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Samw
08-26-2003, 08:11 AM
250W HQI AB 10K +96W PC 50/50 + 95W VHO Super Actinic

http://www.hyperdream.com/~samw/reef/Equipment/Lighting/Comparisons/146-4625_img_std.jpg


95W VHO Super Actinic only

http://www.hyperdream.com/~samw/reef/Equipment/Lighting/Comparisons/146-4639_img_std.jpg

Dorkel Marine 1
08-26-2003, 08:23 AM
Hi again Sam. What is that middle coral in the first photo. Its amazing what some good lighting will do. Big difference with the atinic.

George

Samw
08-26-2003, 08:25 AM
George, that is a corky sea finger. They eat (encrust over) other gorgonians and take over their skeleton since this coral can't grow their own skeletons.

MORE PICS (http://www.hyperdream.com/~samw/reef/Coral/Corky/)

Oh wait. You're talking about the rose anemone in the first photo posing like a toadstool?

StirCrazy
08-26-2003, 04:10 PM
how about one with the actinics and the MH?

Steve

Samw
08-28-2003, 08:19 AM
how about one with the actinics and the MH?

Steve

Sure, I'm waiting for my animals to get back to their original locations so I can take more pics. They've been hiding.

Samw
09-01-2003, 07:28 AM
MH + VHO Actinic

http://www.hyperdream.com/~samw/reef/Equipment/Lighting/Comparisons/147-4751_img_std.jpg

MH + PC 50/50

http://www.hyperdream.com/~samw/reef/Equipment/Lighting/Comparisons/147-4752_img_std.jpg


PC 50/50 Only

http://www.hyperdream.com/~samw/reef/Equipment/Lighting/Comparisons/147-4753_img_std.jpg

PC 50/50 + VHO Actinic

http://www.hyperdream.com/~samw/reef/Equipment/Lighting/Comparisons/147-4754_img_std.jpg

Samw
10-27-2003, 02:42 AM
MH Only

http://www.hyperdream.com/~samw/reef/Equipment/Lighting/Comparisons/149-4995_img_std.jpg[/img]

sumpfinfishe
10-27-2003, 07:53 PM
George, if your looking for some corky finger gorgonian, I have about three 5" frags forsale.

Also great shots as always Sam, I like the first shot in the second set of images :cool:

robbyville
10-29-2003, 12:47 AM
Love the comparisons!

Can you tell me how you take the photos so that coloration looks so wonderful? Whenever I take a pic it seems very yellow or dark!

Samw
10-29-2003, 02:52 AM
Can you tell me how you take the photos so that coloration looks so wonderful? Whenever I take a pic it seems very yellow or dark!

Thanks. I don't do anything special. I've started to use the "Autolevel" feature from my BreezeBrowser program that converts the raw image to a webpage. The program also automatically sharpens the image.

robbyville
10-29-2003, 04:36 PM
Thanks, I'll start to experiment!