I went to the aquarium and took pictures and you have to suffer through seeing them all. Well, not really. I took over 400 and got it down to 17, which shows tremendous restraint and character growth on my part.
This are gorgeous. Out of curiosity, how did you get such great pictures at the aquarium? No matter what I do, mine always come out grainy, blurry, and all-around craptastic.
1) I have a really great camera. Nikon D7000. It’s my baby. 2) I shoot RAW. This gives me maximum flexibility later. 3) Wide aperture and as fast a shutter speed as possible. I alternate between the kit lens and a portrait lens. 4) That said, you’ll note that there are not a lot of sharks and stingrays. This is not because the aquarium didn’t have them or I don’t like them, but they’re way too fast to photograph well under the lighting conditions. Lazy, slow animals are better, which suits me fine because octopus are my favourite. 5) I shoot a fuckzillion photos, most of which come out blurry and grainy. :) 6) Finally, I Photoshop the shit out of them. With RAW, you get ridiculous levels of control.
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A few things:
1) I have a really great camera. Nikon D7000. It’s my baby.
2) I shoot RAW. This gives me maximum flexibility later.
3) Wide aperture and as fast a shutter speed as possible. I alternate between the kit lens and a portrait lens.
4) That said, you’ll note that there are not a lot of sharks and stingrays. This is not because the aquarium didn’t have them or I don’t like them, but they’re way too fast to photograph well under the lighting conditions. Lazy, slow animals are better, which suits me fine because octopus are my favourite.
5) I shoot a fuckzillion photos, most of which come out blurry and grainy. :)
6) Finally, I Photoshop the shit out of them. With RAW, you get ridiculous levels of control.