gparr's clown in nem pic

Saltysteele · Nov 5, 2008

This picture keeps coming up as the random picture of the moment (or something like that) on the opening page.

Nice job, gary! Man, having tried for many hours trying to capture a nice pic of my clowns (or other constantly-moving fish), I admire your talents!

Whatever you've got, wish I had it! I love nice pic's, and this one is SWEET!

Reef Pets · Nov 5, 2008

Absolutely amazing picture!

stunreefer · Nov 5, 2008

Stunning picture for sure!

I'm not even a clown lover and I'd frame and hang that pic, great work!

rebelprettyboy · Nov 5, 2008

WOW. That is one heck of a picture for real!

missionsix66 · Nov 5, 2008

One heck of a pic.

ofblong · Nov 5, 2008

makes me want to ask permission to use it as my background... Just needs to be 1280x1024

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gparr · Nov 5, 2008

Thanks for the kind words. I'll see what I can do about that wallpaper request.

Gary

ofblong · Nov 5, 2008

gparr said:
Thanks for the kind words. I'll see what I can do about that wallpaper request.
Gary

sssccchhhwwwweeettttt you deserve some positive rep for that

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labman · Nov 5, 2008

seen a number of Gary Parr pics certainly in a class all by himself, Gary the photo you do with fish are truly amazing. i would truely love any tips you can share equipment you use setting etc. I would sell my soul to the devil for one Gary Parr quality shot. hats off to 100% drool every time I see this pic.

JuniorMC8704 · Nov 5, 2008

Was a flash used? or external light source of any kind?

I find the hardest part of capturing crisp detail in fish is not having enough light to counter the low light noise issues.

Poseidon · Nov 5, 2008

Exif says no, and ISO only 200, at F18!!! Gary, do you have a portable sunshine over your tank?

Awesome image!

JuniorMC8704 · Nov 5, 2008

thats what im getting at! i just dont get it.

labman · Nov 5, 2008

some more of Gary's reef pics

and
www.gparr.com
http://www.gparr.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=13

AquaWorldPSC · Nov 5, 2008

The fish is frowning you must have forgotten to say Smile! LOL

gparr · Nov 5, 2008

Labman, those are very kind words. Thank you. I'm glad you enjoy my images.

Junior, in fact two flashes were used. This shoot was an experiment to use a remote flash set in slave mode and my usual on-camera flash. The experiment worked much better than I expected and gave me some nice texture on the fish. The on-camera flash is mounted on the hotshoe with the head tilted at 45 deg. and a white card attached. I shoot the camera manual and both flashes manual. For most of the shots, I believe the flashes were set for 100%. The remote was simply attached to a tripod and placed to the side, above the water and about 45 deg. to the water surface. The two-flash approach needs some perfection. One of the drawbacks is that, at the wrong angle, the remote flash tends to illuminate any water debris, forcing me to spend a lot of time cloning.
Gary

JuniorMC8704 · Nov 5, 2008

OK, now that totally makes sense. Ive had great results using white and silver bounce boards over the top of the tank.

I havent been able to do that at home with my current setup, but have done it in the past with excellent results.

Also, angles towards the surface of the water with a 45 degree flash has been an interesting result.

By far my weakest area of photography is understanding how to use artificial light sources and flash. I really need to sit down with someone like you for a few hours and get up to speed.

Mike....HELP!

Poseidon · Nov 6, 2008

Impressive manipulation of light Gary! I have only tried flash a few times, and have not perfected it by any means.

Junior, I think we should get together and play. I have a 550ex and a 420ex that I can slave together, PLUS my studio strobes. I'll bet with those beasts we could get some really cool angles. We would have to help each other out though, as I don't have any booms for the strobes. (Never found a need for them at a wedding!)

JuniorMC8704 · Nov 6, 2008

not a problem.

sounds good to me.

OH OH OH, off topic, sorry gary...

I just downloaded a trial of Nikon's Camera Control Pro 2 software.

I can control everything right from my laptop and even use the MAC BOOK PRO monitor as a high def view finder to ultra precision focusing.

Not to mention how help of a teach aid it could be on Sunday. Not having everyone have to walk up to a camera to see what heck you are talking about when explaining where to focus on a subject etc...

SaraB · Nov 6, 2008

Gary has some awesome photo's both of the reefs we keep and out in nature! He keeps trying to show me his tricks, but I keep forgetting to practice and then he has to show me again. I'm his worst photo nightmare LOL. I promise Gary when I have these next 2 tanks done, I'll be ready to really concentrate and learn .... ;-)