The Sherman Tank (Photo Scrapbook)
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spongebob lover
flea whisperer
ddood those are awesome pictures... like usual !! 
Sherman
Has Met Willis
Scooterman, I guess it depends on how much contact one coral has with another. In this case, you can pretty much bet the frogspawn will always win. I'd actually expect anything with nematocysts (stingers. Anemones, and many LPS) to win against SPS in a touch contest.
In this case, the SPS is now dead where there was contact. The best solution is to separate them, I guess. I have one location where a hammer coral (euphyllia anchora) has grown to rub up against an Acropora Cerealis. I've decided to make like the Beatles and "Let it be." The A. Cerealis now has a signficantly damaged branch, probably about a 1/4" of it is stark white and dead.
I also have a DMZ (demilitarized zone) between two SPS encrustings where it appears they've agreed to leave this hairline gap between each other and not touch. Neither has made a move over the other, ever, and they've been like this for almost a year.
In this case, the SPS is now dead where there was contact. The best solution is to separate them, I guess. I have one location where a hammer coral (euphyllia anchora) has grown to rub up against an Acropora Cerealis. I've decided to make like the Beatles and "Let it be." The A. Cerealis now has a signficantly damaged branch, probably about a 1/4" of it is stark white and dead.
I also have a DMZ (demilitarized zone) between two SPS encrustings where it appears they've agreed to leave this hairline gap between each other and not touch. Neither has made a move over the other, ever, and they've been like this for almost a year.
cwrenge
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Say Scooterman............when they make contact...? is it best to Break/cut off the effected area...? so as to save the healthy part of the coral...? i'm trying to learn from others as much as i can..... thanks for the info, cw.Sherman said:
Sherman
Has Met Willis
There are many who have been waiting on the new Canon 60mm EF-S macro lens, to see what it can do. I got to borrow one this week. Here are a couple shots. And since everyone asks, the candy coral was just getting ready to get rid of some digestion.
I will admit I am sort of disappointed in the lens. These shots aren't bad, but they're not stellar like the 100mm. There just seems to be some sort of "pop" missing. Chromatic abberations were also pretty significant with this lens, and that's not a good thing. With more time, I could probably fine tune my abilities with that lens, I'm sure. But for me, the debate between the 100mm and the 60mm Canon macros has pretty much been won by the 100mm.
I will admit I am sort of disappointed in the lens. These shots aren't bad, but they're not stellar like the 100mm. There just seems to be some sort of "pop" missing. Chromatic abberations were also pretty significant with this lens, and that's not a good thing. With more time, I could probably fine tune my abilities with that lens, I'm sure. But for me, the debate between the 100mm and the 60mm Canon macros has pretty much been won by the 100mm.
spongebob lover
flea whisperer
ohh dood those pictures are awesome but i still like the ones before these ones
Scooterman
Well-known member
My G5 has way more chromatic aberrations than your nice slr, no comparison there, I see what your saying seems from the shots regardless they are still awesome to the amateur like myself.
Sherman
Has Met Willis
Finally! I captured the Six Line Wrasse! I also found a Bicolor Blenny and a Tonga shroom in my tank.
Sherman...thanks so much for sharing, and please don't stop...just found the thread..thanks for the photo tips...i just have a auto kodak dx4530, but have the 7mm and 10mm macro lenses which i have played with...getting a tripod which will help hopefully...the 10mm gets great shots, but most of my stuff is too far away to get a good focus
how did you get your wrasse, when i had one way back when, they don't stop...so i think the closeup is all the more impressive
how did you get your wrasse, when i had one way back when, they don't stop...so i think the closeup is all the more impressive
Very nice. Next time you are up this way, come over and give me some tips to take pictures like that
Krish
RF STAFF
I'd say the same thing too Chuck, but I guess I have to start somewhere first...Like getting a camera with sense!
Honestly, very nice photos Sherman! It's un-real the clarity. I almost went to try and feed that last fish in the photo because he looked so real!:shock: :lol:
Honestly, very nice photos Sherman! It's un-real the clarity. I almost went to try and feed that last fish in the photo because he looked so real!:shock: :lol:
spongebob lover
flea whisperer
Sherman those are some awesome pictures !!!
i love the 6 line picture a lot, seriously it's really really kewl dood.
i love the 6 line picture a lot, seriously it's really really kewl dood.
Sherman
Has Met Willis
Found this one while cleaning out the chaff in the tank photos folder. This is back when I caught the *******! He's since been sent to another reefer's FOWLR tank, the coral eating menace! This fish was a lemonpeel/half-black hybrid dwarf angel. Never again...
Sherman
Has Met Willis
There wasn't ant sort of major damage. The problem was that the polyps never EVER extended, so the corals didn't look as good as they could have. It's been 4 months, and some of the corals still won't extend polyps except for in the new growth areas. It's like they remember .
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Sherman
Has Met Willis
Thanks so much. From the XIF info, here's the goods:
ISO 800 (This is as high as I dare go for anything decent)
F/5
-1 EV to get a 1/125th shutter speed.
Image stabilization
Now, I'm just about sure I had the camera in machine gun mode, meaning it was on multi-exposure, and I just held the button down for a few seconds at 4 shots per second.
Magicians around the world are hating me right now for sharing.
ISO 800 (This is as high as I dare go for anything decent)
F/5
-1 EV to get a 1/125th shutter speed.
Image stabilization
Now, I'm just about sure I had the camera in machine gun mode, meaning it was on multi-exposure, and I just held the button down for a few seconds at 4 shots per second.
Magicians around the world are hating me right now for sharing.
Yum Yum!!! I just hate when that happens!!!:evil:Sherman said:Found this one while cleaning out the chaff in the tank photos folder. This is back when I caught the *******! He's since been sent to another reefer's FOWLR tank, the coral eating menace! This fish was a lemonpeel/half-black hybrid dwarf angel. Never again...
Sherman
Has Met Willis
Here's a full stand shot I took today while experimenting with in-tank photography using the flash. It used to be a corner unit television cabinet, but when I moved houses there weren't any corners to put it in, so it sat in the dining/kitchen area until I decided to get into the hobby.
Lots of people ask why I don't run a sump, or [insert space taking item here], so now you know why. I have a 13 gallon reservoir sitting up above the whole stand along with the MH ballasts, and I have to manually fill that every couple of weeks. The Power compact ballast is underneath the entire stand, on the linoleum. I have a kalk reactor behind the tank with a HOB skimmer and HOB media filter, in the corner "void," and am in the process of a DIY calcium reactor. The small CO2 bottle will be in the cabinets down below.
So where do I put the sump?
Lots of people ask why I don't run a sump, or [insert space taking item here], so now you know why. I have a 13 gallon reservoir sitting up above the whole stand along with the MH ballasts, and I have to manually fill that every couple of weeks. The Power compact ballast is underneath the entire stand, on the linoleum. I have a kalk reactor behind the tank with a HOB skimmer and HOB media filter, in the corner "void," and am in the process of a DIY calcium reactor. The small CO2 bottle will be in the cabinets down below.
So where do I put the sump?
