Tropical Fishies

Battou · Aug 23, 2007

I was trying to get a picture of an odd ball guppie when I got to thinking there where far better subjects in all those tanks my sister has, So I made a point to get some pics of them.

LaFoto · Aug 24, 2007

The second, so my daughter says (who knows a lot more about aquarium fish than I do), is a fighting fish. Do you know if it is? Would you know its name (or could you ask your sister?)

I think you did quite well for photographing through the glass of the tank. I find that many fish swim by pretty fast and easily become a blur, mostly so since the light makes the camera want to expose for quite long.

Pity about the artificial elements that belong to the pump (or something like that) - most prominently to be seen in the first photo.

Hoppy · Aug 24, 2007

Lafoto it is a Siamese Fighting fish. Could its name be Frank?!

Good shots by the way....

Battou · Aug 24, 2007

Siamese Fighting fish also known as Betas, The given name for this one in particular is Norman. As for the objects in the tanks I have no controll over that as they do not belong to me and I can not just reach it and move things, My sister would have my head. You are right about the speed of the fish, this attempt took over a hundred shots just to get three finalizable shots it is all too easy to get little more than a blur. Also these where taken with an autofocusing camera (witch I can't stand) it can be tricky at best to get the camera to find the correct subject.