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untamed
02-28-2007, 06:15 PM
Just a few shots from my recent caribbean vacation...Inspiration for what I want my tank to look like.

Food for thought. None of these corals look this nice when you are seeing them with natural light at 50' depth. The red light just doesn't get down to this depth. It's not until my strobe lights them up that you see their colours. Does the lack of light actually contribute to the colours? Could it be that we should be reducing the light we give our reefs, except for viewing time?

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Chowder
02-28-2007, 06:21 PM
Those are some amazing pictures.
michika
02-28-2007, 06:46 PM
Very nice!
Joe Reefer
02-28-2007, 06:53 PM
mmmm I love turtles.:biggrin:
Delphinus
02-28-2007, 08:08 PM
Sweet! :cool:
Snappy
02-28-2007, 11:49 PM
Very nice pictures. As far as the colours, if you notice in the Carribean, most of the really bright colours are the coraline and sponges that don't need or want a lot of light. So if that is what someone has those in their tank then yes the bright lights are for viewing purposes only. However much of the sps we keep need extra light to encourage the bright colours. So to address your question, it depends on what we are keeping. Oh man I love diving, it is a whole other world. Those pictures turned out great. What camera were you using? Thanks for sharing.
untamed
03-01-2007, 05:41 AM
Yes, you are correct. Most of the bright colours are sponges. It's made me consider that I would like to keep more sponges than I have in the past.

The camera is a Motormarine SeaNSea, with the strobe attachment. Yup, still shooting film.

You know, I can't think of a better application for digital photography than underwater photography...yet, there doesn't seem to be anyone addressing this application since Nikon gave up on the Nikonos.
Snappy
03-01-2007, 06:17 AM
I have a sealife (actually Pioneer with their name on it) and it's digital but it's too slow, both in the reaction time from when I press the button as well as between shots. The megapixels are too small as well and no macro setting, it's about 5-6 years old, I think. Anyawy it unfortunately couldn't take the pressure at 140 ft down at the "Blue Hole" in Belize and now only works sometimes. The case is waterproof for 200 ft but the camera apparently wasn't built to handle that depth, go figure. I was just asking because I need to get a new dive camera one of these days and you took some great pictures with yours.:smile:
I think I need to get an external strobe as well, my old one only had a regular flash, so only about 1/10 pictures were ever any good (my avitar is a good one for example athough a bit on the blue side).
Thanks,