First try at macro shots

tektite · May 23, 2013

Sooo, I finally got a macro lens!!! So excited, its been a long time coming lol. Took it for a first day test drive...some pics not so great on technical quality but I still liked them. Will have better pics after a little practice

Rainbow tube anemone

Encrusting blue iridescent codium

Maze brain

Purple and gold lobo

Iridescent macroalgae

Ultra gold/rainbow hammer

Pink goniopora

Superman rhodactis

Pavona

Papaya clove polyps

tektite · May 23, 2013

Conical spine starfish

Purple hammer

Mycedium chalice

Cyphastrea

Undata monti

Bicolor hammer

Purple branching macroalgae

Red macroalgae

Acropora

Branching coraline algae

tektite · May 23, 2013

Dragon's tongue Halymenia

Green with purple tip frogspawn

ORA red goniopora frags

Pink/green birdsnest

Fluorescent green hammer

Green birdsnest

Green deepwater acro

Photosynthetic gorgonian

Eagle eye zoas

rufus2008 · May 23, 2013

Good job, great looking corals!

revhtree · May 23, 2013

Wow WOW WOW! Great job, awesome shots!! Please keep sharing!

LisaD · May 23, 2013

Absolutely stunning shots!!! What lights were these taken under?

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FragDaddy · May 23, 2013

Very nice ! Keep up the great work

cparka23 · May 23, 2013

Nice photos! What lens did you get?

watchguy123 · May 23, 2013

Those are phenomenal!!!

bcalberti · May 23, 2013

Beautiful photos!

tektite · May 24, 2013

Thanks everyone

The pics should get better from here as those were all my first attempts

LisaD said:
Absolutely stunning shots!!! What lights were these taken under?

Both my reef and macro tanks currently have t5 lighting.

cparka23 said:
Nice photos! What lens did you get?

I got the Canon 100mm f2.8L

reefin101 · May 24, 2013

Those are very good! What camera body? Did you have to do any special white balance stuff or these on auto?
Did you shoot thru the tank glass? Use a tripod or by hand?

revsgirl · May 24, 2013

Stunning pics!! Thanks for sharing!!

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tektite · May 24, 2013

reefin101 said:
Those are very good! What camera body? Did you have to do any special white balance stuff or these on auto?
Did you shoot thru the tank glass? Use a tripod or by hand?

I use the Canon 5d mkII.

Most definitely not auto white balance, most camera's auto will only go up to 8000K on its own, using the K white balance setting will go up to 10,000K, much closer to the spectrum of our lights. A few quick color tweaks in photoshop finished the job.

Most of these shots were through the glass, but 4 of the macroalgae shots were using a top-down view acrylic cylinder I built.

All shots were handheld.