Getting The Best From My Bridge Camera (Nikon Coolpix L310)

Ok so it's time I really started trying to get the best out of my camera, I've got by until now by trialling a few shots and different settings whenever I want to use it... But I really struggle to photograph my fish to a decent quality.

I do have a continuous sport setting where it will take several images as long as the button is pressed... I have had the best results in this way but there's acres of room for improvement.

Example of my best sport continuous shot...



@Evolution Stu , I remember you mentioning showing the image details... I am unsure how to access these details but I'll have a poke about the camera and see what I can come up with.

Any help and advice most appreciated in advance 

Hi guys,
Spotted this one a bit late, sorry.

Im happy to help if I can but need to figure out a way to do so that will make sense and encompass some information thats going to be of use.

If you can find that EXIF data for the image that would be of great use. Hosting sites like facebook etc strip that as its unecessary weight. There are quite a few EXIF Viewers in the public doamin to make it easier to access.

EXIF is your friend. As an example, if you take three or four shots at different settings and three are blurry and one great, the EXIF will let you pinpoint what changed to make it work.

As mentioned above - a Tripod helps massively. Im always handheld for stuff like this but then my camera has a few toys to allow that luxury. Id recommend a tripod strongly.

Anyone reading this who wants to move to manual control of the camera to really bring the camera to life needs to understand the exposure triangle. To save me waffling on for hours, this site nails it down very well.
http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/camera-exposure.htm

Pay attention to ISO.
Thats the cameras sensitivity to light, and whilst your aquarium may look bright, compared to daylight it really isnt... its very dark. Your going to have to shoot with high ISO in most aquariums and sadly, thats where most cameras fall down. High ISO = High noise.

I need to get to bed as ive to pick my little girl up from Lancaster in the morning, but I hope this topic grows and I will try to add some value to it tomorrow night. Framing properly can make even a dull image interesting, I will try to explain a few golden rules for composition that may help.

 

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Quote from: Littlefish on June 20, 2016, 08:02:15 AM

I know my place - and it's in the fuzzy blur photo corner. 

Yup its quite cosy in here 

Very cosy. 
It is sometimes also know as the "living within driving distance of Crews Hill" corner. 
 
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Oh yes, she dissed him with that big burn. 

There's something in the air today, I think... A few of my colleagues have shown some uncharacteristically silly behaviour... Then I come on here to see this and Colins post in another thread saying it was a slow day... Lol.

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