> Some people will make a small rectangular tank that is skinny enough so
> that most fish won't be able to turn around, but wide enough that anything
> they'd be interested in putting into it, will fit. Using either
> plexiglass or acrylic.
>
> I vaguely plan on making one for myself one of these days, but have yet to
> do it. Along with a countless number of other DIY projects. ;]
>
> Does anyone know of anything out there that could be easily converted to
> be used as such?
>
> Also, check out the "activity reports" in NANFA's regional outreach
> section (http://nanfa.org/regional.shtml)
> Some of the photos in those were taken using such a device, and in some
> you see pretty well what I'm talking about.
>
> -derek parr
> chapel hill, nc
>
>
> Dennis Burnette 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
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