FL Aquarium Trip
 

Thanks man, I love those little jellyfish.
I wonder what kind of lobster that is? It was red enough to be a parboiled New England lobster. :haha:

FL Lobster, it looks like a Keys. Bet my big toe.

I'm sure your big toe wouldn't be nearly as tasty. :lobstah: :yum:

Very nice video of the sea dragons! The photos I take of them never come out because the light levels are so low in there.

Good to see you got over to the west coast for some fun, rkzenrage. Stop by any other places while you were on this side?

Isn't that the truth! I went to the Baltimore aquarium a few weeks ago and taking pictures was nearly impossible. The fish are swimming, so you have to have a fast enough shutter speed to catch them, but it's so dark you need like a half second exposure minimum at the maximum aperture and sensitivity. I have dozens of pictures of dark blurs or reflections of the flash in the glass.

Here's a typical shot I got along with a somewhat better one.

I use a filter and slow down the ap & brighten/adj contrast in post.

A polarizing filter to kill reflections? Or some sort of colored filter?

If I understand you correctly, you deliberately under-expose the shot so you can avoid motion blur and then you brighten them later at home?

Polarizing filter, does great with the glass and cuts through the water when shooting from above.
I overexpose sometimes and underexpose some, depends. I have a 2g chip and just take all the pics I can, pick the best.
I also tend to shoot from the side when I use the flash so I don't get that direct reflection. BTW, flashes upset seahorses and most tidal fish, please don't use it on em'.
I pmd ya' the full file of the pics from our Sea World trip. It should give you a clearer view of the difference the filter makes.
I'm quite fond of it.