Challenging Lighting
Bosami Rainbow
Lighting when shooting through glass can always be tricky. Its so easy to get lens flare or glare. There are some tricks to help with that things like if its bright enough you can use a polarizing filter to help cut down on glare or try to control the angle of the shot to control reflection but its all in all a tricky business. It is also one of the skills I will probably be spending a lot of time working on.
For years I kept fish tanks, I’ve always loved the peacefulness of the tank. When I was in high school I even got so ambitious to do planted tanks. They require a lot more care to prevent them from just becoming algae farms. It has been a few years since I have done any searious fish keeping. I’ve had a tank going for the past few years but it was low light, low maintenance setup that was just scenery in the living room. It was time to get serious again.
Last week I started down the trek of converting it to a planted tank once again. I pulled out a high powered compact florescent fixture that I used on a 20 gallon that I no longer have and added some plant friendly substrate. I now have 5 plants in the tank and decided to take some beginning shots. The tank is a bit cloudy from the new substrate and that combined with the glass have made it somewhat difficult to get a good shot. But here is my tank as it stands today:
