some macro shots from Jan's reef

[Jan]

I was fortunate enough to receive a few tips from Rick/Blazer88 on how to fix white balance in my camera, etc. So my pics are coming out half-way decent now (Thankyou, Rick! . Here are a few macro pics from my reef:

acan

purple slimer

red selago

Aqua Delight

Bartlett Anthias

 

[Jan]

Scroll coral

Challice

Baby Onyx Clown from Elmo18

acan2

 

[Jan]

Bali Bonzai

Orange Speckled Challice

Turquoise Lovelli

"Doughnut Coral" (maybe a scolymia)

 

[Jan]

Monti Setosa

30,000 Leagues Lokani

Bartlett Anthias Trio

 

[soyadrink]

Wow, amazing! You anthias have amazing color(so do your corals)!

 

[morgan]

donught is a cynaira love the pics dude nice corals sum nice echinos but u should saee my one light purpel with killer green eyes and a green rim

 

[trido]

Nice pics Jan...

 

[tike]

Jan you are really getting the hang of that Nikon! Nice shots.

 

[Jan]

Thanks, guys.

Morgan, some day I do want a schnazzola enchino like you described, but I'm too cheap to pop for the $175 for 1/2" price tag I see around here.

 

[tike]

Thanks, guys.

Morgan, some day I do want a schnazzola enchino like you described, but I'm too cheap to pop for the $175 for 1/2" price tag I see around here.

Never heard of this one before....what does it look like?

 

[Sascha D]

Awww baby clown!

 

[Red C Aquarium]

The Bartlett's are holding their color well! Whats your salt at?

 

[G&NSalty425]

Very Nice pics

 

[surf_buddy]

Awesome pics!

 

[Jan]

thanks very much!

Brad/Rob, my salinity is at about 1.0235 at the moment, bringing it up to 1.025 sg. In any case, the bartletts never lost any of their beautiful color when they came into my reef. The dominant "super male" is of course more colorful than the other two.

Tike666: the "schnazzola enchino" is known by many names....hybrid watermelon, rastafarian enchino, etc. etc. Bright green rims, yellow or green eyes, and base color of pink, red, purple, or some combo thereof.

 

[salmonslayer]

BEAUTIFUL Jan. You've came a long way, keep it up. Corals are looking good.

 

[Scooterman]

Nice camera work & corals, you have a great collection!
Also love the Anthia's, they are so cool!

 

[returnofsid]

Jan, your corals are beautiful...so are your fish!! Now MORE PICS!! Care to share what camera you're using? Lens? What are your techniques for shooting pics?

 

[Jan]

Gee thanks, guys! That means a lot to me.

As for my camera and technique, it's pretty much just what Rick/Blazer88 taught me when he came over:

always shoot perpendicular to the side of the tank, no angles
turn off all the flow
set the camera's white balance (I will post those details from my notes of the Rick session...)
use a tripod if possible
takes lots of shots

More details from the Rick-notes later. THe camera is a Nikon D80 w/105mm Nikor macro lens.

 

[returnofsid]

Great camera. I have a Canon Rebel Xt and really want to get the 100mm 2.8 macro. Unfortunately, it's a little out of my price range right now. I'm looking into the Macro filters as well. I'd also suggest custom setting your white balance somewhat often. As your lights degrade, which they do over time, your white balance will change.