how do I take a decent photo / picture

Whenever I take a photo of my tank, it comes out green, how do I fix that?

What do you guys do?

I want to show off my tank, but the pictures look green and harsh.

 

When taking pics of aquariums, the camera has a lot to do with it, a cheap camera takes cheap pics. The green tint is one of 2 things, either your white balance on the camera is WAY off or you have a lot chlorophyll in your water.

For everyday use, I use a sony dsc-H3D. When I reallly reallly wanna take good pics, then I break out the canon rebel xti with the tripod. Most of the pics you see from me are from the sony dsc-H3D. It takes almost as good of pics as the rebel. Gotta love auto macro

 

Try without using the flash.

 

If camera has built in "condition settings" --- experiment using different settings.

Took me long time to figure out what worked best for me.

Concerning any photo's, beauty is in eye of beholder...my pics look great to me, but may be just garbage to others...:-/

Tripod very useful.

Better yet is underwater housing.

Test difference between flash/on off with different ISO/White Balance settings.

See: DIY - the cheap yet shamefull underwater camera housing



Have fun!


Scott

 

Check the White Balance. Set it to auto.
If your pictures are blurred, you may have to use a tripod.
Try not to use the flash. Pictures look better without it.
If you can let us know what settings and camera you are using, we can help you a little better.