Goldfish Bowl - Light Trails??

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This might sound really random.... But after watching a Goldfish swim around and around the bowl in a well lit room I got curious....

Would a light trail work on a goldfish bowl??

In my head the image would look quite cool..... But reality is a cruel mistress :p
 
Well, unless you're going to be attaching tiny waterproof LEDs to the goldfish, I don't think it will be a light trail photo? :thinking:

e2a: You could maybe do something cool with a long exposure and carefully-positioned rear-curtain flash.
 
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Musicman said:
Well, unless you're going to be attaching tiny waterproof LEDs to the goldfish, I don't think it will be a light trail photo? :thinking:

e2a: You could maybe do something cool with a long exposure and carefully-positioned rear-curtain flash.
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LED fish would be a good photo :p

Thats what i was thinking... but couldn't put it into words haha
 
I was thinking those neon fish you sometimes see at pet shops.
 
Rosco88 said:
This might sound really random.... But after watching a Goldfish swim around and around the bowl in a well lit room I got curious....

Would a light trail work on a goldfish bowl??

In my head the image would look quite cool..... But reality is a cruel mistress :p
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Goldfish don't work in a goldfish bowl.. at least not long term..

Very low (pitch-black) ambient and minimal lighting to reflect off the scales (maybe from below in a bare-bottom bowl?) and you might get something.


Someone mentioned neon fish, presumably neon tetras. Cardinal terras would be more colourful, but none of them glow as such, they're just very reflective. Again, with pitch-black ambient, very good lighting control to avoid spill and good water management to avoid particile.. you might get something similar to the long-exposure firefly shots from Japan (link).
 
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