Hmm I have no idea, but I think you did a pretty good job under difficult shooting conditions. tigs=^..^=

Sorry I don't know fish either but he sure does shimmer

Nice shot Jeff - perhaps this fish belongs in the grouper family?????

I'm thinking.. piranha.

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Good good composition, as per your usual.

Colours are natural, clarity and focus are good good.


Caveats?

Suggestions, really.

As I can appreciate the challenges of shooting through glass/plexiglass.

If you don't have one, a lens hood is a good good idea. Cuts down on the reflections of external light sources is the main idea, and then allows you press up against the glass/plexiglass a bit more comfortably and safely.

Which segues to this next bit of advice..

Shoot perpendicular to the tank face, otherwise you'll likely see a colored (purple) ghost of your subject. This is due to the way light passes through the face of the tank.

Although, it has to be said.. it looks like you controlled well enough for this in your image here.


I did try something in post processing, though. Just as an 'let's see if this results in an improvement' experiment.

The 'this' being.. employ a Black and White Adjustment Layer. Then, change the Blending mode to Luminosity.

Time and opportunity permitting, maybe give the above a try? See if you agree, or, conversely.. disagree as to whether or not doing so is an improvement.

I used the Default option for the conversion/adjustment step. But, on this note.. and once changing the Blending Mode.. you can play around with the individual colours and fine tune your image even more.

To my eyes.. the colours were deepened, in particular, that of the background.. and allowed the fish to emerge and come to the forefront, more so.

Any ghosting, although not necessarily appreciable.. was mitigated more, too.

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Wellll.. the above was certainly a mouthful.

Maybe next time I should make my comments underwater?

Might save your eyes some wear and tear, Jeff.

;o)


Make no mistake, though, I do enjoy your image here. And thank you for sharing it with us.

Les is correct, it's a piranha. The color is toned down a bit but the red-bellied breed has teeth that are still nasty; they just don't protrude as much as other breeds.

-Nik