Yeah, I went through a bunch of pictures, messing with the settings on my camera on each of them, until there was two or three pics that were clear enough. Flash wouldn't work because it glared off the bowl. And I couldn't have lights on in front of the bowl either, because they also glared a little bit (in one pic he was right behind the glare spot, it irritated me because other than that it looked like it turned out great
). So I upped my exposure so I wouldn't need to use the flash, but with that I needed a tripod so the camera wouldn't move, but of course I couldn't stop the fish from moving. After uploading them I realized there was one more setting I should have tried, which was the "close" setting so I could take a picture of something a mere inches from the lens, so the items closer would be clearer than the items in the distance. Oh well, these turned out good enough for now. I may try to take more later. Perhaps I'll even move him out onto my patio so there'll be natural light and won't have to worry about exposure.
My cat Joey sometimes drinks out of the bowl, or at least, he did out of the bowl when I had my old fish. I don't like him doing that though due to the water conditioner the fish needs for his water. Thankfully though, Joey's never tried bothering any fish I've ever owned. He'll enjoy sitting there watching it, but he won't disturb it. My furry neice, and Joey's cousin, Arwen, however, found it irresistible to bat at the fishy, and last April while house sitting for my parents, she scooped him right out of the bowl during the night, and I ended up finding him dried out on the floor the next morning.
It was tragic. Naughty Arwen! Eh, I can't help but love her though.