recent tank shots 3rd birthday

salt lick · 01/12/2007, 06:25 PM

Here are some recent photos. 230 gallon tank doing well on its 3rd anniversary. Please feel free to offer photo technique advice.

Crusty and Abdula spawn every couple of weeks, anenome divides every 4 months

Tank is viewed on 3 sides, this is the back left

14 inch wide hammer coral

Brain coral macro at night

self portrait

cward · 01/12/2007, 08:46 PM

Very nice!!! How about some full tank shots?

Lpabsolute · 01/12/2007, 10:03 PM

Sweet Pics, the tank is looking great....

E-A-G-L-E-S · 01/12/2007, 10:05 PM

Very nice...fts?
Doesn't your hammer continually sting your sps that are up against it?

amiricle · 01/13/2007, 12:54 AM

wow amazing hammer!

salt lick · 01/13/2007, 09:54 PM

Matt,
the hammer is a real show piece waving with the surge. The hammer and the brain sting the corals all the time. I can't bring myself to remove them, I have had both since the 6 month mark of the tank.

salt lick · 01/13/2007, 09:55 PM

full tank photo on the way, still learning to photo the tank.

salt lick · 01/13/2007, 10:57 PM

Still learning to capture the full tank. these photos are with just the fluorescents, no flash or MH.
Shot with 24-105 at 24mm, tripod, 1/30 and 1/50 sec, F4.0 ISO 800

Tank is 3/4 inch glass, oblique close-ups shot through the glass always come out blurry.

Advice welcome.

salt lick · 01/13/2007, 11:00 PM

need a no glare flash for full tank shots, but not sure how.
The half tank pics are with my flash, hand held pressed up to the glass

nUgZ · 01/15/2007, 03:11 PM

Very nice. I love the shots and the tank.

jwedehase · 01/15/2007, 03:54 PM

For the distortion/blur on the close-ups, make sure your lens is squared up perpendicular to the glass, no angled shots.

Is that a colony of zoanthids on a Sea Swirl?!

Also... DIY carbon fiber... you HAVE to more show and tell! Carbon fiber? Seriously? I'd love to know more about that.

salt lick · 01/15/2007, 08:39 PM

Yes
Zoos on the Seaswirl!

Here is a link to my original thread on my DIY carbon fiber/glass tank

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...hreadid=206438

jwedehase · 01/15/2007, 11:47 PM

Do you have a shot of the whole room? Reading that you're using the SunTubes, I'd love to know more about their light bleed. I'm also in a high sun area (just north of you), but have always been told these tubes weren't an effective reef solution.

drummereef · 01/16/2007, 02:17 AM

Beautiful tank shots. Very nice.

salt lick · 01/19/2007, 09:05 PM

the combo of Sunpipes and my actinic lights at 10-12 AM looks great.
my quantum meter says not so effective. direct sun would of course be the gold standard

01/12/2007, 06:25 PM	#1
salt lick Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Tehachapi, CA Posts: 415	recent tank shots 3rd birthday Here are some recent photos. 230 gallon tank doing well on its 3rd anniversary. Please feel free to offer photo technique advice. Crusty and Abdula spawn every couple of weeks, anenome divides every 4 months Tank is viewed on 3 sides, this is the back left 14 inch wide hammer coral Brain coral macro at night self portrait

01/12/2007, 08:46 PM	#2
cward Premium Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Granville, Ohio Posts: 5,006	Very nice!!! How about some full tank shots? __________________ ~~~Having a high post count doesn't automatically give you a high reefing IQ.~~~

01/12/2007, 10:03 PM	#3
Lpabsolute Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Johns Island, SC Posts: 2,021	Sweet Pics, the tank is looking great.... __________________ "Do not float above me when I'm drowning in the abyss......float away from me.........float away" Current Tank Info: 54g Corner Reef Tank......and......5.5g Nano Reef Tank......and......20g Long Reef Tank.......and......27g Cube

01/12/2007, 10:05 PM	#4
E-A-G-L-E-S Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lehigh Valley, PA Posts: 7,038	Very nice...fts? Doesn't your hammer continually sting your sps that are up against it? __________________ Smug Egotistical Contemptuous It's difficult to get a man to understand something that his salary requires him not to.

01/13/2007, 10:57 PM	#8
salt lick Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Tehachapi, CA Posts: 415	full tank shots at night Still learning to capture the full tank. these photos are with just the fluorescents, no flash or MH. Shot with 24-105 at 24mm, tripod, 1/30 and 1/50 sec, F4.0 ISO 800 Tank is 3/4 inch glass, oblique close-ups shot through the glass always come out blurry. Advice welcome.

01/13/2007, 12:54 AM	#5
amiricle Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 175	wow amazing hammer!

01/13/2007, 09:54 PM	#6
salt lick Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Tehachapi, CA Posts: 415	Matt, the hammer is a real show piece waving with the surge. The hammer and the brain sting the corals all the time. I can't bring myself to remove them, I have had both since the 6 month mark of the tank.

01/13/2007, 09:55 PM	#7
salt lick Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Tehachapi, CA Posts: 415	full tank photo on the way, still learning to photo the tank.

01/13/2007, 11:00 PM	#9
salt lick Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Tehachapi, CA Posts: 415	need a no glare flash for full tank shots, but not sure how. The half tank pics are with my flash, hand held pressed up to the glass

01/15/2007, 03:11 PM	#10
nUgZ Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: NC Posts: 1,566	Very nice. I love the shots and the tank.

01/15/2007, 03:54 PM	#11
jwedehase Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Central CA, USA Posts: 908	For the distortion/blur on the close-ups, make sure your lens is squared up perpendicular to the glass, no angled shots. Is that a colony of zoanthids on a Sea Swirl?! Also... DIY carbon fiber... you HAVE to more show and tell! Carbon fiber? Seriously? I'd love to know more about that. __________________ This space for rent. Current Tank Info: 120g Mixed Reef. 2x250w HQI 14K, 4x39w T5HO. AquaEuro 400

01/15/2007, 08:39 PM	#12
salt lick Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Tehachapi, CA Posts: 415	Yes Zoos on the Seaswirl! Here is a link to my original thread on my DIY carbon fiber/glass tank http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...hreadid=206438

01/15/2007, 11:47 PM	#13
jwedehase Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Central CA, USA Posts: 908	Do you have a shot of the whole room? Reading that you're using the SunTubes, I'd love to know more about their light bleed. I'm also in a high sun area (just north of you), but have always been told these tubes weren't an effective reef solution. __________________ This space for rent. Current Tank Info: 120g Mixed Reef. 2x250w HQI 14K, 4x39w T5HO. AquaEuro 400

01/16/2007, 02:17 AM	#14
drummereef Team RC Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: STL Posts: 14,754	Beautiful tank shots. Very nice. __________________ -Brett 180g Marineland Starfire In-Wall 278 gallon system

01/19/2007, 09:05 PM	#15
salt lick Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Tehachapi, CA Posts: 415	the combo of Sunpipes and my actinic lights at 10-12 AM looks great. my quantum meter says not so effective. direct sun would of course be the gold standard