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Koi-Fish
As part of my actual appointment I have to shoot Japanese Koi-fish in a
pond. What would you use? I was thinking about a fast negative film and a pol filter. I work with a Nikon F80. Is it possible to flash from above into the water? With the pol filter? Then I could use a slide film (ISO 50 or 100) as well. Thank you for sharing your experiences with me. Peter Eisenburger http://www.petereisenburger.de |
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Peter wrote:
As part of my actual appointment I have to shoot Japanese Koi-fish in a pond. What would you use? I was thinking about a fast negative film and a pol filter. I work with a Nikon F80. Is it possible to flash from above into the water? With the pol filter? Then I could use a slide film (ISO 50 or 100) as well. Thank you for sharing your experiences with me. Im not sure, but if you are going to use a flash, eg. from 45 degree angle, a polariser is not going to help, but It may remove the reflections from the sun if it is bright enough to cause an exposure after using the flash. Also try having two flashes, one on each side of the camera at 45 degrees. Is this going to be in a controled environment? if you can prevent waves from happending, the you probably wont have problems with reflections using the flash. I have taken photos in a rockpool withing the single flash method above and works okay. I use digital though, so I can see the results immediately. Ripples from waves are the main problem. Also, refraction due to photographing through the water on an angle causes chromatic abberations as well. The only other alternative is to go underwater using a housing, or put them into a tank. Using a tank, you should also using the same technique with the flash. Hope this helps Vin. -- Vin Melbourne, Australia Remove no and spam from both sides of the @ sign email address to reply |
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Here's a link to some I shot for a magazine
http://www.gregblankphoto.com/gregspublished.html Bottom of the page in the center, I used Kodak 100VS no flash no polorizer, between 13:00 & 15:00. You just need to watch the fish for when they are close to the surface. Bracket the exposure somewhat and take meter reading from something standard like a grey card or your hand. I think its better if the sun is directly over head or slightly off to one side of overhead,....no long shadows. Mid day is better in this case. Without the flash your response time will be faster. In article , Peter wrote: As part of my actual appointment I have to shoot Japanese Koi-fish in a pond. What would you use? I was thinking about a fast negative film and a pol filter. I work with a Nikon F80. Is it possible to flash from above into the water? With the pol filter? Then I could use a slide film (ISO 50 or 100) as well. Thank you for sharing your experiences with me. Peter Eisenburger http://www.petereisenburger.de -- LF website http://members.bellatlantic.net/~gblank For best results expand this window at least 6" at 1152 x 768 resolution |
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