I should have pointed out the limitations of the lens because from memory it has a focal range of 10-20mm - that's it lol. All the SPS are frags placed about 10mm from my 10mm glass. The sponge and pods are in the sump frag tank and same thing, i just moved it close to the 6mm glass to get macros.
A good tip for getting good reef shots with the iPhone is to video - not take pics. The shutter speed is too slow on the iPhone, mine are usually 1/150th/sec which isn't fast enough for my shaky hands. Most of those macros are stills i grabbed from macro videos, which btw are super cool if you're a reef geek like me lol. The macro videos are way better to watch than the stills - give it a go as i can film that 1/4" dia worm catching particles and feeding them down to the central spiral where they then go around and down.
The same applies to normal tank photography, it's easy to get what you want in sharp focus when you can go frame by frame and take a still when the fish or coral is sharp and clear rather than taking a gazillion shots hoping to catch things not moving too fast for the iPhone, if you want good sharp fish pics use the video and then use VLC player (free) to go frame by frame anywhere on the video to catch that bloody fast fish in a sharp still image.
I'm no expert on anything piccy i'm just passing along the things i've picked up whilst giving my iPhone a reef workout over the last 8 months. Hope some of you try the video/stills method as it works great on a phone camera. :thumbsup:
These are taken with just the normal phone lens and the acros are about 4" from the glass, nothing like the macros but you can still get decent images.
These two met a couple of weeks ago and neither has stung the other which is not common from my experience. Both trying to over reach the other to conquer the other acro.
Took another week but the blue acro won.
