Here is a picture of a simple photo tank that I came up with from seenig
what others have done. It is a 2.5 gallon tank with the back covered in
black. I have also took some acrylic sheets and painted them with a paint
called Fusion. The acrylic sheets are slightly bigger than the tank and I
bow them so that it creates a smaller pocket for the fish to lay in. I have
also attached some pictures taken in this tank. I haven't taken it out into
the field, yet. I am hoping to later on this spring and early summer.
http://www.nanfa.org/members/flowers/phototank2.jpg
http://www.nanfa.org/members/flowers/orangethroat.jpg
http://www.nanfa.org/members/flowers/m_stone2.jpg
http://www.nanfa.org/members/flowers/greenside.jpg
Bill Flowers
On 3/29/06, Dennis Burnette <deburnette-in-triad.rr.com> wrote:
>
> NANFA Folks,
>
> I am seeking advice on photographing fish in the field before releasing
> them.
>
> I am a native fish newbie. I have a good bit of experience with other
> wildlife, but have only recently gotten hooked on native fish. What I plan
> to do is collect local fish (and invertebrates), hold them briefly in some
> type of enclosure on site, photograph them, and then release them back
> into
> the place where I collected them.
>
> The photographic enclosure that I am visualizing is some sort of small
> glass/plastic container or aquarium that will allow me to isolate a fish
> and
> keep it relatively still while I photograph it. (I prefer not to shoot
> photos of a fish out of water in a net or someone's hands.) I haven't been
> successful in finding anything about this kind of photography on the
> Internet.
>
> I would be grateful for any advice I can get from you folks who have
> successfully photographed fish in the field.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Dennis
>
> --
> Dennis Burnette
> Greensboro, NC
> deburnette-in-triad.rr.com
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