Yet more

Andrew, those Photoshopped images look great. I have an open

source program - Paint.net. Supposed to have all the features one would need, but may be a long learning curve.

The scratches on the glass cannot be buffed out. There are three classes of aquarium: showcase or display (no scratches), fish room (scratches ok, not too much else), and hold water (no leaks, but anything else goes).

Most of mine are in the "Fish room" category, but there are large areas without scratches. I was not bothering with avoiding scratches, just want to start getting the exposure, focus and subject under control.

There may be some scratches on these pix, but not many. Water spots and algae are easily cleaned (again, I have not bothered - yet).

First picture is a female Red Cherry Shrimp. She is about 3/4 inch long. The yellow "berries" are eggs which will hatch and be born live. I have hundreds of these things. They eat some types of algae.

Picture 2 is a close-up (Ready, Mr. DeMille) of one of the silver angelfish.

Picture 3 is a Neon tetra as few see them. Looks like a little old man. Depth of field is really small.

#4 is a Malaysian Trumpet Snail about 1/2 inch long. On the fish forums, they are called MTS. They dig through the gravel and help keep things clean. And multiple like crazy.

Number 5 is a very close-up of a baby Convict cichlid about 2 months old.

The last one is an albino bristle nosed plecostomus, male. Great algae eaters, non-aggressive and "cute". They are real characters. Several people around Toronto are breeding them. This guy is about 2.5 inches and may grow to about 4 inches. I finally learned how to feed them.

Now, these are "better" than the previous group IMO because they are sharper and more interesting. Maybe.

Will I really have to go through the whole post-production, Photoshop thing?