shots thru glass, tips?

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hi
have recently aquired my first dslr, the nikon d90 18-105vr kit.
i have been trying to get decent shots of my marine fish, through the glass, without any success.( mainly reflection problems)
i am looking to get a good tripod, and polarising filter, as i am told these will help. in the meantime (waiting for payday!) are there any other things i could try?
unfortunately the front glass of the fish tank is curved!
cheers
 
I tried this earlier. But the fish are too quick!!!

I'm not sure if this would work, but try dimming all the lights in the room, closing all curtains. And then turn on the aquarium lights.
That might help with reflections.

[edit] - Yv beat me to it
 
You could try putting the lens up against the glass, and then wrap a dark towel around the lens to try and minimise reflections from the lens in the glass.

That may reduce the reflections, hopefully, at least until your polariser arrives, which may be an improvement, but that depends on the direction of the reflections in relation to the camera lens.
 
Have a look here fella, hopefully that should sort you out. Scroll to about 2 thirds the way down (settings for a reef tank). Great thread and board.

Hopefully nobody will mind me posting the link. :)
 
will try again later, after dark.
the lens upto glass option doesnt work as the subject is then too close for focusing.
thanks for the replies
 
DTM said:
Have a look here fella, hopefully that should sort you out. Scroll to about 2 thirds the way down (settings for a reef tank). Great thread and board.

Hopefully nobody will mind me posting the link. :)
Click to expand...

thanks for that!
would you believe i am a member , but never seen that B4:cuckoo:
 
When I used to photograph my fish I had a piece of glass the same length and depth of the tank.

It was used to trap the fish between that and the front of the tank thus reducing the depth of field needed to keep the fish in focus.
they weren't squashed obviously just a few inches apart.
Made things much easier.
 
Years ago when I kept tropical fish i used to give talks on variouse other varieties of Live Bearing Fish using slides, so i had a photographic small tank which i made up with cut glass as PsiFox says with a partition sheet of glass aprox 1" to an inch and half from the front viewing glass you can vary this depending on the size of fish you are photographing, behind the partition the space you have you furnish out with sand and coral to look the same as your aquarium when you deside on size you want minature tank, lay base flat and put sides front and back on edge, tape and seal with clear silicon you can sit this on window sill in day light and photograph without the worry of flash back.
Hope this is of some use. :thumbs: :thumbs:
 
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