Blazer1
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Hello,
I have recently purchased a Nikon D3300 kit with hopes of taking photographs of my saltwater coral reef tank. I was surprised and disappointed when I rushed home and captured my first shots in auto mode, they where terrible! Okay, there is a bit of a learning curve which I have begun.
I have a basic understanding of the triangle, shutter speed/aperture/ISO, and have been experimenting in manual mode. I spent several hours in manual mode adjusting-shooting, adjusting-shooting,..after several hundred pictures none of them where worth a darn but I learned a lot!
My tank lighting is around 15k in color and very bright causing a ghostly blue overexposed look. I have found I can adjust some of the blue out with the white balance but only to about 9k. So far my best setting have been 250/f9/ISO 100, white balance cloudy, vivid color. These results are a step in the right direction but a no where near what I have seen done by others, I have to be missing something? I have pictures I can post if it may help?
Thanks!
I have recently purchased a Nikon D3300 kit with hopes of taking photographs of my saltwater coral reef tank. I was surprised and disappointed when I rushed home and captured my first shots in auto mode, they where terrible! Okay, there is a bit of a learning curve which I have begun.
I have a basic understanding of the triangle, shutter speed/aperture/ISO, and have been experimenting in manual mode. I spent several hours in manual mode adjusting-shooting, adjusting-shooting,..after several hundred pictures none of them where worth a darn but I learned a lot!
My tank lighting is around 15k in color and very bright causing a ghostly blue overexposed look. I have found I can adjust some of the blue out with the white balance but only to about 9k. So far my best setting have been 250/f9/ISO 100, white balance cloudy, vivid color. These results are a step in the right direction but a no where near what I have seen done by others, I have to be missing something? I have pictures I can post if it may help?
Thanks!