Some Corals from my system.
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JaYbIrD1969
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Excellent. I think montipora is one of the most macro photogenic corals. Just love the "field of flowers" effect
Wereami881
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How do you get such great shots?
edandsandy
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Beautiful pictures...
How about a FTS.... Please
How about a FTS.... Please
Birddogm33
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Sweet....Thanks for sharing..
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Hey all, Sorry was away for a bit.
The lens I used are two different ones. For the above, it is the 100mm F2.8 Canon Macro lens. I perfer it to the 60mm EF-S one that is cheaper, and does have a nice working distance, but isn't as crisp IMO and doesnt have as nice bokeha (however its spelled/said).
For FTS (here are some below)... I often grab my 50mm F1.8 Prime. This is a $119 lens at most places and simply cannot be beat. Clear, crisp, and cheap. It is often my go-to lens.
However, for these FTS, I used the 24-104mm F4 L canon glass. I was hand-holding all of these and shot about 150 photos, keeping maybe 20.
I hope that helps. If anyone has lightroom and uses it for processing I can give you my starting point for all tank-shots in terms of white-balance and share my basic workflow if that helps. POST processing is simply so important when taking tank shots.
The lens I used are two different ones. For the above, it is the 100mm F2.8 Canon Macro lens. I perfer it to the 60mm EF-S one that is cheaper, and does have a nice working distance, but isn't as crisp IMO and doesnt have as nice bokeha (however its spelled/said).
For FTS (here are some below)... I often grab my 50mm F1.8 Prime. This is a $119 lens at most places and simply cannot be beat. Clear, crisp, and cheap. It is often my go-to lens.
However, for these FTS, I used the 24-104mm F4 L canon glass. I was hand-holding all of these and shot about 150 photos, keeping maybe 20.
I hope that helps. If anyone has lightroom and uses it for processing I can give you my starting point for all tank-shots in terms of white-balance and share my basic workflow if that helps. POST processing is simply so important when taking tank shots.
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Beautifull!
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It's also in post with white Blane settings and clarity boost and contrast.
The ISO I aim for is 200, but often unable to get there and need 400.
Shutter is auto for corals and I suck at shooting fish.
Aperture is variable.
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Thank you. I wish I was better, and took more time with these... I'll have to take some more.
As for my Lightroom settings; here is what I start with;
1) Import and weed-out anything that is blury... cannot fix bad focus
2) Pick each image
3) set the Temp to approx 24,000. This can range between 18,000 and 30,000 but I always start by setting it to 24,000 and then tune up or down (after step 4, as they work together)
4) set the Tint to -24 (again, this ranges and works in combo with step 3. Common ranges are 30 to about 12 with 24 being the most common and therefore my starting point)
5) go back and fourth on steps 3 and 4 until I get it "to look like it looks to me color-wise"
6) set the tone-curve to medium (I often adjust this a lot after)
7) set the clarity to about +50 (this can really range from 0 to + 70 each image is unique). This is personal preference. I like it jacked-up, and I think that's where you're seeing some of the color depth that you're taking about.
Then I go back and start to really review the colors of the image against "what my eye sees". I'm not too hung up on being 100% perfect cause you can tweak for hours and never get it right, but unless i'm purposefully trying to get creative, i'm trying to stay "real".
As for my Lightroom settings; here is what I start with;
1) Import and weed-out anything that is blury... cannot fix bad focus
2) Pick each image
3) set the Temp to approx 24,000. This can range between 18,000 and 30,000 but I always start by setting it to 24,000 and then tune up or down (after step 4, as they work together)
4) set the Tint to -24 (again, this ranges and works in combo with step 3. Common ranges are 30 to about 12 with 24 being the most common and therefore my starting point)
5) go back and fourth on steps 3 and 4 until I get it "to look like it looks to me color-wise"
6) set the tone-curve to medium (I often adjust this a lot after)
7) set the clarity to about +50 (this can really range from 0 to + 70 each image is unique). This is personal preference. I like it jacked-up, and I think that's where you're seeing some of the color depth that you're taking about.
Then I go back and start to really review the colors of the image against "what my eye sees". I'm not too hung up on being 100% perfect cause you can tweak for hours and never get it right, but unless i'm purposefully trying to get creative, i'm trying to stay "real".
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