Hey guys, Question for the photography geeks out there. I recently bought a Canon T4i....but I am still trying to figure out all of the settings and how to take the best shots in different conditions (I am decent, but not quite where I want to be). Tomorrow I will be at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. What is the best setting to get some good shots of the sea life in the tanks? I am assuming I should go manual and work with the lowest ISO that the lighting will allow. But what do you think about the shutter speed and focal depth? I don't want to waste too much time fooling with settings....so I want to make sure I start in the right ballpark. Any help is appreciated. Thanks. DBJ
ISO you would want to have pretty high, higher the ISO the lower the lighting conditions. Keep in mind though the higher the ISO the more grainy the images will look. As far as shutter speed you will want to set it as fast as the lighting conditions will allow. At least 30 but ideally faster if there is a lot of movement.
he's right. While I'm not up to date on the DSLR..... (Old school darkroom experience in the past) I would set your exposure meter to shutter priority over aperature, to avoid the motion blurs of the fish. The whole digital ISO thing is weird to me, as you're not actually using real film. I don't get that. I hear it's a GREAT aquarium to visit. have fun. of course my parents lived in ATL for 5 years, then they build that aquarium right after they move away.
Lighting was very tough. Needed to go with an ISO between 1600 and 3200. Shutter speed was around 1/125 (sometimes higher....sometimes lower). I'll post a few photos later. Thanks for the help. Got some good picks at the Braves game last night as well.
I have been to 6 aquariums in 3 states, and have never seen one with a dolphin. Actually, it feels kind of creepy to me, considering their intelligence level. And I have, like, 5 million photos of fish in giant tanks. Somehow they are never as impressive in 2 dimensions later on. The best things I've seen at aquariums were the giant crabs in Chattanooga and the albino alligator in Charleston. And its kind of hard to beat the tank at Myrtle Beach with the moving walkway inside of the curved glass of the tank. You really feel like you're in there with the fish at a 360 degree view, sharks swimming 2 feet over your head.
