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[House of Laughter]

Lordy, lordy

Man those are nice

House

 

[nanoreefer22]

Nice Lords...Can't wait til my one little polyp is atleast at a noticable size.

Nice pic of the zoo heaven too.

 

[Reef Guy]

I think this thread should be renamed "Show of with your nice cameras"

 

[jackson6745]

Uno, those are the some of the best shots that I have ever seen!!!! Amazing!!!

 

[Reef Guy]

seriously, especially the one of that damn crab, you must also have crystal clear glass

 

[FastUno]

Thanks.
I think someone was right.....show off's!

I used the Canon 10D w/the cheap $50 Sigma 28-80mm & the more expensive Canon 100mm Macro ($600). I sold my camera for now, because the newer/improved models are out. I am still debating on whether to go with the Canon 20D or the Olympus E-300.

I will put out the offer that when I get my new cam I can take pictures of your tanks (if you think you what it takes?) I am getting bored of taking shots of my tank & the LFS treat me as if I was a spy of some sort when I pull out my cam. All but 1 LFS allowed me to take shots. Others I would have to sneak a shot.

heuerfan, wow, nice! Anytime you can make browns purdy, you know how extra special they must be. What type of lighting do you use & what bulbs?

 

[heuerfan]

heuerfan, wow, nice! Anytime you can make browns purdy, you know how extra special they must be. What type of lighting do you use & what bulbs? [/QB][/QUOTE]

Hey thanks, there's nothing brown in my tank

2x70 watt halides 10k
130 watt actinic 03
130 watt actinic blue

 

[FastUno]

I borrowed someone elses cam for these, it's a Canon Powershot S230 3.2MP cam, so don't expect a whole lot from this cam.

[ May 14, 2005, 10:40 PM: Message edited by: FastUno ]

 

[Reef Guy]

wow, how do you get such good pics from a 3.2 MP...what other features are you using. And lol your LFS treats you as a spy, that must be something to see. btw which lfs is this

 

[FastUno]

No big secret really. With the S230 I shot in macro mode & adjusted white balance to -1 to -2. I also turned flash off.

OH, & there was one big thing. When I first started taking shots with this camera they came out like crap. I have T5's with the blue+ bulbs & the pictures would have a blue hue to them in auto WB mode. So I tried out Incandescent mode & seems to have worked.

With this cam seems like the color is there, but not the sharpness. I am a big sharpness fan. Although, tank photography is by far the hardest. Take a look at some of my stationary shots & you will see what I mean (ah there goes the horn tooting again).

 

[FastUno]

See when you compare the above shots to the S230 you realize that tank photography is not all that easy & that the s230 is a piece of junk!

Also, I don't want to bad mouth about any LFS, but I will tell you that the one that let me take pics is this one:
Coral Aquariums Inc
7503 Roosevelt Avenue, Jackson Heights, NY 11372
(718) 429-3934

[ May 15, 2005, 01:39 AM: Message edited by: FastUno ]

 

[nanoreefer22]

Fastuno, those are great shots of the flowers. Do all cameras have the white balancer? I have the Kodak LS743 and my macro sucks and I can't seem to get sharp of very colored pictures. Everything so yellow.

-Kris

 

[FastUno]

Don't know about all cams, but most cams do have some type of white balance setting. What is cool about the canon powershot series is that you can adjust the WB & it will show you what the frame looks like on the LCD. No need to take a pic first!

So you would scroll through the various modes, cloudy, sun, bulb, incandescent...etc & find the best fit. On my 10D you can actually go in & adjust the Kelvin setting, allowing for more control & personal bias.

 

[nanoreefer22]

I'm going to read through the manual and mess around with the settings today, hopefully I can come away with some better pictures.

Thanks for the tips Uno

 

[ctxmonitor]

those are some impressive shots fastuno. Looked fantastic!! Don't you wish all our the shots we take look like that..

 

[FastUno]

Thanks.
Keep in mind that you are seing best of the bunch. So for every 1 pic that is worthy of display, I can show you a lot more that are in the recycling bin.

Keep those pics coming, I thought we were starting a pic thread?

 

[cali_reef]

I can't compete with fastuno's skills so I am only posting a link for those who really want to see some crappy recent pictures of my tank.

New Pics

 

[Deanos]

Nice pictures cali! What size tank is that?

Dean

 

[bad coffee]

Nice pics! How many clams you got in there? I counted 8!

BC

 

[cali_reef]

Deanos, it is a 150 gallon tank

BC, I have 9 clams in there.