Photography

nice macro shots! Have a full tank shot?

 

Hey Bud! I don't know what type of macro Sara has but my wife has the Canon T3i like you do. She has the 18-55 and a something similar to the 55-250. She also has a 90 mm macro lense from Tamron that fits the T3i. It is great for getting super closeups. I feel like I can stand across the room and still get a picture of just one frogspawn head. lol.

 

Bud, I don't know what your budget it but I would suggest something with an f stop at least as low as 2.8 if not 1.8 (which is what I use). Also, if you're working on a budget, a fixed lens without adjustable zoom will save you a bunch of money, I use a 60mm, but often times find myself wanting a 90mm. There's just no happy medium unless you're ready to throw down 3 grand!

 

+1 to that. I wish I had $3000 for a lense. lol. We have an f-stop of 2.8 and it works pretty well for the most part. The 90 mm is nice for getting shots on corals further away like in the back of the tank or on the bottom taking a top down shot. If you are on kind of a tight budget ($500ish) the 90 mm Tamron is a really nice lense for the price. We got ours after doing some research. There is a bit of give and take for sure but we love the look of the pictures. (Now, just to get some photo editing software so that I can work with the raw files from the camera. The LEDs are a pain to photograph properly without messing with the raw file!)