Cuttlefish

Nice cepho... cephil...sepha... Nice squid!

Kristy - very nice job. Anticipating and eliminiating reflections from glass is a science ;-) Not really, but it helps to always be aware of reflective surfaces in the vicinity, since flash is so intense, secondary reflections will often give rise to 'ghosting' on your images. For aquarium shots, simplest is to be sure to be at an angle to the glass - you can angle yourself, or hand-hold the off-camera flash at an appropriate distance and angle to prevent flashback. Another solution which I've used when photographing glass and other reflective objects in the studio - but which is tricky and robs alot of light - is to use a polarizer on your lens and another on your light source. This will eliminate probably 75% of all reflections. I like your submission here - keep up the good work. --Rich

Considering how you took the shot it's brilliant. It also means there was nothing that could be done about the sharp fall off in light on the back.

I tried to take shots before through the glass and they turned out horribly, with appalling colour casts. So I take my hat off to you.

 

I think I will have to try again.