>>4349465Ive found that when they are hanging out at the surface like that its only really possible to avoid the reflection by shooting totally vertically, downwards. This way the camera or my head casts a shadow, dimming surface reflection. I lean over this bridge and wait for them to float by underneath. When I shoot stuff that is submerged or hanging out at the bottom, I can get away with shooting at an angle though as surface reflections don't matter too much.
Yes, I shoot with a flash. I get a lot of missed shots though. Sometimes the flash itself with reflect and fuck it up. My main problem (not just at the pond) is Ill often get mostly dark images. Dont know why. Maybe the lens casts a shadow in that instance? Or, maybe I need to over expose more when using a higher f-number (but then again, Ill randomly get a good image at the same f-number without changing any settings. Plus f8 is not particularly high with a flash and still it might be too dark)? I don't know. A lot of hit and miss. I think a proper diffuser would probably solve most of my issues.
