Red M. dorneesis on DD

[elegance coral]

I personally just picked up a small bright purple LTA in trade for some LE sps from a club member today and it keeps photographing blue with my crappy digicam. Tomorrow i'll try to photograph it with the actinic's off and see if that'll do it, if not best i can do if asked would be to describe it's color like this or that as you did.

Okay..... So where's the pic of this purple LTA?:lmao:

 

[marc price]

Okay..... So where's the pic of this purple LTA?:lmao:

...didn't take long for it to dig it's bright red foot/column into the sand. It's a little bleached but you can see the zooxanthellae repopulating the oral disc.

 

[marc price]

It is as red as the poinsettias in my living room, very nice.. But those photographers at LA have real skill.. I have a shitty camera no skill and a super blue light so its hard to capture..

...not to come off as negative but upon rereading this, it occurred to me it's likely the true color if viewed in a bucket under sunlight would be more a salmon as i've seen of pix of Dr. Mac's red LTA's. My thinking is as follows. Just as a superman montipora coral appears very red under "super blue light", so would Deans red LTA appear "poinsettia red", as well as the DD pix, thus confirming what has been said by others here, including the guy who's visit to LA left him uninspired of DD's "photography skills". ...thoughts, comments, anyone??

found the link to shutiny's red LTA, (i hope she's o.k. with me posting it), i'd think it's a more true representation of the color as i've seen of red LTA's than the DD pix, again comments are welcomed

 

[syrinx]

But what does that anemone look like in a top down foto? we all know how much better things look viewed top down as dd takes its fotos. I am not saying they are not off sometimes- but i do not think they are manipulated grossly.

 

[marc price]

But what does that anemone look like in a top down foto? we all know how much better things look viewed top down as dd takes its fotos. I am not saying they are not off sometimes- but i do not think they are manipulated grossly.

...no, really i don't. Look i know it's difficult to capture true color but what i often see equates to no less then fraudulent and deceptive marketing. Unless of course the sellers and buyers are on the same page with being fans of black light illuminated paintings of Elvis on black velvet, lol.
Never the less, if it's any consolation her mesocosm is constructed of a low iron more optically clear glass.

For example i don't see a whole lot of difference between in color beyond white balance in my cell phone pix of a sebae taken top down in the bucket under ambient light vs., frontal in my aquarium:

 

[deangelr]

I have to disagree. Top down photos are a huge difference in color and clarity.. Lots of my ihabitants looks completely different when viewed from above.

 

[davocean]

Far too often we see a lot of sites that tend to photo corals or nems either in heavy actinic lighting or over saturated.
I guess that is one of the main points or observations I or others were trying to point out going off the initial photo, which was meant to inform others looking more than it was to bag on anyone or just post negative comments.
We really just want to see some of this stuff photo'd under normal conditions in hopes that we see something really nifty that shows close to what is advertised.

 

[OrionN]

I have to disagree. Top down photos are a huge difference in color and clarity.. Lots of my ihabitants looks completely different when viewed from above.

I agree if the subject is coral or clam. For Anemone this is not true IME and IMO

 

[deangelr]

I agree if the subject is coral or clam. For Anemone this is not true IME and IMO

Interesting, I havn't shared the same experience.. My comment was inferring directly on my experience with anemones and clownfish.... The fish especially are stunning from top down views..

 

[syrinx]

Yeah I was one of the first retailers to use a lookdown reef display- and it makes all the difference in the world. And yes I did have people say the corals looked diffrent in their tanks because of it. Even in the purple pick above- a poor example with so little water in bucket- but the color to me of the top down is a richer color. No matter what people do with their fotos- someone is always going to be unhappy- nature of the business. DD has a good rep for a good reason though, and I am sure if there were a legitimate complaint they would satisfy the customer. And this customer seems satisfied, so again - wheres the beef? Are people disappointed that he feels it looks like the foto, and either does not have the ability to take a foto- or knows his foto will likely be picked apart for some reason regardless.

 

[davocean]

I think a couple of you guys are reading more negatively than intended in our discussion that is merely trying to learn more and understand more about this species of anemone.

 

[deangelr]

just moved from TX to IL.. Anemone made it! pics..

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[sjwitt]

Lovely!

 

[OrionN]

Picture at last after 2 years. Lovely. I think the color is accurate if Diver Den boosted the color up more than a little.
Very nice and rare anemone.

 

[marc price]

Good going, i'm glad it survived the move to the windy city

 

[aandfsoccr04]

that's a beautiful anemone. you found a gem for sure. Good luck with it

 

[worm5406]

Thank you for posting the update. I am glad that it is doing well also.

Deff a nice pickup.

 

[Deepsea2005]

just moved from TX to IL.. Anemone made it! pics..

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Deangelr,

Finally, I've found the one like mine.
I just have this one for a month.
I hope it makes it.
Can you post a current picture of yours when you have time? Thanks,

 

[davocean]

Patience prevails!
It is a nice looking LTA, and much more like what I would expect compared to the original pic posted on DD.
Glad to see it's doing well.

 

[OrionN]

I have been looking. I got this one. He will get to me next week. I hope I am not going to be disappointed.