Aquarium of the Americas - New Orleans, LA.

tyler · #1 (**permalink**) 01-16-2007, 02:00 AM

I took a trip down the the New Orleans Aquarium for the 1st time in a while. The place is lookg pretty good, although some exhibits are still down from Katrina. Here are the photos I took during the trip. The lighting was not the best - real dim on most of the tanks. The only decent lit tank there was a reef tank. I tried to make the best of it all as I had no idea what to expect. I only brought the 105mm also. :\ All were shot with ISO1600, except the last photo.

Unknown fish - about 1' long and real smooth.

BTA:

Type of goby?:

Macaws playing:

The "Large" tank:

Ye 'Ole Cajun Queen:

kyle1745 · #2 (**permalink**) 01-16-2007, 02:11 AM

What camera? Very nice shots!

*slddave* · #3 (**permalink**) 01-16-2007, 02:15 AM

Did Katrina wipe out the dart frog exhibit? I remeber there being one when I lived in the states. It sparked my interest in darts!

tyler · #4 (**permalink**) 01-16-2007, 02:32 AM

Nikon D50

When I was there, they had about 4 15gal. tanks with various toads. I'm not sure however, if Katrina completely wiped out the frog exhibit. I did see that a new exhibit was opening about otters, and I'm pretty sure that's whats replacing the whole frog exhibit. Such a tragedy... :cry:

defaced · #5 (**permalink**) 01-16-2007, 02:42 AM

This reminds me, I've got some pics from the Atlanta aquarium. Do you mind if I add them?

For the "Large" tank, what ISO/Shutter/Aperature setting were used? That pic is so cool!

tyler · #6 (**permalink**) 01-16-2007, 02:46 AM

I dont mind Mike

We can make this a public aquarium photo thread

teh settings were ISO 1600, 1/60, f2.8.

Rambo67 · #7 (**permalink**) 01-16-2007, 03:24 AM

I just went to the NAIB last week, but of course I didnt think to bring a camera. It was great, it seemed like we came upon every exhibit during feed time and got to see a bunch of neat things. It was also the least crowded i have ever seen, which made it that much more enjoyable.