Big Bad Fish

I have had trouble with glare off the glass and hot spots from the

flash, but I think this one worked out. Would it have been beeter with

more DOF or does the lack of shapness in the background help? What do

you think of the composition? Thank you for your time

Aquarium fish are some of the toughest things to photograph. Both lighting and Focus are the major challenges. You've done an admirable job with the lighting, but the image sustains quite a bit of damage from the fact that the fish's face is well behind the plane of focus, but the tail is razor sharp. How can you cure this? With a living subject you can't afford to stop down because what you'll gain ind depth of field, you'll lose to motion blur. One option you might consider is trapping the fish between the front glass of the aquariun and another piece of glass maybe an inch or so behind the front. That way the fish will remain parallel to your plain of focus and you can be assured of uniform sharpness.

Try a rubber lens hood and push it right up against the glass (after cleaning it). This should eliminate your flare and help with AF. Good luck and have fun.

In addition to the rubber lens hood mentioned above, try off-shoe flash directly from above the aquarium. You might even want to try a diffuser of some kind. With flash you should be able to stop that lens down to f16 or f22 for depth of field.