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[roscoe]

few more sets..

 

[roscoe]

couple more

 

[roscoe]

last one enjoy...

 

[noonesname124]

 

[tamarindthai]

Roscoe,,keep on shooting ,,you are getting better and better everytime you posted,,very nice coral ,,yes indeed

 

[Myteemouse]

LOOKING NOOOIICCCEEE ROSCO!!!
I see the growth is AMazing!

 

[Ilovereef]

Very nice pictures, Sarang. Man! You have a great corals collection with lots of high-end there.

 

[Herefishyfishy]

WOW WOW and OH WOW!

Looking great!

 

[roscoe]

Thanks for the kind words fellas!!!! Thang you have an awsome tank your self packed full of eye candy! Things are doing great lately. I just need some pointers on how to get the blues and purple to show up better in my pics. Any pointers guys?

 

[ronone10]

Pictures look great. I am just returning to the hobby and I really can't give you any reef advice. My tank isn't setup but hope to have it ready in a week or so. I can offer some ideas on taking photos as this is my other interest. I am a Canon guy and currently use a Canon 1DMk3. First your images look great, color and composition are excellent. Shooting into a tank is new to me so I am going to have to experiment myself.

I did copy over one of your photos and looked at the EXIF and noticed you are shooting at ISO 400, F5.6 and 1/40 second. Here are some things I would do:

Use a tripod, a must to eliminate the camera shake and because you are going to have to balance between lower shutter speeds and depth of field. If you are using an image stabilizing lens on a tripod, turn it off, you don't need it on.

I would also increase the ISO to 800 and the corresponding shutter speed will be about 1/100 and the F/Stop will be F8.0. This gives a sharper image and increases the depth of field (more in focus front to back). You can try going to ISO 1600, two stop gain so your shutter speed is up to 1/250 and f/stop is F16. I don't think you need to go to f16 so keep it at f/8.0 and increase the shutter speed to 1/500 second.

Another thought is to stop the water motion when you take the photo, this way you don't need to go up to 1/500.

Going up in ISO will also increase the noise of the photo. You can't avoid this unless you want to spend more for your camera. Or, just wait, prices for the high end features are always coming down and will be available for everyone sooner or later.

To get around the noise, you can get a third party software like Noise Ninja, download it, try it and be amazed in how well it can reduce the amount of noise in the image. I use this all of the time in my post processing.

Sorry for the off topic response, I know this isn't about taking photos....

Ron

 

[roscoe]

Thanks for the tips Ron!!! I hope you'll enjoy this hobby again!! Just like the rest of us addicts on here.

 

[roscoe]

My 1st top down shots. I took like a thousand pics and I just ended up with 3 decent (at least to me) shots LOL. Any how for those that has experiance with top done shots what is the secret?

 

[Myteemouse]

Wow that new camera does awsome MACRO shots?!
You seem to be blocking the light with the camera box?

 

[roscoe]

Yeah I am blocking to much light from the box. I have no clue on how to take look down shots.

 

[roscoe]

Just took some pics for fun.

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[roscoe]

more...

 

[roscoe]

last set FTS..

 

[NC2WA]

whats your secret in keeping a powder blue tang in a 40g breeder??

i would think this tank would be too small for it??

 

[roscoe]

LOL he is still small. There is no secret he looks pretty happy and fat along with my chevron. Campared to their natural habitat NONE of our tanks should have any Tangs in it LOL

 

[NC2WA]

how small is it? from the pic is looks bright big..
any pics of your chevron??