A couple of quick snaps with a D100

[Thales]

The sucker would display in good light! I'll have to set up a mirror away from the corners!

 

[GreshamH]

That's right, can't fool me <looking for evil grin> <still missing :lol:>

 

[kinetic]

nice color saturation

what mode are you shooting the mandarin in? Looks like high iso, but I guess you must with such low light situations.

 

[Thales]

Ah - the benefits of real cameras!

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I tried a bunch of different modes because of the lighting changes from inch to inch.

 

[kinetic]

Focal Length 105
FNumber 4.5
ISO Speed Ratings 500

Because you were all the way at 105, your aperture is only going to open up to F/4.5. That's pretty slow for stop action low light, so to compensate your ISO automatically bumped up to 500.

500 is pretty grainy, as you can see in your second picture.

A few things you could do:
1. Way more light somehow
2. Get a faster lens (f1.8 would do well to "stop action")
3. Zoom out all the way so you can utilize the bigger aperture for a faster shutterspeed

For stop action fish shots, I usually find my 50mm F/1.8D to work great under full on metal halide lighting. 4.5 isn't going to cut it for the dim lighting our tanks have... unless you have a 400-1000 watter going on =)

keep going at it! looks great. btw are you coming on sunday to roam around the city with us?

 

[Thales]

Thanks Art! Don't think can make it this Sunday, but I will let you know!