Tom A,

First of all, you need to get you water clearer.
The clearer your water the better you pictures.
The problem with the majority of the suggestions
here is you focal distance. When they say three
feet that is exactly what they mean and it still
may not be that good at that distance because of
the most part there is a certain about of
distortion. Which disposable did you get. Many
cameras like this have plastic lens which are all
right, but really not sufficient when you put it
into a container and try to take a picture through
glass. If the aquarium idea is a good one for you
you may want to consider getting a 29 tall or some
tall tank. Float the tank in the water for a
couple of days to the fish get used to it. You
then need to get a camera that you can put on a
good wide angle lens and measure its weight. Put
that same amount of weight into the tank to have
it float at the right level. After a couple of
days replace the weight with the camera and the
wide angle lens with a cable release on it. Place
the wide angle lens on infinity (many will do two
feet and for them to be in focus). Put the
diaphragm on f/8 use a good speed film and do this
on a sunny day. Push the lens as close to the
glass as you can (an appropriate lens hood is good
in this action). Place a marker (possibly a plant
that is already in the pond) about three to four
feet from the anchored floating aquarium and wait
for the fish to swim in front of the marker and
when it does click the shutter with the cable
release. This should get you a number of good
photos with out to much stress. Now-a-days, most
cameras that people have are either diaphragm
weighted and/or speed weighted, so choose the
metering system that is appropriate for you
situation and what works for your camera.

I have used this method for ponds shots for years
and it has worked great. Just make sure the
aquarium doesn't have chance of filling up with
water. Styrofoam blocks are good for keeping the
tank afloat.

HTH, Lots of Luck.

Happy Shooting.

Tom L.L.
"tom A" wrote in message
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I like what Ingrid, wrote about taking many
pictures and only saving
the good ones, sounds like she is a
professional Photographer :-)

PS

I found my first 2 TOADS this morning, guess
spring has arrived in
OK.


tom A.
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