Acropora night macro shots - polyp extension

[thedoogan]

I thought these shots were pretty cool.
The macro shots were taken with Canon Rebel T2i with a 50mm 1.4 and Kenko extension tubes.

 

[mc-cro]

very nice shots. what was the light source?

I just got a 50mm lens. How far away from the glass is that coral?

 

[Reef Bass]

Fun to see the polyp extension. Your choice of placement of focal plane is rather unusual in several of those.

 

[thedoogan]

The light source was a t5 bulb. The 50mm lenses are great but the focal distance is pretty far away. When using Kenko extension tubes for macro it brings the distance way in. The coral is maybe 4 to 5 inches from the glass and the lens was pressed right against the glass.

I had very very shallow depth of field with this setup and wanted to focus on the branches with the largest polyp extension.

 

[BSchaible]

Which length extension tube did you use for this?

 

[thedoogan]

The one shot of both frags was with a 12mm and the others were with a 20mm tube. There is also a 36mm and all of them can be combined.

 

[108reefer]

Excellent looking shots - I really like the way polyps look like they are emitting the light out at the ends!

 

[thedoogan]

Excellent looking shots - I really like the way polyps look like they are emitting the light out at the ends!

Thanks. That's when over exposure becomes your friend I guess.

Heres a new shot, less over exposed and better more accurate color corrected this time. These acros are getting very pale. This shot is my favorite so far

 

[Jmikitz]

thats a beautiful shot !!!