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[Yariel0527]

Hey That pink chalice looks great love it......

 

[ssick92]

Well here is my Stigmata Blenny that arrived today. I will get a picture of the flame scallop as soon as it acclimates properly. It is an absolutely beautiful fish!

These pictures are trying to replicate the actual colors that he displayed when I put him in my tank.


Stigmata Blenny 1 by JHelmuthPhoto, on Flickr


Stigmata Blenny 2 by JHelmuthPhoto, on Flickr

 

[Reef Bass]

Lovely fish. Please clean your glass!

 

[ssick92]

Here are some pictures I took today:


Flame Scalllop by JHelmuthPhoto, on Flickr


SPS by JHelmuthPhoto, on Flickr


Meteor Shower by JHelmuthPhoto, on Flickr


Zoos by JHelmuthPhoto, on Flickr

 

[aandfsoccr04]

Your photos are just drool worthy. It's amazing how phenomenal your fish photos are knowing how fast they move. I love that ember blenny!

 

[ssick92]

Well these have nothing to do with my tank but here are a couple recent HDR shots I took. The first one I tried to make it a natural HDR and the second + third I did a little more processing:


Cuesta Ridge HDR 2 by JHelmuthPhoto, on Flickr


Cuesta Ridge HDR by JHelmuthPhoto, on Flickr


Chevy Colorado 1 by JHelmuthPhoto, on Flickr

 

[ssick92]

Took a bunch more pictures today:


Zoa 3 by JHelmuthPhoto, on Flickr


Zoa 1 by JHelmuthPhoto, on Flickr


Yellow Watchman by JHelmuthPhoto, on Flickr


UFO Zoa by JHelmuthPhoto, on Flickr


Toadstool by JHelmuthPhoto, on Flickr


RBTA by JHelmuthPhoto, on Flickr


Mohawk Clown by JHelmuthPhoto, on Flickr


GSP by JHelmuthPhoto, on Flickr

 

[ssick92]

Green Pavona by JHelmuthPhoto, on Flickr


Chromis by JHelmuthPhoto, on Flickr


BW Oscellaris by JHelmuthPhoto, on Flickr


Birdsnest by JHelmuthPhoto, on Flickr


BiColor War by JHelmuthPhoto, on Flickr


Zoa 2 by JHelmuthPhoto, on Flickr


RBTA by JHelmuthPhoto, on Flickr


Pavona by JHelmuthPhoto, on Flickr


Mushroom by JHelmuthPhoto, on Flickr

 

[Forshurley]

These are by far the best pictures I have seen of corals, great job!

 

[worm5406]

Have you ever tried to HDR on your ZOA1 colony?

 

[ssick92]

Have you ever tried to HDR on your ZOA1 colony?

No I haven't. When I have time sometime in the next couple days I'll definitely try it, because I think that could reveal something awesome.

Although also thinking about it from a photography perspective, I'm not sure it'll show us too much more. HDR is usually for scenes with a lot of light & dark shadows. I'm not sure if the dark shade of purplish/brownish will show up as dark shadows.

 

[Michigan Mike]

Nice pics! What glass are you using?

Edit- I just seen you are using the T3i, just like meeeeee! Lol

 

[worm5406]

No I haven't. When I have time sometime in the next couple days I'll definitely try it, because I think that could reveal something awesome.

Although also thinking about it from a photography perspective, I'm not sure it'll show us too much more. HDR is usually for scenes with a lot of light & dark shadows. I'm not sure if the dark shade of purplish/brownish will show up as dark shadows.

Take a look at that pic again... imagine all the slight shadows.

The reason I say hdr is because looking at the pictures there are some darks. Imagine if they were brought to the front and bright. With the low flow there should not be any movements on them to influence focus or blur on the picture.

 

[ssick92]

Here is the HDR shot, pretty good results:


Mowhawk Zoa HDR by JHelmuthPhoto, on Flickr

 

[worm5406]

I updated this with pic from both.

Thanks!

Here is the HDR shot, pretty good results:
OLD:

New:

Mowhawk Zoa HDR by JHelmuthPhoto, on Flickr

 

[ssick92]

I feel like it didn't too much for the coloring of the actual zoas, but it does definitely show more detail in the skirts.

 

[worm5406]

I will have to try this on some of mine. I was thinking of just one polyp in HDR.

I have a 24mp dslr so one polyp will be huge once done.

 

[ssick92]

I will have to try this on some of mine. I was thinking of just one polyp in HDR.

I have a 24mp dslr so one polyp will be huge once done.

Unfortunately I can't get any closer without extension tubes :/ I could try to crop but it'll start losing quality pretty quickly.

I think the deceptive thing with HDR on corals is that the dark color of them aren't "shadows", they are simply just dark colors. No matter how long the shutter time is, if you shoot something that is black, it will still be black.

 

[worm5406]

Yeah I agree... I was just wondering as the perception of how it will look in my mind's eye, ya know...

Thanks btw.

 

[ssick92]

Yeah I agree... I was just wondering as the perception of how it will look in my mind's eye, ya know...

Thanks btw.

Ya I totally know what you mean. There is no way to know what it will look like without trying it, and I love trying to new things in photography.

I was just thinking out loud, didn't mean to sound too negative if it came off that way.