Vu's (keepLearning) aquarium (Pics)

[rickztahone]

Vu was nice enough to drive ~15 miles to get me a small tank that I really wanted to use as an ATO that would fit perfectly in my stand. I couldn't drive out to that persons house to get it and Vu was nice enough to offer. I know I've said in the past, but this community is a great one and I am glad to be part of it.

Whilst at his house, I thought I'd take advantage of the trip and get some shots of his tank. The thing is absolutely beautiful! If I remember correctly, it is a 75g tank and he has it very well maintained.

Without further ado, here are the pics:
(as always, remember that I suck at identifying corals, so if you know the names, let me know and I will name them )

1.
Start with a FTS:
DSC08954 by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr

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DSC08956 by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr

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DSC08968 by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr

4.
This one was very difficult to capture, but I tried anyways
DSC08972 by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr

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DSC08974 by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr

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DSC08991 by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr

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DSC08992 by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr

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DSC09000 by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr

 

[rickztahone]

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DSC09002 by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr

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DSC09007 by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr

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DSC09010 by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr

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DSC09026 by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr

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DSC09031 by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr

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DSC09042 by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr

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DSC09045 by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr

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DSC09051 by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr

 

[rickztahone]

17.
I do remember the name of this one! The Latin Lover!
DSC09053 by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr

18.
Moving on to stacked images:
This one was about 10 shots I believe:
Stitch 1 by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr

19.
5 shots:
Stitch 2 by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr

20.
I can't remember exactly how many but I want to say around 12 shots:
Stitch 3 by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr

21.
Here's a close up of the above:
Stitch 3 Close Up by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr

22.
4 shots:
Stitch 4 by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr

 

[Reeferfourlife]

Nice pics.

 

[Sbdud]

Vu is an awesome guy so freaking helpful

 

[BeanMachine]

Great photos.

Nice tank Vu.

 

[duyhuynh]

you got skills in macro photography.
Vu- Nice collections you have.

 

[m0nkie]

awesome shots on an awesome tank!!!

 

[kevin32]

Beautiful shot. Which macro?

 

[rickztahone]

Nice pics.

Thank you.

Vu is an awesome guy so freaking helpful

Very helpful indeed. Glad I got a chance to meet him.

Great photos.

Nice tank Vu.

Thank you and the tank is very nice.

you got skills in macro photography.
Vu- Nice collections you have.

Thank you.

awesome shots on an awesome tank!!!

Thank you.

Beautiful shot. Which macro?

Thank you. I used a Tamron 90 2.8 which is my go to macro. I took some extension tubes but didn't really need them. Everything was very easy to photograph and his glass was super super clean which made this super easy haha.

I've put this out there before, if anyone wants me to photograph their tank, just let me know. I enjoy meeting new people and refining my photography skills in this setting. It is one I feel I struggle with. Of course, please consider that I live in the San Fernando Valley and will probably not travel out to San Francisco for a photo shoot lol.

 

[keepLearning]

Thanks Ricardo. Beautiful shots. I planned to learn from you how use my Canon when you stopped by but I am exactly where I was before meeting you LoL. Next time.

 

[rickztahone]

Thanks Ricardo. Beautiful shots. I planned to learn from you how use my Canon when you stopped by but I am exactly where I was before meeting you LoL. Next time.

:facepalm: That was my bad. I tried to sprinkle some tips here and there but since my time was limited I didn't do as much as I would have liked to.

However, if I am ever out in that area again, we can definitely do something more as far as teaching/learning.

I wouldn't mind going to a meet where we could discuss photography.

 

[solitude127]

What type of lighting was this under? It looks like the lamps are off on the fixture.
Great Pictures BTW...

 

[rickztahone]

What type of lighting was this under? It looks like the lamps are off on the fixture.
Great Pictures BTW...

We actually just had 1 light on the whole time which was a BML light. Vu said that the zoas looked much better under blue and I can't say I disagree with him. The lighting made it so that hand held wasn't really an option, but I had my tripod with me.

He had a 6 bulb ATI I believe plus 2 BML's.

 

[swnoob]

Very nice pics. Any links to tutorials you would recommend on macro photography?

I've tried taking pics with my canon 20d but have a hard time getting anything decent. Thought of upgrading to the 6d with a macro lens but that won't help much if I don't know how to use it properly. lol

 

[bozoreefer]

Interesting story I know bout those Latin Lovers hahaha

 

[rickztahone]

Very nice pics. Any links to tutorials you would recommend on macro photography?

I've tried taking pics with my canon 20d but have a hard time getting anything decent. Thought of upgrading to the 6d with a macro lens but that won't help much if I don't know how to use it properly. lol

True. I don't have any links but I suppose I can always do a demo on how to do it and upload it to youtube.

Conversely, if there is enough interest, we can always meet a members house that wouldn't mind opening their house/tank to us and having a live demo. It would be great to get a group together and showing them the ropes.

To add to that, in July I have been asked to go to NADA (North American Discus Association) in Chicago to give a presentation on just that, photographing discus. I am not sure if they will have someone recording the whole thing but in case they do, I will upload it here or in the photography section and some of the same techniques used to photograph discus can be applied for SW setups

 

[m0nkie]

you can probably make good money taking photos for everyone's reef! haha..

nothing more frustrating than having nice corals/anemone but only deep blue photos of them

 

[rickztahone]

you can probably make good money taking photos for everyone's reef! haha..

nothing more frustrating than having nice corals/anemone but only deep blue photos of them

Yeah, probably. I don't mean to sound cheesy but the satisfaction comes when people see their beautiful corals on my Flickr account. If I had my tank up and running, I wouldn't mind a frag of something, but I don't think I'd ever charge. It ****es my wife off to no end, believe me, but I enjoy the great conversations from fellow reefers.

 

[pandimus]

Nice shots.. beautiful tank vu..

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