Trying to take some pictures...

[goreefer]

I've been trying to take some pictures of my tank. Thay are NOT the quality of Randy's or others that have the fancy cameras.

Full tank shot:

The frag that Chris gave me at the Christmas Party:

Any body want some Green montipora digitata?

The Zoa garden:

An unknown green acro. I bought it as a Lime Green Acro, so I guess that is what it is...

 

[jettster]

nice I like the growth patterns

 

[acrodave]

thos pics look good to me. I like zoas when they fill in like that. and i have always liked that milli of yours look like a palmtree

 

[fishdoc11]

You've been doing something right

 

[ct_vol]

Looks good to me... :thumbsup:

 

[goreefer]

I just wish that the pictures would look like what the tank does, they are always much bluer than to the eye.
I guess that I cannot expect much more with a point and shoot camera.

 

[planejane]

Loverly, Gary. That's why I adopted you!

 

[digidana]

the growth pattern on that green one is really really neat...i love the zoas too...

 

[goreefer]

The growth patterns are interesting. I have a lot of flow in my tank and they seem to grow away from the flow patterns. Also the vadila in the middle is trying to grow to the light since the Nathan's green milli is shading it out. I also always have problems with breaking off pieces of most of the corals when I clean with a magfloat.
I need a bigger tank...

 

[Spongie]

I might be interested in trading something for a frag of the green digi. Anything in particular that you are looking for?

 

[goreefer]

The green digi grows like a weed. I'll give you a nice chunk of it for a future trade.

 

[TriMax]

I will be glad to take those "broken off" pieces that you probably just must throw away. Just throw them my way. You do not have to worry about it anymore.

 

[goreefer]

Eddie,
I mostly glue them onto plugs and put them in my frag tank and then trade them for other things that I need, but I will get you some when you tank is ready.
This was my frag tank before the swap:

 

[macclellan]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15254332#post15254332 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by goreefer
I've been trying to take some pictures of my tank. Thay are NOT the quality of Randy's or others that have the fancy cameras.
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I just wish that the pictures would look like what the tank does, they are always much bluer than to the eye.
I guess that I cannot expect much more with a point and shoot camera.

Cameras don't take pictures, people with cameras take pictures. Yes, a fancy camera helps, but you'd be surprised what you can do with a point and shoot if the lens is decent and you know a few basic things about using them.

If your camera allows you to alter the white balance (some points and shoots have this feature), try using the "cloud" or "shade" setting to correct for excess blue. If your camera doesn't have this feature, you can do it in most image editing software like Photoshop or GIMP (Gnu-licensed = free!!!).

Also, you'll usually need to underexpose .5 to 1+ stops when shooting aquariums - most cameras overexpose most of the time (note the blown out white highlights on the acros at the top of your shots). Almost all point and shoots have this feature (it's a little button with "+/-" on it).

Do these look true to life, or at least truer to life? As they say, you can't polish a turd, but you can make a hot steaming mass glimmer a bit like it is supposed to pretty quickly (just basic cropping, white balance, levels, sharpening, etc.).

 

[goreefer]

Thanks Mac!
I need to dig out the manual for my camera and see if it has any of the features that you discribed. It's a Cannon Powershot, but I don't remember exactly which model. I'll also look at the software that it came with and see what I can do with it.
Thanks for the pointers.

 

[GPhiAce]

Nice. i love your tank. And Joel is not bad and fixing photos.

 

[Flavum]

very nice gary! I like The striped blenny in mid coil in your 1rst picture.

 

[goreefer]

Mr. Lineus is a very cool guy.
How can you not loke a blennie?