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Anonymous

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just trying something - i'm really camera illiterate
is it better (image quality wise) to take large pictures and then resize them or take smaller pics this is one i tried today....... i have been taking pics at the smallest setting but this one i shot at the largest setting and then resized

 
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reefman23

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I always take my pics at 2560x1920 recorded pixels at the highest quality setting, edit them, then size them down. I find that that gives me the best possible image.

That is a very good pic that you posted... it seems to be a better quality image than what you normally post.

Jesse
 
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thanks jesse - i'm going to try a few like that
how about brightness??? my pics always seem dark - i set the WB to flourecent that seems to look the best as far as capturing the true colors but what about the +/- setting -1 seems to look best color wise and at 0 they are brighter but look kinda "washed out"
 
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EDGRAY

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Nice pic and well i dont know about the white balance you have but i use mine AUTO and then just change the shooter speed and that helps to make them darker or lighter...but well i guess we all are working on our pictures skills lately haaa good for us...and i was using the medium size of pictures i guess ill be using the L size just to see the difference on pictures quality and then resize like you guys see what happens... ;-)
 
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reefman23

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As far as white balance goes, I usually use the auto white balance setting. I do toy around with the WB using a setting called fluorescent/daylight... there is a separate one for indoor fluorescent too. I use FastStone Image Viewer 2.5 to further adjust brightness, contrast, clarity, etc.... it can be downloaded for free here... http://www.faststone.org/

HTH,

Jesse
 
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Those pics look pretty good to me. I too always shoot at the largest image size I can. That way you can crop smaller parts of the picture, and still have a great picture, without any loss in quality. Also, if you plan to print any of your pictures, I would recommend always shooting at the larger resolutions. The higher quality images have more pixels per square inch and will look better when you print them on normal size prints, or even 8x10 (or larger depending on the resolution).

You can also get image editing software and play with the brightness, contrast, size, etc. after you take your pictures.
 
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thanks for all the tips guys - i finally was able to capture the real beauty of one of my favorite SPS's, i'll play a little and then maybe update some of my posts
 
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yea karen, :) - we were going to wait till fall (after camping season) but went to GB and they had the exact size and type of tangs i was looking for and its best to introduce them at the same time so we did it... i now have 5 fish in the 125... thats a lot for me - hope it works out
its really cool as you can see from the pic they all school together (the kole was just out of view) and there is no arguing what so ever
 
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EDGRAY

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J&D you really getting better your pics are starting to look more bright....almost there for perfection... really nice job with the last 2 pics....ok thats it i need to start practicing more too :twisted: :evil: :razz: :lol: ;-)
 
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I'm not a camera buff but I do know resolutions. Take pictures at the highest possible setting then crop the picture to the size you want. This will avoid grainy looking pictures. I've seen Google's Picasa do some ok editing of pictures. I personally use photoshop, but I've only got that because of my buddy is a graphics design major. That program is stupid expensive. Very nice shots though!
 
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OK took a shot of some zoas - after doing some research on taking better pics - i think the hints helped.......

 
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EDGRAY

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yeah.... :shock: :shock: ...out of the question.. you really catch the colors or the zoas and is not dark at all i think is perfect and hey share the tips :evil: ....really nice zoas i like the ones on the middle what a really nice colorful zoas... :shock: :mrgreen:
 
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a couple more shots for practice this morning - i read on a photo skills page to use the timer on the camera to reduce blurr - it seems to work:

 
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Yeah J&D i reconize some of your zoas and well the last pic looks amazing does zoas are huge... they are almost same size as palys.. and also im still upset with the orange skirt ones i cant believe mine died :cry: and the pink green skirt turn brown cause of my lack of care and lighting shock hope in a month or so they recover their true color or ill have to ask you for another frag of does pink/green skirt again :mrgreen: :lol: :lol: :twisted: :roll:
 
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