A new experiment

I have Dana's old Nikon D70 - a great camera when she was at Ryerson in a previous century.  Still a great camera for me.  And I have a few decent lenses and a couple of flash units.  I also have several aquariums, all freshwater.  See where this is going?

This is a simple setup to take pictures of an individual fish.  It is a 3 gallon tank with a black background and blue gravel.  The gravel is a long story - but it will be changed to a fine-grained black gravel for the next round of pictures.  The old Black & Decker Workmate provides a stand and support for the lighting frame ( 3 boards).   The upper flash is connected to the camera flash shoe by a wire (not shown).  The flash on the lower left board has a slave unit attachment that makes it flash as soon as it senses the other flash going off.  There is no wire between the flash units; the slave has a photo-sensor attachment.

This is a dwarf neon rainbow fish.  Under normal conditions, it moves so fast and frequently that I can not get a decent shot.  With less room to move (but still plenty), no plants and rocks and divers and such, I can play with the lighting and get this sort of result.  This is my first real attempt; I expect to get better.  Still, not too shabby for an old guy.