At the Monterey Bay Aquarium, you can get right up to the glass on
most of the Outer Bay exhibits.
Bring a monopod with a ball head or flex head on it. A tripod is
unwieldy in the often crowded, dimly lit areas, but a monopod will be
fine. Light levels are low and you need something to stabilize the
camera. This one was taken with a Panasonic FZ10 .. small sensor
cameras are surely not at their best in these very low light
circumstances:
http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/Others4/source/girl-and-
jellies-0507.htm
The *ist DS will do a LOT better.
I plan another trip to the Aquarium someday soon; it's one of my
favorite places and I haven't been there in way too long. I gave a
funding contribution in my mother's name to the creation of the Outer
Bay exhibit halls as a christmas gift some years ago... the jellies
and the big tank are things that I especially love. I can stand in
the light of the big tank for hours and never be bored. :-)
Godfrey
