Following are two pictures taken at the Vancouver Aquarium, both taken with my Canon Digital Rebel. No alterations were made to either picture except to reduce the size.

The fish were shot at ISO 400, no flash, 1.3 second exposure at f/2.8 with a 24 mm focal length. Basically I held the camera up to the fish tank and turned on the auto timer. By doing this, I minimized any jitter and ended up with a pretty interesting picture.

The picture of the giant cockroach was produced in a similar fashion. There was a bit more light so the camara was set to ISO 100, no flash, 1 second exposure at f/4.5 with a 98 mm focal length. Obviously I zoomed in a bit to get this shot.

The family recently took a small vacation to the Ft. Lauderdale area. I shot the following pictures in the Everglades at Sawgrass Recreational Park. These images were all shot at ISO 100 in Program mode on my Canon Digital Rebel. I used my usual Sigma 24-135 lens to do the work.

This first image was taken before boarding the airboat. It worked out to be 1/320 at f7.1. The meta-data says that the focal length was 108mm. I never really looked at that number too hard, but it’s interesting that it notes it.

This next image of an alligator catching some rays was also at 1/320s and f7.1, but a maximum zoom of 135mm.

This final image was taken at 1/30s at f3.5 with a focal length of 42mm. My hands must not have been shaking that much when the shutter fired.

As always, the originals for each of these images are available if you e-mail me.