Are these Purple Hornets?

[tony_3a]

I have a galaxy s4 and use the app "Camera Zoom FX" it works pretty well. Just need to play with the zoom and focus.

[pinhead]

I've got a Pentax dSLR and it doesn't give me good photos in full auto. What shutter speeds, metering, ISO, aperture etc. will give me consistent results to take pictures of my Zoas? I can shoot in RAW and adjust things in Photoshop, but what I really need is some hints to get me headed in the right direction.

[Top-dogg]

Originally Posted by pinhead

I've got a Pentax dSLR and it doesn't give me good photos in full auto. What shutter speeds, metering, ISO, aperture etc. will give me consistent results to take pictures of my Zoas? I can shoot in RAW and adjust things in Photoshop, but what I really need is some hints to get me headed in the right direction.

Try to play with your exposure until you get the photo that you think is close to what it actually looks like. (manual mode)

[daniella3d]

They surely look like the real thing. They look like they have the alternating tentacle color, one tentacle purple, one yellow, etc...

with the african polypes all tentacles have the same color, start purple and end up yellow at the tip. The hornet don't have a mix of color in their tentacles and each tentacle have a single color, either blue or yellow.

That is the distinctive trait of the real purple hornets. I am glad to see they grew well for you under LED. Seem that it's probably the way to go with them then, because mine did not do well under T5HO and were growing slowly, then they were chewed up by amphipods

Can you tell me what LED you are using? also what strength?