Corals under actinic

[IslandCrow]

I got my new UVI Super Actinic in for my T-5 setup, and I've been very happy with the colors, so I decided to take some pictures with just the actinics on:

Orange on blue and Blue on purple Ricordia florida

Green Open Brain

Green Hairy (or is it fuzzy?) mushroom

Red and green Echinophyllia

Green on brown Favites

 

[edwing206]

nice pics. i like the rics.

 

[IslandCrow]

Yeah, those rics are some of my favorites. That Euphyllia is pretty amazing under actinics as well. Unfortunately, the picture didn't really do it justice. I had to take the picture towards the edge of my bowfront, and it's pretty much impossible to do without some distortion. As cool as bowfronts look, I don't think I'll ever buy one again.

 

[Chaotic Reefer4u]

Simply Marvelous! Magnifico!

 

[fishboarder]

What settings do you use to take the pics of the corals under actinics? I like how the colors pop.

 

[Lpabsolute]

Sweet Pics....

 

[IslandCrow]

What settings do you use to take the pics of the corals under actinics? I like how the colors pop.

The real secret is turning off all or most of the pumps to keep everything in the tank nice and still so you can use a long exposure. All of the shots were taken using a Canon Digital Rebel with 100mm macro lens. The ISO was set to 400, and I used 1/10s exposure for most of the shots. F-stop was set between 4.5-6.3. The T-5 actinics are actually a little brighter than most VHO actinics I've seen, which made the pictures quite a bit easier to take.

 

[Lpabsolute]

Very nice pics. I love the look Actinics give to corals...

 

[nosh]

Wow great pics!

 

[nosh]

Wow great pics!