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I think this is quite a good shot considering it was shot through a glass tank under low ligh conditions, original file format was raw so that i could alter the colour cast that was apearing from the strange tank light.
| Brand: | Pentax |
| Camera: | Pentax K-x |
| Lens: | 50-200mm |
| Recording media: | RAW (digital) |
| Date Taken: | 27 Mar 2011 - 12:57 PM |
| Focal Length: | 137.5mm |
| Lens Max Aperture: | f/22 |
| Aperture: | f/4.5 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/20sec |
| Exposure Comp: | 0.0 |
| ISO: | 1600 |
| Exposure Mode: | Shutter speed priority AE |
| Metering Mode: | Center-weighted average |
| Flash: | Off, Did not fire |
| Title: | Fish | |
| Username: | 
Perry_95 | |
| Uploaded: | 4 Apr 2011 - 7:19 PM | |
| Tags: | Pets / captive animals | |
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This is a Black Widow if I am not mistaken. You obviously know what you are doing to get a shot this sharp and knowing to use RAW to give you that post processing power. Did you sharpen it at all? If not most digital photos benefit from some sharpening as the last thing to do in the post processing process. Try 2 pixels at 60%.
Like I say, you have the ability to get the shot sharp in very difficult lighting conditions with longish exposure with a subject that moves. what ISO do you use? Depending on your camera you can go as high as ISO 800 without too much graining. This with a big F number with give you the quickest shutter speed as the dof doesn't need to be that great as fish as fairly flat creatures.
Its a really good shot but if I had one critique it would be that of composition. This would be best done in the post processing as a crop. If you have taken it in RAw, as you have, you can get quite a hefty crop before things deteriorate.
Well done and I hope the advice, if it is indeed that is what it is and you didn't know about the things suggested, is useful.
regards
Ian
Excellent job - much better than I can do! 
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Fran x
Thanks Ian Yes that is a black widow, i used a 1600 ISO because my little pentax k-x has really good ISO capabilities, Also i did sharpen it slightly but not much simply because i was going to upload it on here. How would you suggest i change the composition?
Thanks Fran will deffinately be entering!
The 'rules' say 'don't have your main subject slap bang in the middle of the shot' so, if I were going to follow the 'rules', I may crop some off the left hand side (leaving space for the fish to swim into). But saying that it's totally up to you if you follow the 'rules', some of the nicest pictures I've seen have the subject slap bang in the middle! Don't be afraid to experiment, that's what I like about digital - the images are free!!
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