Got bored in the garage tonight

[mpoletti]

So I decided to take some pics of some of my frags in my garage tank.

Ring of fire zoa

Eagle eye zoa

Rose nebulas

Green Hornets

Christams favia

 

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Calaustrea

Gorilla nipples

Red Mushrooms with Blue dots

Bam Bam Orange

More Rose Nebulas

Red Mushroom

Big Green Hornets

 

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Small Green Hornet

Ring of fire #2

Smaller Bam Bam

Laffy Taffy

Acan #1

Acan #2

Acan #3 (Bad pic)

Cropped Acan #1

 

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GSP

Dragon Eyes

A few randon screen crops

 

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I'm bored so here are some randoms

I'm bored so here are some randoms

OK, I am done boring you with my boredom

 

[outlaw60]

nice pics and livestock!

 

[yoboyjdizz]

Nice frags, thanks for being bored!

 

[H20Sidhe]

Mark,

Wow!

 

[funman1]

What camera are you using and what settings?
That's some good stuff!!

 

[mpoletti]

Thanks. I am using a Nikon D40x and a 105 macro vr lens. I shot these in aperature mode. I have had it for about a month now and everytime I learn a little more. The garage tank is so much easier to shoot because it is only lit by a 150 14k; whereas my main tank is lit by 250 20K helios.

 

[FishGuy5]

Nice pics, Mark!

 

[norcalsig]

Your photography skills are definitely improving, the screen crops of the zoos are awesome.

What f stop were most of the pics being taken?

 

[mpoletti]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11248145#post11248145 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by norcalsig
Your photography skills are definitely improving, the screen crops of the zoos are awesome.

What f stop were most of the pics being taken?

Thanks buddy. I shot these at 20 so I could get "more" out of them.

In hoc

 

[AJPACINO23]

Way to go Mark, Love that camera!

 

[slojmn]

Most Excellent...I'm loving those Eagle Eyes .

 

[JeffReef]

Nice one!

Do you shoot RAW or JPG?

 

[mpoletti]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11248595#post11248595 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by JeffReef
Nice one!

Do you shoot RAW or JPG?

I shot these in Jpeg. I don't really want to do the conversion. I am still learning how to use the camera. Once I get that down, I will start working on my processing.

 

[JeffReef]

I got my macro but have not tested it on corals yet. Shooting RAW can be labor intensive due to PP. My first SLR only shot in RAW and I had to PP every shot. I sold that camera within a year.

Your Nikon lens seems really sharp. What ISO setting were you using and are these 100% crop?

 

[mike1962]

Hi Mark,

Looking good!

Don't worry about the conversion from raw to jpeg. There are some cool things you can tweak in the raw format (if you haven't already tried it).

I bought my first digital camera about 4 years ago, and like you, I kept it in the jpeg mode for the first couple of weeks/month. Then I got curious and did some shots in raw mode. Now I only rarely use jpeg. I suspect you will eventually do the same.

Just curious, are you using photoshop?

 

[casalt]

My garage is 32 degrees, and my best camera is a vid cam. WOW good job.