A few weeks ago I was at Underwater World at the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. I wanted some fish photographs for the OzWildlife web site. Most of the shots I took were with the Pentax K100D and 18-55mm kit lens.

Shooting fish in the well lit reef fish tanks went ok - the main thing to watch is that you shoot at an angle to the glass/perspex when using flash otherwise you get horrible flash reflections.

Here is a shot of the beautiful Emperor Angelfish

The larger fish in the gloomy parts of the oceanarium was a bit trickier - high ISO (800 or 1600) without flash worked for slow moving fish, but the longer shutter speeds made it difficult to get sharp pictures. Here is a shark taken without flash - a bit grainy and not as sharp as I would like, but can make a passable small web shot.

New Fish Section on OzWildlife

The new Fish section on the OzWildlife site is now up and running- there are a lot more species still to add.