ZOA ID please

[hmmmmm]

Bought a large colony locally, around 200 polyps. I thought it was Pink n Gold going of the pictures he posted. He thought it was Gold Dust. Now I have them under a coral care for a few hours and they seem to show some extra colors I wasn't expecting on the edges. Looks like only the polyps that are very close to the surface are displaying these extra bright lash colors.

Photos are taken with a smartphone, no editing, 15k filter + macro lens.

The ones in lower light don't have these bright lashes.

Any thoughts? Cheers

 

[chaostactics]

Pandora or Mowhawk my bet is on Pandora

 

[RedFrog211]

+1 Pandora

 

[hmmmmm]

Pandora or Mowhawk my bet is on Pandora

Ah yes that makes a lot more sense, thanks!

 

[chaostactics]

Ah yes that makes a lot more sense, thanks!

The photos are by the way. Nice work!

 

[RedFrog211]

Yes, gorgeous photos captured the colors very well!

 

[chaostactics]

@hmmmmm what lens kit are you using and are you utilizing and zoom with the macro lens? How far away from the glass are the polyps?

I've gotten good photos but not that much detail.

The attached are from an S21 Ultra using a polyplab lens kit but not the macro. I've gotten good pictures but there's just something about yours, a higher level of detail I haven't achieved.

3" from glass.

And 10" from glass respectively

 

[hmmmmm]

@hmmmmm what lens kit are you using and are you utilizing and zoom with the macro lens? How far away from the glass are the polyps?

I've gotten good photos but not that much detail.

The attached are from an S21 Ultra using a polyplab lens kit but not the macro. I've gotten good pictures but there's just something about yours, a higher level of detail I haven't achieved.

For me it all comes down to distance, angle and the type of light. Macro needs to be as close as possible. The above pics are taken with the polyps maybe 1 inch under the water surface, with the lens basically touching the water ;Happy

Also, the light spread seems to matter. These photos above are taken in a temp QT Box with a Coral Care (gen1) 10 inches from the water, which is the same size as the box. So the light spread is very even. I have a Nano tank upstairs, and even though it looks very fancy under the Reefled 90 blue lights, its quote difficult to get good detail photos. Here you can see the light source very clearly, its 1 point, so when you put your hand or camera in between the light and the tank its already ruined because of the shadows.

I could still get some nice images but its very difficult to get the same level detail as the pictures i posted above. You can see the effect of the lens when used with distance. The edges of the frame are distorted and out of focus.

Basically i need to get everything at an angle in the nano, while with the coral care i can get it straight from the top with even light spread and much closer. So when i single out a polyp i dont have the focus issues that i get when trying to capture a bigger frag.

Im using the Arka lens kit, with the included 4x zoom lens. So smartphone with macro lens (Poco F3), 4x Arka zoom lens + 15K or 20K Arka filter.