I considered posting this in the Photography Forum but decided to post it here since more SPS reefers may view it….. and I know how you guys and gals like pictures!
First, I just want to thank Bubba (@bubbaque) again for inspiring me to buy a better camera and spending time with me when I visited him at TSA in my endeavor to learn how to take better pictures. The photos in his thread are amongst the best I have ever seen. I hope he doesn’t mind that I bought the same equipment that he uses: Canon EOS-R with 100mm RF macro lens and a Building an Obsession Camera Tube. But I quickly learned that good equipment is only a start; the art is just as important and that requires a long learning curve. The photos posted below are my first ones. I’m happy with some but others I need to redo and work on a little more.
PHOTOGRAPHY NOTES: (Skip this if you just want to see photos).
-Bubba mentioned that one thing he likes about the Canon EOS-R is the Custom White Balance where you shoot a “Grey Card” and set it as “true white.” This eliminates the need for RAW processing (which I’ve done in the past with a cheap camera). But, I’m struggling a bit with getting the Custom White Balance to work out for me. What I finally settled with, at least for now, is to take photos at mid-day when all my lights are on (which include halides, Radions, and T5’s). The halides make everything a little whiter which allows me to use AWB (Automatic White Balance) instead of Custom White Balance which comes very close to true colors. I just need to remove a small amount of blue when processing.
-Another benefit of mid-day shooting under the brightest light is that it allows for the largest f-stop to get the greatest depth of field.
-I find that I can leave the ISO and SPEED the same and just adjust the f-stop to get the right exposure.
-Getting the proper red color is a big challenge. I need to keep working on that.
PHOTOS:
All my colonies started as frags that I purchased over the past 1-2 years and mounted on 2”x 2” tiles, so they are still just “mini-colonies.” About 35 of 100 are large enough to start to frag. (I started with SPS in 1995 but sold my entire collection 5 years ago when I semi-retired and moved several times. I just started up again 3 years ago when I realized I cannot give up this hobby!)
Here we go…….
Who thinks the TSA Rainbow Fusion is the same as JF Jolt?
First, I just want to thank Bubba (@bubbaque) again for inspiring me to buy a better camera and spending time with me when I visited him at TSA in my endeavor to learn how to take better pictures. The photos in his thread are amongst the best I have ever seen. I hope he doesn’t mind that I bought the same equipment that he uses: Canon EOS-R with 100mm RF macro lens and a Building an Obsession Camera Tube. But I quickly learned that good equipment is only a start; the art is just as important and that requires a long learning curve. The photos posted below are my first ones. I’m happy with some but others I need to redo and work on a little more.
PHOTOGRAPHY NOTES: (Skip this if you just want to see photos).
-Bubba mentioned that one thing he likes about the Canon EOS-R is the Custom White Balance where you shoot a “Grey Card” and set it as “true white.” This eliminates the need for RAW processing (which I’ve done in the past with a cheap camera). But, I’m struggling a bit with getting the Custom White Balance to work out for me. What I finally settled with, at least for now, is to take photos at mid-day when all my lights are on (which include halides, Radions, and T5’s). The halides make everything a little whiter which allows me to use AWB (Automatic White Balance) instead of Custom White Balance which comes very close to true colors. I just need to remove a small amount of blue when processing.
-Another benefit of mid-day shooting under the brightest light is that it allows for the largest f-stop to get the greatest depth of field.
-I find that I can leave the ISO and SPEED the same and just adjust the f-stop to get the right exposure.
-Getting the proper red color is a big challenge. I need to keep working on that.
PHOTOS:
All my colonies started as frags that I purchased over the past 1-2 years and mounted on 2”x 2” tiles, so they are still just “mini-colonies.” About 35 of 100 are large enough to start to frag. (I started with SPS in 1995 but sold my entire collection 5 years ago when I semi-retired and moved several times. I just started up again 3 years ago when I realized I cannot give up this hobby!)
Here we go…….
Who thinks the TSA Rainbow Fusion is the same as JF Jolt?
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