Target Mandarin

[iceemn360]

My male target mandarin that I've had for about 2 years went missing a few months ago so today i picked up a male for my female that I've had for nearly 5 years (She's HUGE so finding a male her size would be difficult).

here are some shots of the new guy!

 

[Dino]

I love the last one. Keep up the posting, I spent quite a bit of time the other day going through your Flickr feed. You have some great shots!

 

[maroun.c]

Nice fish and nice shots.
Looks like you got the shallow DOF focusing mastered.

 

[Reef Bass]

Nice, though they look overexposed to me. Have you calibrated your monitor? That could explain "global overexposure".

Also, I suggest taking the time to remove the marine snow from the shots. It really improves the feel of the image to not have those distracting mini streaks and specks all over.

 

[iceemn360]

Nice, though they look overexposed to me. Have you calibrated your monitor? That could explain "global overexposure".

Also, I suggest taking the time to remove the marine snow from the shots. It really improves the feel of the image to not have those distracting mini streaks and specks all over.

haha yeah I overexposed these and I tend to keep my images on the hotter side. my monitor isnt calibrated either which probably doesn't help! I tried cleaning up some photos I took of some orange spotted file fish and they do look much better!

 

[iceemn360]

Nice, though they look overexposed to me. Have you calibrated your monitor? That could explain "global overexposure".

Also, I suggest taking the time to remove the marine snow from the shots. It really improves the feel of the image to not have those distracting mini streaks and specks all over.

haha yeah I overexposed these and I tend to keep my images on the hotter side. My monitor isnt calibrated either which probably doesn't help! I tried cleaning up some photos I took of some orange spotted file fish and they do look much better!

 

[Reef Bass]

If you shot in RAW, you could easiliy readjust the exposure in post processing and completely "save" / make perfect (at least the exposure of) the image.

I strongly recommend a monitor calibration tool. I use Spyder 3Pro. That way I know at least I am producing images with a reasonable range of brightness / intensity / exposure. There's no guarantee that the viewer will have a decently accurate / calibrated monitor, but that's their issue.

 

[klepto]

Lovely images. I really like the last one too.

Ken, I think Ice is saying that he prefers the 'hotter' look. Perhaps there isn't anything here to 'save' or remedy after all.

Good to see you posting some reef related shots Ice! Unless I've missed them, it seems like most of your images are OT.

 

[iceemn360]

If you shot in RAW, you could easiliy readjust the exposure in post processing and completely "save" / make perfect (at least the exposure of) the image.

I strongly recommend a monitor calibration tool. I use Spyder 3Pro. That way I know at least I am producing images with a reasonable range of brightness / intensity / exposure. There's no guarantee that the viewer will have a decently accurate / calibrated monitor, but that's their issue.

Awesome! ill look into that. I've been putting off calibration but now that some of my prints are selling its probably time to revamp my post processing techniques