a new batch of closeups :)

[kactusficus]

Hello Everyone,

I made quite a lot of new images lately, and was eager to share some with you. Comments and advices are most welcomed as usual!




let's start with a polychete worm...

then, can someone tell me what are these little flowers? I thought about a soft coral, clavularia type, but I don't really know...

Then, I can show you the Favia eating a flake:

and the same Favia, actinic lighted:

let's show a little portrait of my Neopetrolisthes Oshimai, the newest animal I brought to the tank:

I like the view from upside down, and you can even see a copepod critter in his side!!

the big Strombus snail (he looks like a shy elephant, lol):

The Mithrax Crab:

the coral beauty getting his toothbrushing:

 

[kactusficus]

some more...



the Lysmata Wurdemanni shrimp posing for a quick portrait

and to finish, 2 images of my Tubastrea:

One very sharp:

and one more "artistic"

that's all folks!! thanks for having a look!

 

[edwing206]

Those shots are awesome. I really like the favia under the actinic.

 

[MIREEFER]

vary nice set of photos . maybe some day i will get that good with my camrea.

 

[Grunt]

Wow, I really like the Lysmata Wurdemanni shrimp. Amazing shot. Do you have a FTS?

Cheers

 

[reefman13]

Love pics 5, 7 and 9. Some need a little more intense color. Try taking most of your pics with actinic, that one turned out fantastic.

 

[kactusficus]

hello!

thanks for the nice comments

Grunt, what is an FTS?

Reefman, yes, actinic light makes fantastic colours, I agree! For my tank, actinic-only is reserved for morning and evening time, tough, even if my 2 actinic tubes work all day long as well with the white ones.
I know in the USA you have a much more blue lighting than us here. Can you recommand a brand for blue tubes, with very intense color than be be noticable even during daylight, with the white on as well?

About the dull colors, I agree as well, but a see a big diference between my high res and the jpeg I optimize for the web (using the photoshop optimization tool). Does someone know why I get this "dull veil" when my images are transfered from tif to jpeg??? I'm searching for a long time, couldn't guess what's responsible for this. A little help would be fantastic!!!

 

[reefman13]

If you have halides try a 14/13K bulb like this one:
http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewItem.asp?idproduct=MB6615 Corals love it and it gives off a great blue color.

What florecent setup do you have? VHO? T5? T6? LMK then I wil be able to not just tell you but recomend one. Oh, and whats the length of your tank?

 

[kactusficus]

Hello Dave,

Thanks for sharing your knowledge! My tank is 120 cm long, that must make like 47,2 inches. I have a set up for 4 X T5 tubes, each 47 inches. What I use for the moment is 2 white Osram and 2 blue Giesemann Actinic +

thanks again for your recommendation!

 

[Ebn]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9898438#post9898438 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kactusficus

About the dull colors, I agree as well, but a see a big diference between my high res and the jpeg I optimize for the web (using the photoshop optimization tool). Does someone know why I get this "dull veil" when my images are transfered from tif to jpeg??? I'm searching for a long time, couldn't guess what's responsible for this. A little help would be fantastic!!!

Are you working in the same color space throughout (e.g. sRGB)?

 

[kactusficus]

Ebn, I think you spotted right! I checked once again the differnt profile between the camera, the High res and the jpeg, and when I harmonize all the tools with the same profiles, it works!!
thanks veryvery much!!!

 

[raddogz]

FTS is Full Tank Shot

I think the mystery coral is majone pest anemone.

 

[kactusficus]

ok, lol, FTS, now I got it!! so here is one:

it was shot 3 weeks ago... but I added a gorgonian, since then, so the center looks like this now:

I can't wait to see everything grow, because as you can see, it's almose all about frags from the moment!

 

[Grunt]

Hi, sorry I should've typed it out all the way, was alittle lazy
I like the clowns. Thanks for the full shot, looks good.

Also, does your longnose hawkfish nip at your shrimp?

Cheers

 

[reefman13]

Try taking a few pics with one of the white light bulbs in the fixture. You can get some cool blue pics with that.

 

[kactusficus]

edit - double post sorry

 

[kactusficus]

OK I'll try that, as I also thing a bluer tone would be nicer! thanks for the tip!

About the hawkfish, no, he never annoyed the shrimps, though I have many of them: 3 debelius, 3 wurdemanni and 1 stenopus, as well as 3 Lybias crabs, a Neopetrolisthes and a mitrax... It would have been a lot of nice treats for him, but he never seemed to care. Of course, I feed the tank quite largely, and I won't dare to take shrimps like Sexy shrimps, to avoid a too strong tentation!

Does someone know if there's an "album section" on the forum, so everyone could have his own page with pictures and tank details? I would love to see your tanks, as you, from the USA, always got beautiful and unusual animals!

 

[Rosseau]

Great pictures also that is a very interesting tank. I think I could watch it all day long.

 

[snommisbor]

When you shoot the pics do you have your lens right up to the glass or do you shoot at an angle.

 

[VoidRaven]

LOVE the Strombus snail pic! It just has this vibe to it...personality if you will....something like the caption saying "DUDE! What the heck *is* that over there?!"