Hello again,
I am struggling with my camera at the moment.
The problem is that I do not get the pictures as sharp and brilliant as I would like to...
When I look at other pictures of corals I do not understand how they sometimes get these really nice pictures, super sharp and with no color issues.
I am using a Sony Alpha 200 with the kit lens 18-70 or more often with a Sigma AF Macro f=90 1:2,8
I shoot on ISO 100 to avoid color and luminance noise.
Shutter speed for tank photos is mostly from 1/80 - 1/250
I shoot in RAW and do what I can in Photoshop express to level up the pictures and trim them as near to what I see in my tank as possible.
Lenses were cleaned the day before with a brush, cleaning fluid and optic paper and last with the "hard side" of the lens pen.
But - I am not confident with what I get!
I work in the media postproduction with mostly very expensive advertising stuff for TV commercials. So I know a little bit about the technical stuff. But at home it feels like being an absolute beginner in getting pictures...
Now I am asking myself if a better camera can help me to solve this or if more experience people can give me some thoughts about the examples I added here.
As you can see I have no real sharpness and some noise on the background.
Blue colors mostly mix up very strong so the whole structure gets lost, best visible on the Superman Montipora.
Also on the clam the pattern gets lost.
Hope you have some advice for me!
Kind regards
Georg
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