A few shots

Curtie44 · Nov 27, 2010

I was bored today so I decided to take a few pictures...

Antonias1391 · Nov 27, 2010

very nice!! how long have you had the birds nests?

Curtie44 · Nov 27, 2010

Antonias1391 said:
very nice!! how long have you had the birds nests?

Thank you. I bought the Birds of Paradise in Sept '09 @ MACNA. The other birds nest I think I bought around the same time but I don't really remember. Here is a side by side shot taken on Oct 13, '09:

Antonias1391 · Nov 27, 2010

cool i have both as well started as 1/2 and both are over 1 1/2 but the ora birds best is definatly a faster grower!

revhtree · Nov 27, 2010

Very nice!!

skinz78 · Nov 27, 2010

Sweet shots! Do you have a FTS?

Reefboy4life · Nov 27, 2010

Sweat

Curtie44 · Nov 28, 2010

skinz78 said:
Sweet shots! Do you have a FTS?

Thanks, I wish I was a better photographer. Some of the pictures people post on here are insane. Here's the best I could do for a FTS. I know, the aquascape sucks but it's too late to fix it now, way too much stuff to tear out!

Curtie44 · Nov 28, 2010

Here are the pics that made up the FTS

Left:

Right:

Curtie44 · Nov 28, 2010

Here are a few more

Tubbs blues

Nuke Greens

Unknown blue

Sunset Monti

underwaterfirefighter · Nov 28, 2010

Man, the pics look fine to me! Your corals look awesome and I see nothing with the scape either! Nice job. Thanks for sharing.

Dave

clowns101 · Nov 28, 2010

Very nice!

What type of camera are you using?

Curtie44 · Nov 28, 2010

clowns101 said:
Very nice!

What type of camera are you using?

Thanks. I wish I could get the color to look a little better. I have to figure out this white balance business. I use a Canon 30D and switch between Canon 100mm Macro and 28-200mm lens.

Curtie44 · Nov 28, 2010

underwaterfirefighter said:
Man, the pics look fine to me! Your corals look awesome and I see nothing with the scape either! Nice job. Thanks for sharing.

Dave

Thanks for the kind comments. I guess I'm just tired of looking at the same scape for so long but dread the thought of re-doing it:smile:

clowns101 · Nov 28, 2010

Ya,WB is so important,my camera I have is horrid,I cant even adjust the WB setting on it,it is all pre set,nothing coustom!

Im stuck on a Canon T1i or Canon Xs,both same price,one has extra lences,and one dosent...LOL

Curtie44 · Nov 28, 2010

Wow, I just did the custom WB setup and the shots came out terrible. I think I get the truest to life images by setting up a custom color temp and setting it to 10,000K. Still tinkering though....

ctxmonitor · Nov 28, 2010

hey, what's the blue SPS right in the center with three long branch?

Curtie44 · Nov 28, 2010

ctxmonitor said:
hey, what's the blue SPS right in the center with three long branch?

I wish I could tell you but I haven't a clue of it's name. When it's happy it gets a little bit of green running up the all the branches. My tank is finally settling back in from a vodka overdose and the green is starting to come back. It was another piece that I bought at Macna '09 and it's been a pretty good grower. Here is a picture of it right after I got it. The picture was taken in Oct. of '09.