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Grant W
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Amazing shots as always Ken even the mixed bag on the end looks great ,lets see we have a little red planet , pink palys , clove polyp , rainbow monti peeking in and of course my everpresent red turf algae lol thx again it was fun shooting them. BTW Tom if you see this the yuma in pic #3 is the one I traded with you and the acan is the one you gave me fyi.
northbay-reefer
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Your tank is very healthy Grant. Good job!!!
My business is finally up and running so I am in the process of dialing my tank back in so hopefully soon I can have some impressive pictures to show.
My business is finally up and running so I am in the process of dialing my tank back in so hopefully soon I can have some impressive pictures to show.
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Reef Bass
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How fortunate to have not one but two Grants on the thread! Recty, I'll see what I can do about my next thread title. 
tntneon, I shoot remotely using my laptop and in RAW mode. Then I set the white balance while post processing, which allows for more accurate colors when shooting under high color temperature lights.
Because lighting varies from tank to tank, I don't think my settings will do much for you but here they are. I try to use ISO 100 always. These pics were shot between F10 and F14 at between 0.2(1/5) and 0.8 second.
tntneon, I shoot remotely using my laptop and in RAW mode. Then I set the white balance while post processing, which allows for more accurate colors when shooting under high color temperature lights.
Because lighting varies from tank to tank, I don't think my settings will do much for you but here they are. I try to use ISO 100 always. These pics were shot between F10 and F14 at between 0.2(1/5) and 0.8 second.
crispyreef
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Sweet pics Ken and beautiful corals Grant
Reef Bass
colors and textures
Definitely give it a try. The person who suggested it to me spoke strongly about it, like "you'll never go back" kind of stuff. I do think it is awesome for any shot involving a tripod. I still have to focus with the lens but everything else, including shutter release, happens on the laptop.
goldenseal
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simply amazing !!
chingchai
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I am so lucky to come across this thread.
Your pictures are stunning.
If I don't trouble you too much, can you explain more about how to shoot on this mode.
Or any links?
Thanks a lot.
Reef Bass
colors and textures
Yes, Grant W has a lot of visual goodness going on in his tank. Multiple shooting sessions were necessary and for each I usually went through two batteries for the camera and had to keep my laptop plugged in.
His tank is decently deep front to back, so I found myself bumping up against how visually close I could get to the frags in the back of his tank with my 100mm lens. There are a couple corals where the best I could do was a full frame "subject shot" that one would see on a site trying to sell a coral. By comparison, I like to compose the shot so that an interesting piece of the subject fills the frame, versus the whole subject. Yes, I could crop heavily, but eventually one looses resolution. I found myself wanting the 180mm L macro lens. I think it would handle the job perfectly. I may have to rent it and give it a try.
Grant W also has one coral which is my photographic nemesis. It's a beautiful purple Turoki, but try as I may I can't get a shot that does it justice. It may be one of those rare occasions that a coral looks better from 3 feet away than up close. From 3 feet away, the colors are continuous stunning shades of blue and purple, but up close the striations in the flesh and color become visible and the continuous appearance of the color is no longer there.
Thanks chingchai.
Shooting remotely allows me to view the image from the camera on my laptop's larger display and to control all the camera's settings from my laptop (except focus). While my camera (Canon EOS 50D) has a large display on back, it's still small compared to my laptop. Also I can trigger the shutter release from the laptop, so there is no jiggling of the camera and hence image blur from pressing the shutter release button on the camera. Using a tripod on the camera lets me use longer shutterspeeds and hence to use smaller aperatures (larger F numbers) so I can get a greater depth of field (more of the subject in focus). Turning off all pumps helps make sure polyps generally hold still during those longer exposures.
His tank is decently deep front to back, so I found myself bumping up against how visually close I could get to the frags in the back of his tank with my 100mm lens. There are a couple corals where the best I could do was a full frame "subject shot" that one would see on a site trying to sell a coral. By comparison, I like to compose the shot so that an interesting piece of the subject fills the frame, versus the whole subject. Yes, I could crop heavily, but eventually one looses resolution. I found myself wanting the 180mm L macro lens. I think it would handle the job perfectly. I may have to rent it and give it a try.
Grant W also has one coral which is my photographic nemesis. It's a beautiful purple Turoki, but try as I may I can't get a shot that does it justice. It may be one of those rare occasions that a coral looks better from 3 feet away than up close. From 3 feet away, the colors are continuous stunning shades of blue and purple, but up close the striations in the flesh and color become visible and the continuous appearance of the color is no longer there.
Thanks chingchai.
Shooting remotely allows me to view the image from the camera on my laptop's larger display and to control all the camera's settings from my laptop (except focus). While my camera (Canon EOS 50D) has a large display on back, it's still small compared to my laptop. Also I can trigger the shutter release from the laptop, so there is no jiggling of the camera and hence image blur from pressing the shutter release button on the camera. Using a tripod on the camera lets me use longer shutterspeeds and hence to use smaller aperatures (larger F numbers) so I can get a greater depth of field (more of the subject in focus). Turning off all pumps helps make sure polyps generally hold still during those longer exposures.
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