Ditched the actinics for more natural "moonlight" shots

[ClownWrangler]

The galaxy S7 has a crappy camera, but I found the hidden "expert" mode, which helps quite a bit. I played around with the color tone settings for a while to get accurate colors, but the auto setting really murders the ISO and exposure. Adjusting those settings manually makes a world of difference. The camera is useless at night without doing this. I was playing around with a white point light source at night to get the chiaroscuro effect. I'm quite pleased with the results.

 

[lapin]

Nice

 

[G Santana]

Sweet shots

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Cool whites or warm white leds make good moonlighting too! Lol.
Im using royal blues and a turn knob style dimmer.
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[ClownWrangler]

Cool whites or warm white leds make good moonlighting too! Lol.
Im using royal blues and a turn knob style dimmer.
D

I'm starting to play around with white lighting more. I love the "Avatar" look of corals under strong actinic, but I also love the lagoon under moonlight look. It's a good thing I have multiple tanks to play with. I noticed some nems look good in natural light and some are just brown. Some goes for corals. Paly. grandis is one that looks good under white light. White CREE LEDs do put out some UV, which helps bring out the colors without turning everything blue as well. These pictures were taken using an LED headlamp.