How to get a decent photo without a professional camera

[ChgoGoodGirl]

For those that are new to reefing or new to R2R, here is an inexpensive trick for getting decent looking pictures using your camera phone.

Take your camera phone picture through a pair of orange safety glasses. It cancels out the blue so you can see the bright colors of your fish and coral when you have your blue lights on. They are also fun to have as 'viewing glasses' when your friends or family come over. They are easily purchased for 6 or 7 bucks on Amazon. Here is a before and after:

 

[WIReefer]

I have a pair and never thought about doing that before!

 

[ChgoGoodGirl]

They are a game changer. Lol

Orange cancels blue and yellow cancels purple. So really either color glasses will work but with slightly different results.

 

[ChgoGoodGirl]

You can so get pretty decent pix using your camera app's PRO mode. But it takes some playing with.

 

[WIReefer]

You can so get pretty decent pix using your camera app's PRO mode. But it takes some playing with.

I will have to give this a shot! I have one of them lenses that clip on your phone but haven’t really played with it much.