Now that the Chalice POTM is closed maybe I should have chosen one of these?

[PedroYoung]

Gold Skarn-2 by Peter Young, on Flickr

Gold Skarn-3 by Peter Young, on Flickr

hot stuff-3 by Peter Young, on Flickr

and for the zoa lovers
scarface by Peter Young, on Flickr

 

[Vincent100]

All nice but number 1 is my favorite

 

[PedroYoung]

All nice but number 1 is my favorite

It's crazy, that chalice used to be shaded by a plating Monti that I had to pull when I got some Monti eating nudi's (Ugh). It suddenly was getting blasted by light, halfway up in the tank and bleached out. 6 months later it's coloring up and starting to grow and the new growth has that crazy glowing edge and the gold that used to be somewhat muted is now just popping. The second pic is the same one, it's growing so much the neighboring favia has been blasting it with nightly sweepers. Thanks for the kind words.

 

[brian moran]

About what are the settings u use under all blues to get that dark look & highlighted fluorescent colors?

 

[jhuntington12]

Sweet!

 

[PedroYoung]

About what are the settings u use under all blues to get that dark look & highlighted fluorescent colors?

Do you mean camera settings or lights? On the camera, these shots were with a red/ deepwater filter. Shot at 400 ISO, F9. I also set the exposure compensation somewhere between 2 and 3 (I've found that makes a big difference in making the colors really pop).

 

[PedroYoung]

Sweet!

Thanks, I have to agree

 

[Clintcrabtree]

When is the February POTM Voting Poll going to be put up?

 

[PedroYoung]

When is the February POTM Voting Poll going to be put up?

Good question, I have been looking for it. Can't actually remember which photo I submitted, but I think this one.
unreal hotstuff3 crop-3 by Peter Young, on Flickr
Vote for Pedro!!

 

[Livinlocal]

I am also curious, about when would they normally post them? Is there a set date each month?

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Wow! Those are some beautiful shots!

 

[PedroYoung]

Wow! Those are some beautiful shots!

Thanks, I'm trying to work on this part of the hobby (cheaper than new frags, the shots are free now).