New Camera (Canon 6D)

[jroovers]

Nice shots, like the forest fire digi the most, but you do have some nice other SPS pieces!

 

[ifarmer]

wow very nice shots
wonder how they do under led light

 

[waterboy2]

Very nice pics. For post processing, do you use a macro/template or just adjust manually. Is there a good thread for post?

 

[noy]

I just picked up the 6D and am loving the full frame sensor. The low noise at high ISO is one benefit for sure.

Keep working on your white balance. I suggest shooting RAW and setting your WB during post. Super simple and very accurate color.

I do find that if you take shots under lower lighting and strong actinics, if you don't do the WB adjustment during capture, you cannot fully correct the "blue" hue in the photo.

 

[noy]

Very nice pics. For post processing, do you use a macro/template or just adjust manually. Is there a good thread for post?

I use adobe photoshop and a really old version of PS elements.

If you use photoshop you can use the WB filter setting during the import process. I use the "auto-level" function in adobe to see adjustments it makes as a starting point but usually you have to do thing manually to try to get the truest color representation of a shot.

 

[Reef Bass]

I do find that if you take shots under lower lighting and strong actinics, if you don't do the WB adjustment during capture, you cannot fully correct the "blue" hue in the photo.

In camera white balance settings have no effect on RAW data.

 

[noy]

Some recent shots

Seasons Greetings Monti

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Purple Bonsai

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Birdsnest

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Forest Fire

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ORA Bird of Paradise

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Blasto

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Duncan

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Blue Gonio

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Red Gonio

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Red Monti (grew from a nub left on a disk when the frag broke off)

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[noy]

Yellow Gorg

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Meteor Shower

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Pink Mille

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Dendro

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[noy]

More Stuff
Purple Dragon

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Forest Fire Digi starting to table

FF Digi Growth

Efflo - definitely slow grower

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closeup

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Candy Cane Closeup

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Acropora Secale or Purple Bonsai (valida)

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Meteor Shower closeup

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Dendros
These started out as crappy tubes at the bottom of a frag tank ready to be thrown out. The skin was rotting in a few places. About 2 months later - starting to come around.

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this one grew a few heads

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[noy]

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Not a new acquisition but still a nice specimen - Rhizo under actinics


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[noy]

Purple Bonsai
This was practically a throwaway nub that I glued on a rock for the hell of it.

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Rock Flower Anemone

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[noy]

Wire Coral

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[faithenfire]

looks like you are getting the hang of it
nice shots and nice tank

 

[jroovers]

Fantastic shots Noy! You have a really incredible collection of corals/NPS... many of your pieces I've never seen elsewhere.

 

[noy]

looks like you are getting the hang of it
nice shots and nice tank

thanks!

Fantastic shots Noy! You have a really incredible collection of corals/NPS... many of your pieces I've never seen elsewhere.

thanks Jordan, fun part is keeping them alive and thriving!

Couple more shots - Rock Flower Nem's!

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This was a tricky shot. The rock flower anemone was directly behind and below (in height) my "rhizo farm". To frame the shot I had to shot at a 45 degree angle to right and probably about 6 inches above the subject (to shoot around the rhizo's). To minimize the chromatic aberration I used a 300mm telephoto with extension tubes and was positioned probably 2 feet from the tank. If anyone has pointers on this shooting problem - lmk!

 

[snorvich]

Some of those shots are fabulous. I always am drawn to the ones which have the subject "pop" but the fish ones are impressive because fish are so difficult.

 

[noy]

Some of those shots are fabulous. I always am drawn to the ones which have the subject "pop" but the fish ones are impressive because fish are so difficult.

thanks for the kind comments!

 

[Centralreefs]

beautiful photos. Every time i try to get a shot of my fish, it comes out blurry or distorted. They move too quick

 

[Ssteve]

IQ is awesome, gotta love the 6d with decent glass on it. Only thing I would like to see is the flow cut off since corals look a lot better and there's a fair amount of shots with debre floating around that's distracting to the eye imo. Other than that they look good and the tank looks gorgeous.

 

[noy]

IQ is awesome, gotta love the 6d with decent glass on it. Only thing I would like to see is the flow cut off since corals look a lot better and there's a fair amount of shots with debre floating around that's distracting to the eye imo. Other than that they look good and the tank looks gorgeous.

duly noted! Although a couple of the gorg shots with the debris was me trying to induce the polyps to open up by putting food in the water column.