I got a new Digital Camera

[Terran]

A Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX12K 7.2 MegaPixels
not to fancy of a camera I suppose.....


So I experimented a bit and took some pictures of my Dwarf Cajun Crayfish....

and one picture of my Red Cherry Shrimp (none of them were near the glass when I was deciding to take pictures)....

The Crayfish are juveniles about 1 cm long....


I think they turned out alright...Im excited I can now take halfway decent pictures of my aquarium life....
It gives me a new way to interact and enjoy my aquariums....

Hopefully as I get better with the camera I can take better and better pictures...

so far it seems that this camera does not have a manual focus option...









This last one is my favorite for some reason.

[shrimper Bob]

Real nice pictures! Good color and detail. Did you crop them? I like the cray too. You might want to clean the glass inside an out before shooting. Hate to ruin that perfect shot with water spots!

[Terran]

Yeah they were cropped....and slightly magnified....

Yeah I did not even notice those water spots till I took the pictures....

Still playing with the camera to figure out the best way to take pictures with it....

[wijnands]

See if it has center or spot metering. Your camera exposes the surroundings nicely but keeps the shrimp too dark.

[moonlighthazel]

Sorry if this is a newbie question (well, I am a newbie), but what are the small...jelly things with circles inside them on the glass in pictures 2,3 and 7? Are they eggs or something???

\\mlh//

[Terran]

Yeah those are eggs....But they are snail eggs....Probably from the Rams horn Snails....

[Carlo]

Hey there!

What kind of lighting did you have in the room when the pics were taken?