First try at macro shots

[tektite]

Sooo, I finally got a macro lens!!! So excited, its been a long time coming lol. Took it for a first day test drive...some pics not so great on technical quality but I still liked them. Will have better pics after a little practice


Rainbow tube anemone



Encrusting blue iridescent codium



Maze brain



Purple and gold lobo



Iridescent macroalgae



Ultra gold/rainbow hammer



Pink goniopora



Superman rhodactis



Pavona



Papaya clove polyps

 

[tektite]

Conical spine starfish



Purple hammer



Mycedium chalice



Cyphastrea



Undata monti



Bicolor hammer



Purple branching macroalgae



Red macroalgae



Acropora



Branching coraline algae

 

[tektite]

Dragon's tongue Halymenia



Green with purple tip frogspawn



ORA red goniopora frags



Pink/green birdsnest



Fluorescent green hammer



Green birdsnest



Green deepwater acro



Photosynthetic gorgonian



Eagle eye zoas

 

[rufus2008]

Good job, great looking corals!

 

[revhtree]

Wow WOW WOW! Great job, awesome shots!! Please keep sharing!

 

[LisaD]

Absolutely stunning shots!!! What lights were these taken under?


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[FragDaddy]

Very nice ! Keep up the great work

 

[cparka23]

Nice photos! What lens did you get?

 

[watchguy123]

Those are phenomenal!!!

 

[bcalberti]

Beautiful photos!

 

[tektite]

Thanks everyone The pics should get better from here as those were all my first attempts

Absolutely stunning shots!!! What lights were these taken under?

Both my reef and macro tanks currently have t5 lighting.

Nice photos! What lens did you get?

I got the Canon 100mm f2.8L

 

[reefin101]

Those are very good! What camera body? Did you have to do any special white balance stuff or these on auto?
Did you shoot thru the tank glass? Use a tripod or by hand?

 

[revsgirl]

Stunning pics!! Thanks for sharing!!


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[tektite]

Those are very good! What camera body? Did you have to do any special white balance stuff or these on auto?
Did you shoot thru the tank glass? Use a tripod or by hand?

I use the Canon 5d mkII.

Most definitely not auto white balance, most camera's auto will only go up to 8000K on its own, using the K white balance setting will go up to 10,000K, much closer to the spectrum of our lights. A few quick color tweaks in photoshop finished the job.

Most of these shots were through the glass, but 4 of the macroalgae shots were using a top-down view acrylic cylinder I built.

All shots were handheld.

 

[dgiglio3087]

awesome shots

 

[solitude127]

Very impressive, let alone all of them being handheld

 

[Zenjimatsu]

I love the tube anemone picture. You have some sweet macro algae.