GarcÍa-Melo Jorge E, GarcÍa-Melo LuÍs J, GarcÍa-Melo JesÚs D, Rojas-briÑez Diana K, Guevara Giovany, Maldonado-Ocampo Javier A
Unidad de Ecología y Sistemática (UNESIS), Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Edf. 53, Laboratorio de Ictiología 108B, Carrera 7 No. 43-82, Bogotá, DC, Colombia. Send reprint request to this address..
Zootaxa. 2019 Feb 8;4554(1):141-172. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4554.1.4.
This paper describes the Photafish System, an innovative technique for capturing high-quality digital images of live freshwater fishes and other aquatic organisms in the field. This system may improve and facilitate the visual documentation of such organisms to illustrate guidebooks, populate online databases and support scientific papers, particularly taxonomic ones. The system was designed and tested to produce Taxonomically Informative Photos (TIPs) of living specimens and employs an Aquarium Assembly for Photography (AAP) distinguished by its portability and low cost. Using Neotropical freshwater fishes as a model, we propose an optimized protocol for documenting the morphology of live specimens to support taxonomy, as well as awareness and conservation of freshwater biodiversity. This paper addresses the technical aspects and challenges of field studio photography in remote locations. Tricks gleaned from personal experiences with nature photography are also shared. Finally, we briefly discuss the advantages and weaknesses of our approach.
本文介绍了Photafish系统，这是一种用于在野外捕捉淡水活鱼及其他水生生物高质量数字图像的创新技术。该系统可改进并促进对此类生物的视觉记录，以用于图鉴说明、填充在线数据库及支持科学论文，尤其是分类学论文。该系统的设计和测试旨在生成活体标本的分类学信息照片（TIPs），并采用了一种摄影水族箱组件（AAP），其特点是便携且成本低。以新热带区淡水鱼为模型，我们提出了一种优化方案，用于记录活体标本的形态，以支持分类学以及淡水生物多样性的认知和保护。本文探讨了偏远地区野外摄影工作室的技术方面和挑战。还分享了从自然摄影个人经验中获得的技巧。最后，我们简要讨论了我们方法的优缺点。
