Sealife Centre

[ayjay80]

Hi,

Visiting the Sealife Centre in Birmingham tomorrow and having never taken a dslr there, does anyone have any tips for shooting in that kind of place?

I'll be using my D90 with my 18-70mm f3.5-4.5 lens?

 

[astraman1]

you may struggle with the darker tanks

with it being a moving target you wont be able to slow the shutter down to much so it is prob going to be shoot wide open and up the iso

 

[Janitor.]

Bring a polarising filter for the tanks.

Boost your ISO and keep the lens wide open!

 

[ayjay80]

Thanks guys, forgot to mention that i'd be taking a polariser with me aswell.....

 

[AESamuel]

Dunno if I'm too late to answer but shooting into tanks plays havock with AF so I'd go manual focus if I were you!

High ISO, wide open and manual focus + a polariser and you should be all set! Oh, and please don't use flash!

 

[astraman1]

and dont forget to post the results

 

[tomkbucks]

i was there a while ago and got a couple , a few examples here at iso 640 @ 1.8 http://500px.com/photo/7475386

 

[mrjames]

I was there the other week

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151172793064104.509938.505334103&type=3

don't bring a polarizer as it will cut down the light and you're already challenged enough with the conditions and an f4 lens!

High ISO is a must
and work quickly, don't be that douche that blocks the entire tank for 10 minutes

 

[JayJay]

I did some shooting at Blue Reef in Newquay. I didn't use my polariser because as others said it cuts down the already limited light too much, didn't really have much trouble with reflections anyway.

I boosted my ISO and got some decent shots of slower moving subjects in the more well lit tanks. Faster moving things and dim tanks were pretty much write-offs. Obviously flash was out.

 

[ayjay80]

Needless to say, I struggled a bit with the f3.5 lens and the lowlight; I don't think I have many "keepers" lol !!

Note to self: Need to a faster lens.....

I'll go through my shots and post any (Semi) ok ones that I have.

The polariser was more of a hinderance than a help and as JayJay posted, reflections weren't really any trouble.

 

[modchild]

I went to The Deep in Hull the other week and had a 24-105 f4 L on my 5D3 but even upping the ISO wasn't getting me fast enough for anything more than jellyfish. I decided to change for a 35 f2 prime and that certainly helped a lot. I managed to get some really good shots with the lens hood right up close to the tank. I tried with a polariser but found I didn't need it if I could get close enough to the tanks.
This is one I got at 1/100 and ISO 2000 at f2, it was that dark. No PP apart from cropping and it was taken around 10 feet from the tank, hence a few reflections.

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