Turned out very nice, Marnie. I'm glad that you were able to get some shots that worked for you. Hopefully you will share more of them.
-- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, April 23, 2006, 5:30:10 PM, you wrote: Eac> Before I went to Monterey I was smart enough to ask Bruce the settings he Eac> used when he was at the aquarium. Eac> THANKS, BRUCE!!! Eac> If I hadn't used his suggestions, I doubt I would have gotten any decent Eac> shots. BTW, I didn't see a DSLR nary anywhere. Not at all. Millions of P&S and Eac> lots of camera phones. Eac> Bruce recommended 3200 ISO, but my Digital Rebel only goes to 1600. Eac> So this was shot at 1600 ISO, f 2.8 (on my 50mm), and about 1/15 of a second. Eac> The big issue for me was turning my flash off (I was the only one shooting in Eac> the aquarium without a flash and I only attempted the tanks that had some Eac> interior lighting). I found a spot on the dial to do it, like one of the program Eac> modes. I thought I was shooting manual in RAW with the flash off. Nope. Oh, I Eac> was shooting manual, alright, but JPEGS. Only found that out when I got home. Eac> Luckily most of them need minimal adjustment. And if I could kick my camera Eac> without hurting it, I would. Still not sure how to turn the flash off and shoot Eac> RAW. Eac> Now bear in mind, this is shot through glass, smudged glass at that, and Eac> through water and with a large f stop (while the tanks may have been lit from Eac> inside, the surrounding room was very dark). But I like the patterns of it. Eac> http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/money.htm Eac> Comments welcome. Eac> Marnie aka Doe
