Late night photography

[melev]

Very nice! I like the first one a lot. :thumbsup:

 

[Hef]

Here you go.
This crab found this to be a nice sleeping arrangement for a couple of months. Tucked in under the anemone.

Here's another shot of him, I caught the pod in the foreground nicely focused.

 

[melev]

Hef, your first picture is excellent. Score!

 

[Hef]

Thanks, I was surprised to learn how easy it is to get focused shots at night. My camera - Canon G3 - is impossible to get good focus in low light. I found the flashlight allows the camera to get good focus, and I ended up getting some good shots.

 

[melev]

If you look very closely, you can see some feeding tentacles extended from this favia, along the top edge.

And here are some more images of polyp extension from the new maze/brain coral. It is a <i>Platygyra pini</i>.

And lastly, a few polyps from the Toadstool leather.

 

[mummra100769]

nice shots

nice shots

really cool shots guys. here are my contributions.

 

[birdman204]

I took these 2 pictures about a year ago. I used a "stain finder" light.... basically looked like a little UV or blacklight battery powered 9Watt t5. The pictures are using a canon 10D, with the f-stop between 4 and 8 and the exposures were at least 3 seconds minimum... The first doesn't haev any real cool "night" features, but the2nd one shows the axial corallite feeding (perhaps?).

 

[BeakerBob]

Marc, great post & photos !! Thanks for bringing this thread to my attention...will post some night shots later.

 

[melev]

That would be great. I'd love to see more people doing the same. Let's create a really cool late-night themed thread!

 

[goalieman92]

i know you can't see him but there used to be a yellow watchman in the corner cave. when he poped his head out he was black with his little blue spots glowing in the light. by the big piece of live rock is a mushroom and a green star polyp(polyp wasnt opened up). on the rock is my cleaner shrimp and under the rock is my flame electric scallop. I'll try to get some better pics tonight.

 

[kbmdale]

Marc, you've seen these already, but I came across this thread so I'll post them here too for everyone else

Moonlight:

I'll get these gsp's better tonight

Brianna:rollface:

 

[sfsuphysics]

*sigh* I hate this forum, it makes me want to do things (like taking pictures) when there's much other things I should be doing (like writing up a lesson plan for my class that starts in 2 weeks!)

Out of curiosity way back on page 1 there some moonlights with an orange cap, how did that cap show up like that? Typically when I've shot with moonlights the blue oversaturated the CCD and everything is ugly blue, is it a matter of tweaking with photoshop?

 

[goalieman92]

i was able to get some decent pic's but the flashlight maybe only works on my shrimp but i can never get a good pic of him because he is very active

 

[NuclearReefs]

Okay, Im on board with this,, Im going to set my camera exposure to 4 tonight and shoot some with a 14 watt t5 actinic

Watch for the blur!,,lol

 

[melev]

<b>sfsuphysics</b> - :lol: about hating this forum.

Sometimes pictures don't look good on the camera's display but end up coming out pretty nicely on the computer screen later. However, it could be a white balance adjustment that can help.

In the case of the image you mentioned, I have a feeling that was a white LED moonlight, but I'm not 100% sure.

<b>goalieman92</b>, sometimes you can increase the ISO to capture active animals like shrimp. It is tough because you are in a low light situation and you need faster shutter speed. The faster the shutter, the less light you let in. Maybe it will pause briefly, or perhaps your camera has the option to make successive shots in a row. You might even try "bracketing" as that tends to take 3 shots in a row. One might be crisp enough to please you.

<b>Nathan</b>, I can't wait to see your images. (Btw, I need to email you about that custom sump you installed...)

 

[NuclearReefs]

I sent you a PM,, im off to try to take some photos and play with my exposure times.,,,

 

[NuclearReefs]

Ugh,, yal have any idea how hard coraline is to scrape off glass sometimes.... Im waiting on water to settle and will be posting some pics in a few minutes..

 

[NuclearReefs]

OKay,, Lets see,, I got one picture before my camera battery said PHOOEY,,,,

<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/acrofarmer/PurpleTortNight.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">

Im waiting on it to charge now but trying this one first

Nathan

 

[melev]

:lol: Yes, that happens to me too. I have two sets of batteries always.

 

[NuclearReefs]

No comment on the picture? Sheesh... I scrape coraling for a hour and redecorate the tank,, and thats all i get? LMAO!