Orange torch - what do you think?

[Borat]

I get it you like coral of sticks
Me to! high five! This one vury niiice!

But how you say…not like the lps? look at this it size of hand (non gypsy!) and reminds me of fiery Kazak sunrise!

Five Hi!

 

[VintageReefer]

Five Hi!

Jagshemash!

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

See. Orange stays orange. Yellow stays yellow. Green stays green. Blues stay blue. Pinks stay pink. The orange filter does nothing to the color of the corals. If anything is different than standing in person, it’s very subtle

If the torch was yellow, gold, etc it would show up that way.

And no. I’m not wearing orange glasses when I say “in person” viewing

But you're kidding yourself if you think those photos are equivalent to the human eye and what you truly see.

The photos I always see you post are definitely pleasing to the eye, but far from reality. I always felt your photos are meant to push the boundaries of color to make them appear to be what they're not.

To me most of the photos I see of yours are the equivalent of me putting my orange glasses on and viewing my tank. But none of us walk around with orange glasses on.

I may not have most of what's in your euphyllia collection, but I know that it takes time rewiring your mind to distinguish subtle difference under normal tank lighting. Most people see greens and browns of varying shades. Just looking at that branching cyphastrea and knowing what it truly looks like on its best day, I can deduce that your photos are not capturing reality.

That's why I suggested to take that swatch set it next to your 'orange' euphyllia snap a photo with the proper filters and post processing to see how off the orange you compared it to really is.

My point was that comparing a photo of color swatches under normal lighting and showing it side by side with a photo that's been adjusted to pull out certain colors isn't a comparison at all.

In fact it would be fun to grab a bunch of swatches and photograph them in the same manner you do with corals and see which colors truly mimic the same conditions. My theory is most would eld up in various shades of greens, grays and browns.

 

[thamnasteroid]

These are prolly just gold torches under whiter lighting.

 

[MERKEY]

@MERKEY
I did it. Might be a technicality, but I would consider this orange torch. It might be orangish or orange-gold in some lighting, but this might be as close as I can get to an orange torch, and a lot of the time it truly looks orange. Especially if you have a Knicks or 24k nearby and can see them both at once.

Very beautiful torch!

I'm glad you found one that you are happy with!!!

Goes very well with the res too your collection;)

Nice grab at a good price !

 

[VintageReefer]

But you're kidding yourself if you think those photos are equivalent to the human eye and what you truly see.

The photos I always see you post are definitely pleasing to the eye, but far from reality. I always felt your photos are meant to push the boundaries of color to make them appear to be what they're not.

To me most of the photos I see of yours are the equivalent of me putting my orange glasses on and viewing my tank. But none of us walk around with orange glasses on.

I may not have most of what's in your euphyllia collection, but I know that it takes time rewiring your mind to distinguish subtle difference under normal tank lighting. Most people see greens and browns of varying shades. Just looking at that branching cyphastrea and knowing what it truly looks like on its best day, I can deduce that your photos are not capturing reality.

That's why I suggested to take that swatch set it next to your 'orange' euphyllia snap a photo with the proper filters and post processing to see how off the orange you compared it to really is.

My point was that comparing a photo of color swatches under normal lighting and showing it side by side with a photo that's been adjusted to pull out certain colors isn't a comparison at all.

In fact it would be fun to grab a bunch of swatches and photograph them in the same manner you do with corals and see which colors truly mimic the same conditions. My theory is most would eld up in various shades of greens, grays and browns.

My branching cyphastrea is the way it looks in my photos as are my torches.

Example - my torch of the gods. I would not have believed this if I never had it. It’s a crazy insane neon pure yellow in person. Not “green yellow” like a grail. No photo tricks or lighting tricks. It’s bright frickin neon yellow. It’s not a blue light trick either. It actually gets more yellow and brighter with more white

Blues

Adding whites

Taking blue out completely - it’s the only torch I’ve seen that retains its bright colors in pure white leds. Here it is with no filters, no editing, white light. Look at the skin tone. The eggcrate.

In blues the tips become green which needs blues for that to happen. But the torch is incredibly vibrant in all lighting. I’ve never seen anything like it.

Most of my coral is hand selected, high grade, best of the best for what it is.

That branching cyphastrea is not a regular one. It’s a lineaged one from Vivid, and yes this is how it looks in person

This is more of a day spectrum and is very accurate

And adding in more blues and reducing whites makes it really pop

My tank is incredibly vibrant and colorful. And I do have coral viewing glasses, and they do make the colors more enhanced but I seldom ever use them. It’s simply not needed

My amazeballs looks just like this

The orange torch is not something that’s super bright orange. It’s in between gold and orange

In white light, unfiltered, you can see what’s going on. You can see the gold accents at the base. THAT is what typical gold torch looks like. But you can also see it blends from that gold, into almost a tan color. It also has a purple base like most indo gold torches. But the tentacles are not standard colors. Only the base. When the coral is under regular reef spectum, which for me is blue biased, or under full blue with white 0-5% then you see it and are like huh, that could be orange. And it becomes very obvious when you compare it in person to a actual gold torch - it’s different


Bumping white up to 70 white/15 blues

That yellow at the base, is the yellow gold typical 24k or gold torch has. But, it’s not carried all the way along the tentacle. This is different.

And the result when you put in reef spectrums is a unique color. Call it how you interpret it. Copper?

Anyway I have not been keeping reefs, the longest on the forum, but I do have ample experience and am approaching 25 years. I’ve owned many many torches. I can promise you, the two that I put in this post, are truly unique and items that I would be have believed if I hadn’t seen or owned them.

Holy grails are a popular one that look green yellow, I bought one. A high end one. It’s yellow is a trick. For me at least. It’s a bright green torch. Like a cotton candy. Which I do own. But this is a little more neon, and occasionally has a bit of a yellow sheen. But for the most part it’s bright green

You see some yellow in top down, and pure blue light, but it doesn’t like this in person from the side

Gold torch is to the left in the background. It’s different than this

 

[Reefering1]

How about some pics, in your regular lighting, just walk up and take pics- no filter or processing(raw)

 

[VintageReefer]

How about some pics, in your regular lighting, just walk up and take pics- no filter or processing(raw)

As in no leds at all? Sunlight ?

 

[Reefering1]

As in no leds at all? Sunlight ?

No, as in however your lighting typically is (that makes the torch look orange).

 

[chip shop]

There won’t be 1 as it would just be a gold indo torch without the orange lense

 

[VintageReefer]

No, as in however your lighting typically is (that makes the torch look orange).

Ah I understand.

Unfortunately phone cameras are hypersensitive to blue leds. And I mean almost any amount of blue. Without using an orange correction lens, it comes out with blue saturation at least 10x greater than reality.

The orange filter is more of a neutralizer. It doesn’t change the coral color, it just blocks the excessive blue and results in the corals looking 90-100% (depending on coral ) as they look in person without wearing any glasses.

If the lens does any altering, it’s not a color change, it’s more of a brightness thing. Sometimes corals can result appearing slightly brighter or more vibrant than real life, I would say 5-10% but the colors are the same. Some corals come out identical and some come out a little more bright. But the color is the same

 

[VintageReefer]

There won’t be 1 as it would just be a gold indo torch without the orange lense

They why don’t other gold indo torch in my tank, in same lighting and photograph conditions look this way with identical lighting and lens ?

Here is a 24k which is Indo gold variety, and a Knicks which I feel is just another Indo gold variety

All I did was crop the photos. The lighting and lens are identical

 

[VintageReefer]

There won’t be 1 as it would just be a gold indo torch without the orange lense

Funny, the orange lens doesn’t alter these Indo golds

 

[chip shop]

I don’t see any orange maybe my age