Topdown shots?

[naka]

How do you people take sharp crisp topdown shots? I always get reflections of my lights in my pics. Is there some kind of trick?

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/5729/topdownqi5.jpg

Thanks,

James

[thor32766]

nice pic

[thor32766]

nice pic

[perpetual98]

I was screwing around the other day with an extra 2.5G tank that I had laying around. I popped my camera into the tank and set the tank into the top of my 120G tank. Granted, you gotta be careful and make sure that you don't submerge the 2.5G tank too far. I got a couple neat pictures, but didn't spend a lot of time playing with it.

I've been tempted to make a little 4"x4"x8" (approx) acrylic box that will fit over my 100mm macro lens that I can just pop the bottom pane into the water.

Eric

[zenya]

James,

Give Marc(melev) a holler, he build a special camera box for me last year that really helps. I think he used to have a picture of it on his website but it was a while since I visited there, so I could be wrong. :D

[naka]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8280665#post8280665 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by zenya
James,

Give Marc(melev) a holler, he build a special camera box for me last year that really helps. I think he used to have a picture of it on his website but it was a while since I visited there, so I could be wrong. :D Will do Gene

Thanks,

James