Fishy Business

In early January I had a Tri-Pi (only the best made up fraternity at the University of Hartford) reunion at the new house. Obviously a trip to the New England Aquarium was in order. It was pretty difficult getting pictures of anything in a tank, due to the distortions of the glass and the reflection. I took about a million pictures anyways, especially of the penguins. I was tempted to put in a lot more penguin pictures than I did, hopefully no one is too disappointed with only a couple penguin shots :-)

PENGUINS

f/1.8, 1/400th, ISO-1600, 50mm

f/1.8, 1/1250th, ISO-1600, 50mm
Let me sing you the song of my people

JELLY FISH

f/1.8, 1/13th, ISO-1600, +1 exposure, 50mm
My camera had a hard time getting focus on the jelly fish, with their amorphous shape. Sometimes I had to manually focus to get the shot, and other times I stood back a little farther from the glass. 

f/1.8, 1/60th, ISO-6400, 50mm

TURTLES

f/1.8, 1/2000th, ISO/1600, 50mm
This turtle is apparently almost 90 years old

f/1.8, 1/2500th, ISO-6400, 50mm

f/1.8, 1/2500th, ISO-6400, 50mm
We spent a long time looking for this guy in the tank.
I love how he's framed by the window.

OTHER FISH

f/1.8, 1/250th, ISO-1600, 50mm
There were so many brightly colored beauties...unfortunately they moved around too quickly to catch except for the occasional lucky shot. 

f/1.8, 1/1000th, ISO-6400, 50mm
I touched this dude. 

f/1.8, 1/100th, ISO-6400, 50mm
Such murkiness, but it's still a calm looking scene.

f/1.8, 1/1250th, ISO-6400, 50mm
Seahorses are my absolute favorite. I love how he's suspended in midair. 

Definitely a wonderful trip. Wish I could have shown more of the amazing colors - there were some neon fish that were almost glowing! 

Some Quincy beach shots coming up soon :-)