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First I would like to say thanks to RRasco and fmueller, and the rest of the guys over in this thread. Because of the help I received over there, I think I am starting to figure out a little bit how to get some decent pictures out of my camera. Today I stood in front of my tank snapping pictures of my fish for a while, and for the first time produced a decent amount of pictures I'm not ashamed to share here.
I plan on posting a bunch of pics, but I'll post them in groups over the course of a few days probably. Tonight's set of pictures will feature the best shots I managed to take of my Iodotropheus Sprengerae, or Rusty cichlids. And IMO, its worth clocking on them and making them bigger - they look great at a larger size!
First, a group shot to get things going:
My male Rusty peeking out around a rock. As a bonus, notice my only remaining Synodontis Lucipinnis chillin' on the rock:
Here is the best side profile shot I have managed to take of my male ever. I've been having a heck of a time taking decent pictures of the rusties especially, so to grab these pics and this one especially feels like an acomplishment
Too bad my big dumb lab had to butt into the picture but hey thats what photoshop is for later on
You also get a sneak peak of one of my newest additions, a Labeotropheus fuelliborni Marmalade Cat, partially in the shot:
Here are a couple shots of my guy's females. Understandably I spent most of my time focusing in on the male but I did manage to grab a couple. Only 1 of the 4 happens to be holding at this time and unfortunately I was not able to get a decent shot of her tonight:
Alright, now onto my favorite shots of the night. As I was standing there taking pictures, my guy decided he was going to head over to one of his pits and start doing a little maintenance. I got some great shots of him spitting out mouthfuls of sand, which will be seen over the next 5 pics:
And thats it for tonights picture dump. Let me know what you think of the pics
If anyone is interested in the technical aspects of the camera and settings, I'll be happy to share.
I think I can get the rest of the pics in here in 3 groups. You guys can vote which group you'd like to see next.
1: Labs, Aceis, and Catfish - probably the least impressive shots I managed to get, but I do have a nice profile of my dominant lab, a shot of my holding female lab, a couple attempts at getting acei pics, and a couple pics of my catfish.
2: Marmalades - Took a lot of shots of these guys and still need to figure out which ones to post, but 1 shot in particular I'm excited to show of an interesting view I managed to capture of markings on a particular fish's dorsal fin and tail.
3: Giant Demasoni - The real purpose of this whole photo shoot was to get a nice pic of my dominant male fully colored up. I didn't necesarily get THE shot tonight, but I did get lots of OK shots of the male, the second chalenging subdom male, and maybe a couple of the others.
Enjoy!
I plan on posting a bunch of pics, but I'll post them in groups over the course of a few days probably. Tonight's set of pictures will feature the best shots I managed to take of my Iodotropheus Sprengerae, or Rusty cichlids. And IMO, its worth clocking on them and making them bigger - they look great at a larger size!
First, a group shot to get things going:

My male Rusty peeking out around a rock. As a bonus, notice my only remaining Synodontis Lucipinnis chillin' on the rock:

Here is the best side profile shot I have managed to take of my male ever. I've been having a heck of a time taking decent pictures of the rusties especially, so to grab these pics and this one especially feels like an acomplishment

Here are a couple shots of my guy's females. Understandably I spent most of my time focusing in on the male but I did manage to grab a couple. Only 1 of the 4 happens to be holding at this time and unfortunately I was not able to get a decent shot of her tonight:


Alright, now onto my favorite shots of the night. As I was standing there taking pictures, my guy decided he was going to head over to one of his pits and start doing a little maintenance. I got some great shots of him spitting out mouthfuls of sand, which will be seen over the next 5 pics:





And thats it for tonights picture dump. Let me know what you think of the pics
I think I can get the rest of the pics in here in 3 groups. You guys can vote which group you'd like to see next.
1: Labs, Aceis, and Catfish - probably the least impressive shots I managed to get, but I do have a nice profile of my dominant lab, a shot of my holding female lab, a couple attempts at getting acei pics, and a couple pics of my catfish.
2: Marmalades - Took a lot of shots of these guys and still need to figure out which ones to post, but 1 shot in particular I'm excited to show of an interesting view I managed to capture of markings on a particular fish's dorsal fin and tail.
3: Giant Demasoni - The real purpose of this whole photo shoot was to get a nice pic of my dominant male fully colored up. I didn't necesarily get THE shot tonight, but I did get lots of OK shots of the male, the second chalenging subdom male, and maybe a couple of the others.
Enjoy!