Help choose the best pic

[watchguy123]

Need to decide between these two pics. Let me know whether you prefer the top down acro shot or the yellow coris (fish) shot.



top down

yellow coris

I appreciate the input

 

[Gboy66]

Top down for sure

 

[Mr. Plant]

Coris shot......gets my vote, but both are excellent shots....

 

[Assyrian fish guy]

top down for sure.

 

[BeanMachine]

Theyre both great but I like the top down as well.

 

[Wetdreads]

Top down. There's more in focus and you get an unusual perspective displaying growth patterns. Although, both have very nice composition.

 

[MxReEfEr92]

top down

 

[pgr11]

I like the corsis pic but have to say the top down pic is better just because the focus is better

 

[ShiftyGirl]

I'm usually fish partial, but top down gets my vote

 

[cymaster007]

Top Down!

 

[Ocegueda 79]

#2 ...

 

[Six2seven]

I would really like the wrasse pic if it wasn't blurry. So my vote is top down

 

[pkunk35]

Top down shot is sick!

 

[russ13]

top down

 

[solitude127]

Top down for me. What type of photography equipment are you using?

 

[watchguy123]

Top down for me. What type of photography equipment are you using?

Hey thanks everyone for your input.

I am using a 18-55 mm zoom lens (kit lens---it came with the camera) on a sony nex 7 camera. Because of the camera and whatever physics are involved, it makes the lens like a conventional 25-85 mm lens. Unfortnately, I have not figured out how to get both depth of field and slow my darn fish down.

I made a DIY box for the top down pics from acrylic scrap pieces that were left over when I replumbed and redrilled my sump.

I have a bowfront tank which makes close up or macro photography very challenging as well because of the distortion of the curved glass.

It was because of this reef forum that I decided to buy the camera. I have not had a SLR camera in like 20 plus years. With my old point and shoot, I could only get blue pics, the white balance was goofy

 

[SchnitzelReef]

Too down Awesome pics


Sent from my iPhone

 

[Reef Bullet]

I vote for the top down shot although it seems pretty unanimous already so my vote isn't gonna make a big difference.

What is the pic for or did I miss that? Are you entering a contest?

 

[Justin]

I have not figured out how to get both depth of field and slow my darn fish down.

Great pic. I like the top down one as well. It's hard to get a open depth of field and a fast shutter speed. They don't really go hand in hand unless you use a lens that is wide. Definitely try out some manual legacy lenses when you have some spare cash

 

[ScarBosh]

Great picture dude! I'm a sucker for top down. Also bought a DSLR camera for the first time cuz of this hobby. The more pix I took the better I got at it. Taking pix of the fish tank is so much harder than "regular" pix.