New Macro Pics w/NightSea gear

[clippo]

yeah, you can just see my flame angel sleeping under the leather coral too... this shot was taken in total darkness btw (apart from excitation burst of course).

 

[ataylo13]

How do the fish react to the light?

 

[juniormc8704]

kinda funny, all my fish are attrached to it...my black and white clowns will follow it everywhere. I can lead them around my tank like a dog on a leash.

 

[juniormc8704]

are you using the NightSea flash filter? what type of flash (make and model)?

thanks

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12715901#post12715901 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by clippo
already been done by yours truly!

 

[clippo]

yes, twin flash set-up for that shot with canon 420 and 430 speedlites.

 

[MJSavage]

could you imagine a full tank shot with everything just glowing like that? [/B]

I also have a tank like that. It is a 10 gallon with the sides and back blacked out. The hood should be done this week. I am using a Solaris Galileo LED fixture. The blue LEDs are the perfect color.

Mike

 

[Mache62]

This months CORAL magazine has some interesting articles about this too.

 

[clippo]

I also have a tank like that. It is a 10 gallon with the sides and back blacked out. The hood should be done this week. I am using a Solaris Galileo LED fixture. The blue LEDs are the perfect color.

although broad range excitation light is a blue colour you are unlikely to see the pure fluorescence effect unless you use a barrier filter for viewing.

What makes my tank shot different is that it was illuminated purely by an intense burst of filtered excitation light alone and the use of a barrier filter recorded the light emitted by fluorescent proteins in the corals.

 

[juniormc8704]

gotcha, that's what I thought. What im looking to do is setup an auxiliary light fixture that will feature constant illumination of the excitation light so that with glasses could view the whole tank lit up at once for an extended period of time.

Very well may be price prohibitive, but is on my dream list.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12723310#post12723310 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by clippo
yes, twin flash set-up for that shot with canon 420 and 430 speedlites.

 

[Torpus]

would a yellow 'gel' (like they use for spot lights) accomplish the same thing if used as a lense filter or is it actually something more special than that?

I was looking at the NightSea site and it looked like that is all it is.

 

[MJSavage]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12723933#post12723933 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by clippo
although broad range excitation light is a blue colour you are unlikely to see the pure fluorescence effect unless you use a barrier filter for viewing.

What makes my tank shot different is that it was illuminated purely by an intense burst of filtered excitation light alone and the use of a barrier filter recorded the light emitted by fluorescent proteins in the corals.

I should have made that clear. I have the back, sides, and top covered in black with a barrier filter on the front. That is why I had to use such a small tank for the project. It is also why I went with LED lighting to help alleviate heat build up in a pretty closed system.

Mike

 

[clippo]

gotcha, that's what I thought. What im looking to do is setup an auxiliary light fixture that will feature constant illumination of the excitation light so that with glasses could view the whole tank lit up at once for an extended period of time.

a 'purple' actinic tube would do that as far as I know. The low light level will restrict photography to certain subjects though.

would a yellow 'gel' (like they use for spot lights) accomplish the same thing if used as a lense filter or is it actually something more special than that?.

I suppose so, but a dedicated camera filter will have less possibility of distorting images and would probably be cheaper too. Also if you get the right one it should attach to your lens directly.

I should have made that clear. I have the back, sides, and top covered in black with a barrier filter on the front. That is why I had to use such a small tank for the project. It is also why I went with LED lighting to help alleviate heat build up in a pretty closed system..

I'm intrigued.... does it work? if so, any chance of pics?

again, the relatively low light level will unfortunately restrict any photography to 'stationary' corals etc IMO.

 

[MJSavage]

Yes it works very well! I will try to take some pictures this weekend.

Mike

 

[CrossHatchQueen]

amazing pics and that coral in the 3rd pic is bad ***.

 

[griffithimage]

it is nice to see someone doing something different. Real artistry is taking something we are used to seeing and portraying it in a different way.

 

[juniormc8704]

Here is a few new ones

 

[melev]

Wow, these are some killer colors and of course some gorgeous corals. :thumbsup:

I'd heard about this in the past from this article:
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-11/reefslides/index.php

But that was several years ago. Thanks so much for sharing. I feel like I should be listening to Ozzy Osborne under a black light. :lol: Oh wait, I am listening to him (No More Tears), with your wicked cool pictures shining into my eyes.

 

[kactusficus]

Really really really inspiring thread, it's so original, and nicely done! I absolutely LOVE the 3rd image of the first batch, as well as all the acans shots.
Thanks a lot for sharing, I hope we'll see much more soon!

cheers
sabine

 

[juniormc8704]

Thanks for the kind words. Im learning a lot, and having a ton of fun along the way.

There was a really cool article about coral florescence in CORAL magazine (I think the June/July issue). There was a lot of really interesting info, and some amazing pics.

 

[MJSavage]

Well done!

Mike