100gal Build: New Pics

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by fishoholic

Amazing pictures as always, looks great. Did you get a new fuzzy dwarf lionfish? Looks like it from the 1st pic.

Thanks, yes he is new, a zebra dwarf.

Originally Posted by Dez

Very nice tank and great pictures. I think you should change your build thread title to "trimless" just to statisfy Mindy (aka Myka).

hahaha, I'm just going with the common description, I don't care what you guys want to call it

Originally Posted by Mrfish55

Yes and what exactly is Straphire?

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Thanks for pointing that out, never noticed it until now

Originally Posted by globaldesigns

Quit artsy fartsy... Great eye on composition, send us some more.

Thanks! If you say so...

[Mrfish55]

Originally Posted by sphelps

Thanks for pointing that out, never noticed it until now

Surprised it made it nine pages without someone
Stunning pictures by the way, very impressive.

[Myka]

Do you mind sharing what settings and photographing methods you're using on your camera to get photos like that? They're stunning!

[hillegom]

+1

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by Myka

Do you mind sharing what settings and photographing methods you're using on your camera to get photos like that? They're stunning!

Originally Posted by hillegom

+1

Not at all

All taken with Nikon D300 and Sigma 150mm (225mm equiv) Macro
Aperture priority set to minimum (greatest DOF) F/22
Exposure time depending on the picture but around 2-10sec
ISO 200
Preset white balance
Hard sharpness
Noise reduction set on camera
No flash
tripod used
Backgrounds removed in photoshop CS4

[hillegom]

Nice equipment and you are a good photographer

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by hillegom

Nice equipment and you are a good photographer

Thanks. I also turn off all pumps to prevent movement during long exposures and I'll ocassionally move corals into better lighting for the picture then move them back.

[reef bound]

All beautiful. Nice job. I was interested in a night-time full tank/room shot to see about light pollution. We're just trying to decide what we're going to do for our next tank. We love the rimless idea and your tank is a great example. Thanks for the inspiration!

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by reef bound

All beautiful. Nice job. I was interested in a night-time full tank/room shot to see about light pollution. We're just trying to decide what we're going to do for our next tank. We love the rimless idea and your tank is a great example. Thanks for the inspiration!

To give an idea on light pollution I took two pictures at night, one with no light except the fish tank and the second with room lights on as well for comparison. Both pictures taken with the same settings from the same position. Room lights each have one 13w CF.

[Myka]

A delayed, thanks!!!

How's your tank doing these days?

Originally Posted by sphelps

Not at all

All taken with Nikon D300 and Sigma 150mm (225mm equiv) Macro
Aperture priority set to minimum (greatest DOF) F/22
Exposure time depending on the picture but around 2-10sec
ISO 200
Preset white balance
Hard sharpness
Noise reduction set on camera
No flash
tripod used
Backgrounds removed in photoshop CS4

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh....I get it. I was wondering how you got the nice black backgrounds. =] I should get a tripod for my cam.