Bored: July Pics
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Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
very nice pix of very nice corals :artist:
cardiffgiant
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I always love your photo updates and the bonsai aqua scape.
What camera do you use?
What camera do you use?
reefman5511
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Fantastic camera work!
Henry Colf
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Great looking shots Dan !!!!!
rigleautomotive
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gorgeous dude:eek1:
dan10342
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thanks everyone.
I use a Nikon D3000 DSLR camera. Its a pretty basic DSLR, and is just as easy to use as my old point and shoot (which is why I like it)
Most of the shots are handheld shots. (actually all of the ones I posted here are handheld). I shoot at a fairly low shutter speed, so keeping the photos in focus has proven to be rather difficult.
As far as appearances are concerned, I shoot under t5 Blue plus bulbs (ATI blue "actinic"). I set the white balance on my camera, to compensate for the overly blue light. This helps make the corals pop more.
I also underexpose all of my photos. the corals glow under the blue plus, so they show up well, however, the rock, background, etc are all underexposed making the corals pop that much more. (hence why most of my photos have a black background).
as far as editing software, I use photoshop to resize, and crop photos. I also sometimes use the auto levels tool, as well as the manual contrast tool. (make the blacks BLACK)
I also occasionally use photoshop to make the photo a bit warmer (color temperature) than the original shot.
other than that its just grab the camera and start taking photos. I used the stock lens for all of the photos posted here.
. The branch itself is a single large tonga branch rock.
I use a Nikon D3000 DSLR camera. Its a pretty basic DSLR, and is just as easy to use as my old point and shoot (which is why I like it)
Most of the shots are handheld shots. (actually all of the ones I posted here are handheld). I shoot at a fairly low shutter speed, so keeping the photos in focus has proven to be rather difficult.
As far as appearances are concerned, I shoot under t5 Blue plus bulbs (ATI blue "actinic"). I set the white balance on my camera, to compensate for the overly blue light. This helps make the corals pop more.
I also underexpose all of my photos. the corals glow under the blue plus, so they show up well, however, the rock, background, etc are all underexposed making the corals pop that much more. (hence why most of my photos have a black background).
This photo proved to be the most difficult. I had to move the camera with a few of the tentacles, so some of the tentacles would stay in focus.
as far as editing software, I use photoshop to resize, and crop photos. I also sometimes use the auto levels tool, as well as the manual contrast tool. (make the blacks BLACK)
I also occasionally use photoshop to make the photo a bit warmer (color temperature) than the original shot.
other than that its just grab the camera and start taking photos. I used the stock lens for all of the photos posted here.
Thanks. There is a nub in the back of the rock, that leans on the side of my overflow box. the rest of the rock is in front of my overflow box giving it the bonsai look. because of the nub in the back though, it will take more than the weight of SPS to knock it down.
. The branch itself is a single large tonga branch rock.
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