Pics of my tank today.

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  1. ingtar_shinowa

    ingtar_shinowa Giant Squid

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    I don't really know how to mess with 'white balance' but i know what it is. Tips appriciated. Anyways here are some pics of what my tank looks like today without a whole lot of glass cleaning (any)
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  3. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    Jesss I am blind :cheesy: What kind of lighting do you have there ?

    Nice, looks like your going for the sps type tank.

    What kinda of camera are you using, maybe I can help, although I have a very limited education related to photos, as anyone looking at my pics can tell.

    Any chance we can some close ups of the sps frags.
     
  4. ingtar_shinowa

    ingtar_shinowa Giant Squid

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    Thats a 4 bulb T5 Sundial fixture with a Current USA 10k, ATI Aquablue Special, ATI Blue Plus, and KZ Fiji Purple. My camera is a Cannon Powershot A95. Which rack do you want pictures of. I have a zoa Rack, Acro rack, and monti rack (im a moron and have way too many frags, the wife lets me know im on notice, though she did buy me that big colony with the crab today!)
     
  5. 2in10

    2in10 Super Moderator

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    Tank looks good. You should have a white balance option to select. Choose daylight fluorescent lighting. If your camera has an option for the location or ambient lighting choose indoor or cloudy day. If it you have a scene light balance I found choosing the center option works best. Then you will need to mess with exposure time and f stop.
     
  6. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    After you down load the pictures go to image, sharpen image, next enhance colors. Turn down brightness, play with the green, blue and red. Increase contrast, decrease gama and increase saturation. One of my cameras is a Cannon Powershot so that should give you some things to play around with and see if you like them.

    There is a pink looking maybe sps in the rock work that I would like to see, and the sps frag rake if you get a chance.

    TIA
     
  7. ingtar_shinowa

    ingtar_shinowa Giant Squid

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    @ Corailline The pink is a frag of "M. Setosa" though I wonder if it is not another species. It stays pretty pink, and has tripped in size the last few months (got in in april) the tiny piece that broke off of the main frag in shipping is also growing really fast ifnot faster. They were on the same rack but the big frag grew into a Poccilopora and has some tissue damage.

    @2in10 Huh?! My wife will translate ;-)
     
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  9. grinder37

    grinder37 Whip-Lash Squid

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    Tis' bright,but you have a tank to be proud of,looks great!:)
     
  10. ingtar_shinowa

    ingtar_shinowa Giant Squid

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    Acro rack (plus other stuffs)[​IMG]
     
  11. ingtar_shinowa

    ingtar_shinowa Giant Squid

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    Thanks grinder, I think you remember when it was a bit FURRY lol
     
  12. Seano Hermano

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    haha. I couldn't have made that camera help any simpler. Sorry.