleaned, but now I am learning to use windows 7, firefox etc so things are a little different, just learning this. i'm switching from internet explorer,xp, oldschool.
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12-16-2011, 07:06 AM
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Quote:
What do you mean by "beep's"
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12-16-2011, 07:15 AM
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A cheap trick for getting rid of camera shake on longer shutter speeds is to use the self timer, or you can take it through EOS Utility.
Eos Utility works under Windows 7 64bit for the live view and camera control. Lightroom is much better for shooting tethered though  .Cheers, Tim
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12-16-2011, 08:11 AM
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Subject: pink recordia yuma
Working with: canon eos rebel xs 1000d, lens 18-55mm, 50 mm nifty fifty, and the kenko extension tubes 12mm, 20mm, 36mm. Not sure where to start regarding size of tubes and lens? I have a tripod and computer live remote shooting with a laptop. but I also have a wired hand held shutter button, if needed? My subject is approx 2" from the front glass in the middle of the tank under 6 t5 h.o and I can get my camera right against the glass. Should I shoot in the dark with tank lit? I'll be turning the pump's off. besides the very low flow lift pump, in the back. Where should I start with shutter speed to maximize detail in the pic? subject is at the same angle as the front glass. And I want to maximize the subject so she fill's the frame, where should I start with the aperture? what len's and what extension tube/tube's? mirror lock up?
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