Ask Tony...the NARC photography thread.

[Parkerman]

It might just be from being scaled down for a forum posting or my lousy vision, but I have a hard time spotting the crab's eyes unless I zoom in. Have you tried a tighter crop and getting rid of most of the out-of-focus foreground rock? If you have a large enough image, it might be cool to just have the crab in a sea of yellow. It'd make a good forum avatar.

The foreground adds a sense of depth to the picture imo, so I wouldn't really want to remove it. In a smaller picture it is hard to see the eyes of the crab, but I didn't want to post a huge picture on here.

Also, not sure if its your monitor or not, but its a sea of green.. =P

 

[markkazdad]

The foreground adds a sense of depth to the picture imo, so I wouldn't really want to remove it. In a smaller picture it is hard to see the eyes of the crab, but I didn't want to post a huge picture on here.

Also, not sure if its your monitor or not, but its a sea of green.. =P

Hmmm....I did think is it yellow-green or green-yellow. I can see a green cast to the yellow, but to me it definitely doesn't look bubble algae green or dandelion yellow. It could be my monitor or my glasses. My monitor is a 2011 MacBook Pro hi-res, anti-glare, and I'm using the Color LCD profile provided by Apple, with gamma = 2.2 "(Standard)". My eyeglasses are high refractive index plastic and if I look off-center, I can see color bands around edges. Anyway, you could adjust the colors to meet my expectations :bigsmile:. You could change it to yellow, crop it, then save it for when you can find a dandelion with a bee in it, then juxtapose the two. Or make three copies of one and play "one of these things is not like the other".

 

[Parkerman]

Nah, It's not like OD green or anything. They are green star polyps, so a bright green.

My monitor is calibrated to the print's I receive.

 

[markkazdad]

Nah, It's not like OD green or anything. They are green star polyps, so a bright green. My monitor is calibrated to the print's I receive.

So much to learn!

 

[Parkerman]

Another shot that I thought looked pretty cool.

 

[markkazdad]

Another shot that I thought looked pretty cool.

+1.

Can you give us the Shutter speed, Aperture, and focal length? That will help us know whats going on.

 

[Parkerman]

+1.

Can you give us the Shutter speed, Aperture, and focal length? That will help us know whats going on.

F/6, 1/80, at 60mm [macro] with an ISO of 1600.

 

[markkazdad]

F/6, 1/80, at 60mm [macro] with an ISO of 1600.

Thanks! My favorite part is it's in UMichigan colors.

(just kidding, it looks green and lavender or pink-ish purple to me)

 

[Parkerman]

Thanks! My favorite part is it's in UMichigan colors.

(just kidding, it looks green and lavender or pink-ish purple to me)

... It's clearly yellow and red.....


Haha, I kid.

 

[Chameleon]

... It's clearly yellow and red.....


Haha, I kid.

Could have fooled me...
I wish I could see normal colors...

 

[Chameleon]

Would love some help with these..

I really want to bring out the reds on that last one. I shoot with a smartphone with the white balance set to cloudy. But I do have a more sophisticated camera just dont know how to use it yet...lol

 

[Onebaldman]

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[Parkerman]

Would love some help with these..

I really want to bring out the reds on that last one. I shoot with a smartphone with the white balance set to cloudy. But I do have a more sophisticated camera just dont know how to use it yet...lol

Other than the way you framed the pictures up, for a cell phone those are pretty good in my opinion. Would have to use some post processing to hopefully pull some red out in that last picture.

 

[Chameleon]

Other than the way you framed the pictures up, for a cell phone those are pretty good in my opinion. Would have to use some post processing to hopefully pull some red out in that last picture.

Thanks ...I guess until I start using the real camera there isn't much I can do...although I did hear there are some apps that are good for taking better photos...anyone know which ones work good? I purchased a macro lens for my phone a few weeks back, but it still hasn't come in the mail...maybe I should call about that.

 

[Dave3112]

Ok I actually used the tripod for these shots and must say they came out much better. Here is my favorite from this session

This one I need some help with. The centers of the pink zoas are a bright green but anytime I shoot them through the glass they end up looking a cream colored or slightly yellow. Is there a way to get them to be green? I have tried adjusting the WB in camera and in PS and can't get the colors I want.

 

[H@rry]

This any better? Kinda hard to get the green to intensify without losing some of the purple.

 

[Parkerman]

Ok I actually used the tripod for these shots and must say they came out much better. Here is my favorite from this session



This one I need some help with. The centers of the pink zoas are a bright green but anytime I shoot them through the glass they end up looking a cream colored or slightly yellow. Is there a way to get them to be green? I have tried adjusting the WB in camera and in PS and can't get the colors I want.

Getting the right colors with aquarium photography is what I have found to be the hardest. If you wanted you could email me the raw file and I could come up with. Parker08 at gmail dot com.

 

[Tomoko Schum]

On my PC, the mouths of the pink zoas do not look green at all either way. The pink color intensified in Harry's picture to almost purplish.

 

[Dave3112]

This any better? Kinda hard to get the green to intensify without losing some of the purple.

That looks a little better but it changes the colors of the other zoas too much.

 

[Dave3112]

Getting the right colors with aquarium photography is what I have found to be the hardest. If you wanted you could email me the raw file and I could come up with. Parker08 at gmail dot com.

I'll do that when I get home on Monday! Thank you for the offer.