It's Picture Time :)

[MJNTWise]

Now thats a lot of color...Very nice tank.....

 

[Dino]

Thanks for sharing Pedro! Not sure if anyone else has the same addiction to Googling everything but after seeing this post I started searching this topic. I found a couple of diy for making your own gels. The best idea was to download the color values to disk and buy a pack of acetate sheets then take the disk to kinkos and have them print out the colors on the acetate (looks like you could make several sets with just a few pieces). The cheaper easier way was to just buy plastic school folders and cut them into small squares. Here is a link for the dIYers out there.

http://m.instructables.com/id/DIY-Photography-Gels/

You can also just buy them at any quality camera store for a couple bucks for a 10"x12" sheet .

 

[rogergolf66]

It looks like it over pops the red color

 

[nitr8]

I don't understand how these work. Do you take the picture through the filter like tape it to the back of your phone?

 

[rogergolf66]

I don't understand how these work. Do you take the picture through the filter like tape it to the back of your phone?

That's my understanding. Kind of like putting sunglasses on your camera

 

[aguila88psi]

Lol thanks

Now thats a lot of color...Very nice tank.....

Thanks, the full tank shot was through all four filters and the only light on was a reefbrite xho actinic led

You can also just buy them at any quality camera store for a couple bucks for a 10"x12" sheet .

Essentially yes, I have several sheets if anyone wants to go figure out what to bye.

It looks like it over pops the red color

Or removes wavelength below the filter, however you want to see it. If the camera saturates in a certain wavelength it causes other wavelengths to become less seen or less detected, the filters knock out a lot of the blue. I'll note the best pictures were the ones using a single filter and up close with daylight t5 and led combo

I don't understand how these work. Do you take the picture through the filter like tape it to the back of your phone?

Yep, I took these pictures holding the film in front of the lens of the camera, didn't tape it, just some quick pics for testing

 

[Dino]

I don't understand how these work. Do you take the picture through the filter like tape it to the back of your phone?

Yes, all flash gels are are colored sheets of plastic. Their normal use is to put in front of camera flashes or strobes to color the light they emit, in this case people are putting them in front of their lenses.

Typical use for them:

Since they're just flimsy pieces of plastic made to go in front of strobes, not lenses you're image quality is going to take a big hit. If you wanted to do the same thing but retain better image quality could just buy a colored lens filter that is actually made to shoot through .

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Color-Correction-Black-White-Filters/ci/16772/N/4026728356