watergarden/pond tour and I went with the express purpose of capturing a decent photo of koi where I knew there were some beauties. However--for all my patience, etc--how in the world do you compose a decent photo of fast moving fish through turbulence. Here's my best shot with some post work. The next is what I dealt with most of the time--plus I have shots of lots of half fish. I had wanted this gold beauty by himself, but that never happened. I guess you take what you can get and 'try to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear' (bet lots of you have never heard that LOL).

plus, as I said, lots of shots of half fish, fish diving to the bottom, etc.

The top one's good stuff. As a person who has tried to do the same thing. I understand your frustration. You know I am not exactly positive but I don't think I ever tried this with a digital. Bsteph

This looks like it would have been a lot more fun than the car show... That first one is great Diane. regardless of how much time (and throw aways that got shot) that one is worth it :)

I have to say that is one of the joys of digital for me. There is no limit to how many shots I can try (I have a lot of memory)--I would never have attempted this with my SLR because a lot of money would have gone into developing all those 1/2 fish, fish erupting in foam and waves just as you shot, etc. It would have been nice to have used my tripod, but the circumstances prevented it, BTW. For all the reservations by many about digicams, I know I would never have a darkroom, never be able to experiment as I do now, so that, for me, is the joy of shooting digitally. Plus, I work with other chems all the time--no need to expose myself to even more. I have a couple of friends that look askance at the 'digital darkroom'--somehow consider only using traditional methods as being acceptable. However, they are still shooting on film, taking their film to be developed--thus losing all control over their images. There are certainly many reasons for shooting film, but I most likely will never go back. In fact, I think I will have to start saving money now for a digital SLR in the future (relatively distant future, but it will take a lot of those pennies LOL).

Fantastic shot!! I don't know how you all do it...I can't even keep my daughter to sit still long enough to take a decent picture..lol Leigh