Picture of the Week - SPS (small polyped stony) Corals!

[melev]

It's Friday - and that means it is time for a new Picture of the Week thread. This week, post pictures of your SPS corals. There are plenty of kinds out there, in a variety of colors and shapes.

FYI, future threads will be pictures of sumps, aquariums stands, refugiums, lighting, your viewing room and more - each an equally challenging object to photograph successfully. So if you are unable to participate in this particular thread, stay tuned because your day is coming.

Fuji S602Z, shot in Aperature Priority in Macro Mode.

 

[clippo]

nice piece Mark - here's one of mine - acro growth tip macro under actinics...

 

[melev]

That is some great zooming there!

 

[Dave88]

Here's one of mine too! Shot with rebel xt.

 

[bar]

one of mine, with sigma 50 macro lens

 

[melev]

That is just sick! You guys are making my pictures look bad. Keep up the good work.

 

[twon8]

 

[bar]

if size dont matter, take a look.
this is a frag...:

 

[SunnyX]

All Shot on a Nikon 4300

 

[64Ivy]

All shot with Canon D-1 and D1s SLRs. 100mm and 180mm Macro lenses.

 

[perpetual98]

Here's one of my green slimer that I thought was cool.

 

[BeakerBob]

Here's a couple:

 

[143gadgets]

Wow!!! Can u guys please post your camera equipment as well?

 

[Daddeo]

Here's one of my blue acro:

Camera: Kodak DX6490

 

[drake66]

sexy

 

[Thorium]

White Tip Acro.

 

[Thorium]

Forgot, great pics everyone!!

 

[mako56]

Heres a couple of mine.

 

[dkle]

Yay! I know that if I wait long enough, there eventually will be a thread about SPS.

Pics were taken with el cheapo camera Sony DSC-V1. They can't really compete with all those fancy closeup shots; but are nice nonetheless (seriously tooting my own horn here ). Some were posted in the SPS forum a few days ago


ORA blue bottle brush, very nice blue color. Have no idea what the scientific ID is

ORA Nathan Green Milli (A.millipora)

One of my absolute favorites, glowing green birdnest (Seriatopora)

Red staghorn, no idea what the species is

Gorgeous teal with blue polyps, A.carduus

Blue thin stag

 

[dkle]

Bright yellow (haven't seen that many acros with this color) ORA yellow bottlebrush Acropora batunai (I think)

The famed A.plana. Incredible color, greath growth, extreme polyp extension. What else can you ask for?

Given to me as the famous Mike Paletta blue acro, but probably not. I think this is A.tenuis

Purple polyped birdnest Seriatopora






Bright green polyp acro






Blue-tipped staghorn






Yellow birdnest Seriatopora






Purple A.granulosa