Friday Photospread – The Gloved Hand
25 Jul, 2013
It’s late evening in the fishroom (OK, it’s 2 AM in the fishroom), and I’m staying up late to take photos of a couple bettas that I’m planning on breeding.
Once they come together, there’s no doubt that their pristine fins will be shredded in the typically abusive, torrid Betta splendens love affair.
So I place the male, a “Mustard Gas-type” Halfmoon Plakat, in the photo tank along with a “Fighter” male that’s isolated in a specimen cup to help him put on his best display.
The fish are flaring in no time. As I’m shooting, I start seeing this strange pink cast showing up in my shots…
A pink cast on the face?
Glowing pink along the back?
Another strange pink glow on the head?
This could have been “the” shot…but what the heck is wrong with my camera?
It took me about a hundred photos to realize what I was seeing; flash was reflecting off my right hand, used to hold the camera and control the shutter. That pink glow is my skin. But what to do about it?
A stroke of luck—I keep nitrile gloves in the fishroom, mainly for fragging corals. Nitrile gloves happen to be black.
Nitrile gloves to the rescue!
Problem. Solved.
Goodbye pink blur!
All images by Matt Pedersen
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About the author
Matt Pedersen
Matt Pedersen is a Sr. Editor and Associate Publisher with Reef To Rainforest Media, LLC, including AMAZONAS & CORAL Magazines. Matt has kept aquariums for 35 years, has worked in most facets of the aquarium trade, is an active aquarist and fish breeder (both marine and freshwater), and was recognized with the 2009 MASNA Award as the MASNA Aquarist of the Year.
