my haddoni has nippled up before.. just saying
Now that's a new description for an anemone I hadn't heard before... lol
Sumatran Ritteri on DD
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Now that's a new description for an anemone I hadn't heard before... lol
D-Nak
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I know this is slightly off topic, but we really need to come up with a way to guarantee true color rendition. I'm a graphic designer, and we use a system called Pantone -- which are basically color swatches that we use to match colors. If there was a way to create a system for taking photos of coral and, in this case, anemones, maybe we could get a true sense of what this anemone really looks like. LA DD are not the only folks who super-saturate their photos to create "truer than life" photos of their livestock.
BonsaiNut
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Doesn't need to be that complex - you just need to include a white balance card in all your photos. Then people can be guaranteed that you are shooting true colors - because you can check the color balance against the known color reference.
this is me
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My giganteas, haddoni, and RBTAs all have done this.
D-Nak
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I think it does need to be that complex. It's way too easy to just go into Photoshop and mask out the white balance card. We need a way to have a card that's hard to mask out and with different "known" colors. It's like we need to have cards on both ends (photo taker and viewer).
I don't think there's an easy solution (someone would've thought of it already) but every time I see these types of photos, I start thinking about it again. Sorry to steer this off topic.
Can the new owner of the nem please stand up? :lol2:
MammothReefer
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Bah! I'm calling bs on this. I tried to get it, I called the guy said "no update yet". While hanging up. I hit refresh see it up and call back IMMEDIATELY (hit redial). Within the 15 seconds between phone calls it had sold. I asked the person the time of sale...and some how it sold before the last sale person I spoke to claimed the update hadn't taken place.
shenanigans!! shenanigans!!!
haha.. ah well, I'm sure plenty of people have said that about me when I lucked out and nabbed something first.
What I really want is one of those green tipped purple ones that both DD, and BZ have had randomly show up over the last month.. or of course my holy grail of nems (which nobody has agree'd on a ID) my old "stanenome"
There were 3 clones.. 2 were lost don't know who ended up with the 3rd. (1 original owners tank crashed, 2nd when my old 90g had a total crash
)
shenanigans!! shenanigans!!!
haha.. ah well, I'm sure plenty of people have said that about me when I lucked out and nabbed something first.
What I really want is one of those green tipped purple ones that both DD, and BZ have had randomly show up over the last month.. or of course my holy grail of nems (which nobody has agree'd on a ID) my old "stanenome"
There were 3 clones.. 2 were lost don't know who ended up with the 3rd. (1 original owners tank crashed, 2nd when my old 90g had a total crash
)
BonsaiNut
Premium Member
I was referring to something like this:
They are used all the time by pro photographers - particularly in difficult lighting situations. All the values on the card (colors / grayscale) are known, so it makes post-processing very easy. They come in waterproof varieties as well.
BonsaiNut
Premium Member
.. or of course my holy grail of nems (which nobody has agree'd on a ID) my old "stanenome"
There were 3 clones.. 2 were lost don't know who ended up with the 3rd. (1 original owners tank crashed, 2nd when my old 90g had a total crash
If there were clones it was a H. magnifica or E. quadricolor. I would assume H. magnifica based on the photo...
What he was arguing was that what you are suggesting is exceptionally easy to manipulate for anyone that wants to alter the image. They will use photoshop or similar to mask around the defined color and alter the image of the coral. Then you will think the colors are legitimate.
