How to photograph aquriums

[tommo]

What settings will give me best results? Will be in a daylit room with the aquarium light on. I can't seem to get fast shutter speeds and the fish are blurry.

Thanks in advance

 

[Jo]

We went to The Deep in Hull a little while ago and I took the shots below. They are not the best but it was my first real attempt at something like that. There is still a bit of blur, but with some fine tuning of the kind of settings I used I'm sure you could nail it...

Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Exposure: 0.013 sec (1/80)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 20 mm
ISO Speed: 400


On this next one I used a higher ISO but paid the price with noise.

Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Exposure: 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 10 mm
ISO Speed: 1600

HTH

Edit: Forgot to add they were hand held. I'm sure if I had been using a tripod it would have helped dramatically too.

 

[pxl8]

Take the tank hood off and position an off camera flash above the water pointing down. Keep the rest of the room dark. Shoot away