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End Tank Shots
End Tank Shots
Inspired by this months Reefkeeping edition of "Reflections", I decided to take some end tank shots
but first I had to chase the fish away because they thought it was time to eat
this gives you an idea of how much room there is in the front of the tank (that tang needs to go on a diet)
a decent shot looking up catching the big stag in a reflection
a shot across the top
and angling down some to see other sps
where's the chow man - I want some mysis
End Tank Shots
Inspired by this months Reefkeeping edition of "Reflections", I decided to take some end tank shots
but first I had to chase the fish away because they thought it was time to eat
this gives you an idea of how much room there is in the front of the tank (that tang needs to go on a diet)
a decent shot looking up catching the big stag in a reflection
a shot across the top
and angling down some to see other sps
where's the chow man - I want some mysis
melev
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Very nice, Pete. It just takes practice. Usually if you wait about 15 minutes, the fish decide something other than food is in their future, and they start to stick very close to the rockwork.
To get the front panel reflection, try framing the shot primarily on the reflection and don't include the actual reef. That will give you a very interesting shot.
To get the upper reflection, you have to wait for the fish to quit causing ripples. That one of the stag looked very good. Here's the one I took earlier this month of the same coral, since it came from your tank.
Btw, the coral in the foreground is the frag of that colony, that you gave me so long ago. The reason it looks different is because the first MH bulb over it (closest to end of the tank) was off, so you had the glow of the Radium bulb behind it, and the 250w 10,000K behind that one.
To get the front panel reflection, try framing the shot primarily on the reflection and don't include the actual reef. That will give you a very interesting shot.
To get the upper reflection, you have to wait for the fish to quit causing ripples. That one of the stag looked very good. Here's the one I took earlier this month of the same coral, since it came from your tank.
Btw, the coral in the foreground is the frag of that colony, that you gave me so long ago. The reason it looks different is because the first MH bulb over it (closest to end of the tank) was off, so you had the glow of the Radium bulb behind it, and the 250w 10,000K behind that one.
psteeleb
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13728165#post13728165 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by melev
Very nice, Pete. It just takes practice. Usually if you wait about 15 minutes, the fish decide something other than food is in their future, and they start to stick very close to the rockwork.
To get the front panel reflection, try framing the shot primarily on the reflection and don't include the actual reef. That will give you a very interesting shot.
To get the upper reflection, you have to wait for the fish to quit causing ripples. That one of the stag looked very good. Here's the one I took earlier this month of the same coral, since it came from your tank.
Btw, the coral in the foreground is the frag of that colony, that you gave me so long ago. The reason it looks different is because the first MH bulb over it (closest to end of the tank) was off, so you had the glow of the Radium bulb behind it, and the 250w 10,000K behind that one.
thanks for the tops Marc - awesome shot :thumbsup:
psteeleb
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sweet - that's pretty impressive
I just went back to frame off that left side - see if you can do your magic on one of these
of course a better camera and lense would help, lights are out now but I may try messing with the fstop some later in the week to see what may give me a better focus across the depth of the tank - all of these were set to the lowest number f2.8
I just went back to frame off that left side - see if you can do your magic on one of these
of course a better camera and lense would help, lights are out now but I may try messing with the fstop some later in the week to see what may give me a better focus across the depth of the tank - all of these were set to the lowest number f2.8
melev
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Yes, you need a higher number Pete. f/7 would be better for a reef because it widens the depth of field to keep more corals in focus.
The increased number does make the shutter work more slowly, but you can change the ISO to 400 to accommodate that lag time.
This picture had a bit of blur to it, but here you go:
The increased number does make the shutter work more slowly, but you can change the ISO to 400 to accommodate that lag time.
This picture had a bit of blur to it, but here you go:
psteeleb
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a couple updates
a couple updates
I've only seen one of my banded coral shrimp the past few weeks so I'm thinking one of them may have past away
and worse I haven't seen beast all week, my wife say a molt that she said looked like it had some meaty parts to it that the fish were going after so he may be gone also. He was at least 9 years in an aquarium.
a couple updates
I've only seen one of my banded coral shrimp the past few weeks so I'm thinking one of them may have past away
and worse I haven't seen beast all week, my wife say a molt that she said looked like it had some meaty parts to it that the fish were going after so he may be gone also. He was at least 9 years in an aquarium.
psteeleb
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during a water change today I killed a bunch of Mojano's (kind of a monthly ritual) and relocated a few corals
I moved my main prostrata colony over to the left side of the tank and oriented it so you can get more of a side view. I plan on placing a granulosa frag (future form Marc) in the place I moved it from (front center of the tank)
I next mounted a small purple monte under one of my arch rocks in hope it will attach itself and grow out nicely
I also repositioned my larger purple/green pocillopora but didn't get a picture.
I moved my main prostrata colony over to the left side of the tank and oriented it so you can get more of a side view. I plan on placing a granulosa frag (future form Marc) in the place I moved it from (front center of the tank)
I next mounted a small purple monte under one of my arch rocks in hope it will attach itself and grow out nicely
I also repositioned my larger purple/green pocillopora but didn't get a picture.
psteeleb
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a few coral updates
both the Marc and the Mako Mille's are continuing to put out new growth tips and getting more colorful almost daily.
Marc mille
mako mille
the small chips colony seems to like it's new home
the blob is starting to put out branches
and the sunset monte continues to encrust it's plug nicely. I'll need to get it mounted on a more natural piece of rock before too long.
both the Marc and the Mako Mille's are continuing to put out new growth tips and getting more colorful almost daily.
Marc mille
mako mille
the small chips colony seems to like it's new home
the blob is starting to put out branches
and the sunset monte continues to encrust it's plug nicely. I'll need to get it mounted on a more natural piece of rock before too long.
psteeleb
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thanks Marc - I like using the slide show to show the growth and think I'll start some others for some of the other larger corals I have like the blue tip stag and blue tort. The slide shows take up way less space and can be updated by adding more pictures to the back end.
I got a nice spot set up for that granulosa frag
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