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Looking good, sir!
FTS and a couple side shots. It’s really been changing in the last couple months. Couldn’t be happier!
Lovely shots.
Is that an Anacropora on the top of the middle scape?
Very nice!
Hello there! Your photo skills are on point!
I was wondering what settings you are you using for the photos? Any advice you could give? Do you use a Tripod?
Thank you!!
Settings vary from photo to photo. It depends what I’m trying to shoot. I’ll tell you the first time I picked up a dslr to shoot my aquarium, I thought that was it. I thought I was never going to get good photos But I kept reading and reading and learning everything I can about a camera to begin with.
Some advice.
1) always turn your flow off including your return.
2) always close all your blinds so their isn’t light coming into the room where your tank is.
3) photos should be in manual mode and raw setting.
4) lens matter a lot!! (But the two photos you sent me in particular of the side shots, were actually shot on like 35 dollar 50mm lens from amazon)
5) learning iso, fstop, and shutter speed
-some simple advice is don’t go above 200iso or your photos will become grainy.
-lower fstop will give a more cinematic photo due to the depth of field where as the higher the fstop the less depth of field you will get.
-shutter speed I play around with depending on what I’m shooting in the aquarium, different areas of the tank have more light than others so I have to compensate that with the shutter speed.
6) tripods are super important so yes definitely use one and there are some good ones that are fairly affordable.
7) I never shoot under super blue lights. I feel like it washes everything out. Some people like it but it isn’t so much my style.
8) don’t try to be like someone else. Everyone has their own style when it comes to taking photos.
9) don’t hesitate to edit photos. I edit photos to sometimes brighten the photo and or change the exposure, contrast, white balance and or saturation.
10) Have fun!! And be careful not to spend too much time, my eyes start to hurt haha. (I only use the viewfinder, I don’t use my lcd screen to take photos)
Don’t over edit. To many people change the representation of the coral they actually have. I edit photos to try and show people what my eyes actually see. I’m not trying to make a coral look as if it’s glowing and you need to wear sunglasses in the house
I hope that helps but don’t hesitate to ask more questions
Wow! What a write up! Thanks for taking the time!
What lenses do you the most? The 50mm? What current body are you using?
Any tripods you recommend?
My next investment will be in a quality macro lens and tripod
Nice tank and photos. I just broke down (did I say Broke) and bought a Nikon 3300D with telephoto lens and will be playing with photo shots as soon as this weekend
For the money spent , that is my hopes. Your pics look great !Thank you!! Congratulations on the camera. That lens will really let you zoom in haha
For the money spent , that is my hopes. Your pics look great !
Great pictures Denis.
All looks very happy.
Do any of you who have the reefer series feel like they have to adjust their overflow a lot? I feel as if one moment it’s silent and then randomly gurgling. If I adjust it seems good for a week and than once again the gurgle return on the second overflow/emergency pipe.
Anyone else have this happen?
I cannot speak on the stock adjustment valve since I’ve never used it on my 350. I went with a custom plumbing job and installed a slip x slip 3/4” Spears gate valve. The overflow is almost always dead silent. I occasionally get the gurgling noises but the occurrences are isolated to changes caused by me (hand in tank, too much flow, rock addition/removal). My Kessil light fans make more noise than the overflow!
I cannot speak on the stock adjustment valve since I’ve never used it on my 350. I went with a custom plumbing job and installed a slip x slip 3/4” Spears gate valve. The overflow is almost always dead silent. I occasionally get the gurgling noises but the occurrences are isolated to changes caused by me (hand in tank, too much flow, rock addition/removal). My Kessil light fans make more noise than the overflow!