Lukey's Aquarium Photos

While we were on our cross-country Amtrak journey to Ohio, Lukey and Kenzie were using a couple of my cameras.  They each had two lenses to use with their camera...  a wide zoom and a telephoto zoom.  At the aquarium, they were using the wide zoom lens with wide open apertures on each of their cameras.  

Considering that both of the cameras that Lukey and Kenzie were using are about ten years old, they both did a great job in this very dark aquarium.  Aquariums are very low light which typically would lengthen your exposure time and what makes this even more difficult is the fish are always in motion which requires a shorter exposure time to freeze the motion in order to capture sharp images.  So, you need a longer exposure for the darkened aquarium but you need shorter exposures to freeze the darting fish.  Also, you need to time your shot so your subject is in some sort of light.  This is a tough place for photography and both of the grandchildren did very well.

Oh...  and, on this sweltering hot day, the aquarium was at full capacity with people trying to escape the triple digit heat and humidity so you had to be patient in waiting to get near the glass and then at least semi-patiently wait for the right moment for a photo.

Lukey and Kenzie did a great job and came away from this visit with some really nice photos.

Here are a few of Lukey's photos...

I like the shot of this big turtle slowly swimming out of the darkness...

Lukey and I each captured a photo of this guy's head sticking out of the water.  This is a nice, sharp image...

Below is a young crocodile lurking in clear water next to a dock...

The penguins were incredibly difficult to capture and even more difficult to capture in a sharp photo.  They were racing back and forth across the front of the tank as fast as they could go and then would go airborne out of the water to get back up on land.  You'd have to track them perfectly while pressing the shutter release button in order to capture an image.  This is a really nice shot...

Lukey did a great job photographing in this tough environment!