Some pictures from my recent article

[smoq]

Just wanted to share some pictures I took for my blog. Few of them didn't make it there so I'm showing them here. LMK if you like them.

 

[smoq]

 

[dtum]

Yep, this is simply amazing! Care to elaborate on the setup that you use to take these wonderful pictures?

 

[StephLionfish]

Gorgeous pictures! I love the orange blasto and the zoa pics. May I use the zoa picture as my wallpaper on my computer?

 

[SushiGirl]

Holy cow!!!
Not only are they beautiful specimens, that's some of the best photography I've seen!

 

[Deepsea2005]

Very, very beautiful!

 

[smoq]

Thanks guys for your comments. I've been quite silent on RC and more active on my local NY area forum but I have a large portfolio of pictures so I will share more later. I'm glad you like them.
The camera is Nikon D7000+ 90mm Tamron lens attached to it. Most pictures in this gallery were taken under purely royal blue lights with modified flash and gels on the lens, that's why you see those crazy colors.
Stephlionfish, you can use zoa picture as your wallpaper, no problem. PM me your e-mail, I'll send you high-res version of it.

 

[JHawlz9989]

These are unbelievable photos. Very much looking forward to your next post. :spin1:

 

[dutch27]

Holy.... Where did you get that blasto? I'm only a couple hours north, let's meet in the middle, I'll throw ya extra for gas!

Awesome pictures in general as well! Love the kole.

 

[smoq]

Thanks everyone. Sorry dutch, not for sale, I want them to grow into huge colonies someday. Please make notice that those pictures represent coral fluorescence as I took them in blue light and that I didn't photoshop them in any other way than adjusting brightness and white balance. Couple of more from this session:

 

[SushiGirl]

These are fantastic.

 

[smoq]

I would like to post link to my site or at least make a logo with the site on my photos, but I don't know if it's against forum rules. Can anyone help?

 

[BlueCorn]

I would like to post link to my site or at least make a logo with the site on my photos, but I don't know if it's against forum rules. Can anyone help?

It's in the [ua]. You can't plug your site or add a URL to your images.

Sorry

 

[dutch27]

I hear you Smoq, I just get a tank upgrade running and my goal is to have large colonies instead of the collection of frags most people seem to have so I'm trying to grow out some big colonies of a handful of nice pieces.

Great macros, very nice elegance!

 

[astrogazer]

Stunning images, great color balance and wonderful composition.

 

[the real fishman]

stunning pictures. the first three are out of this world. saved them onto my phone thank you for sharing

 

[smoq]

Ok, by site rules I am not able to post my site's link, so I set it up as my homepage. If you want to see my other reef creations visit my homepage And once again thanks for comments

 

[Sahara6971]

So amazing. I am jealous. I just LOVE all of the macros.

 

[smoq]

Thank you guys. I'll try to post some of my fluorescence shots in coming days.

 

[Bela N]

with modified flash and gels on the lens,

First of all, VERY, VERY impressive, well done!

Do you mind expanding on what you mean by "modified flash"? How or what did you modify?

What gel(s), type/brand, did you use on the lens?

Again, all the praise you are receiving is well deserved, congratulations.