Jul 2020 POTM- Blue coral

esther · Jul 19, 2020

astn_reef said:
Technical info
- Sony A7III
- Tamron 28-75mm F2.8
- f/2.8 | 1/400 | ISO 400

This Jason Fox Fruity Pebbles Monti was chosen because it's my newest coral and i'm already in love with the color its making. The bright blues complimented by red, orange and yellows create such a perfect contrast in my tank.

The decision to choose a macro composition was solely based off the textures of it's skin and it just wouldn't have gotten its justice with all the gradients in color had I taken it any other way.

My favorite parts of the image were the ability to capture all the bokeh as beautifully as it looks as well as catching an edge of my other frag giving it just enough leading lines and not making the image feel too flat.

Beautiful coral!

Daniel@R2R · Jul 24, 2020

Bumping this up for more entries!!

esther · Jul 24, 2020

Daniel@R2R said:
Bumping this up for more entries!!

How am I supposed to win if more people enter???

Beth Villmow · Jul 24, 2020

Reeffraff said:
Unnamed deepwater Acro. Picked it up from a LFS as a 1" so-so colored frag for $10.
Nikon D750
105 mm 1:1 macro

Beautiful!!!

dragon99 · Jul 24, 2020

My favorite blue acro, ice fire echinata

najer · Jul 25, 2020

How many days do I have left to pop to my lfs to pick up a blue coral?!

Nice pics people.

sp1187 · Jul 25, 2020

Blue Ridge Coral
Ohhhhh.... you meant the color blue?

sfin52 · Jul 26, 2020

No named zoa I found buried and under horible lights. I traded the Lfs some keyna trees for the zoa.

Jman76 · Jul 28, 2020

Ill throw in a massive Oregon Tort colony, wish it would grow faster!

maroun.c · Jul 28, 2020

My favorite coral in the tank Blue Oregon tort, regrown twice from frag in 5 years.

maroun.c · Jul 28, 2020

3 days left to submit, lets see your blue corals

gt44ever · Jul 28, 2020

Going to throw my hat in for the first time:

Details:
Olympus E-PL7
Olympus 60mm Macro lens (love me some close-up photography)
ISO 800
f/5
1/20 s

Don't know for sure what it's called, but it's one of my favorite zoas. Growing out very nicely while we build it's eventual home.

Useful_Idiot · Jul 28, 2020

Cali tort

Leishman · Jul 28, 2020

From my old, old tank. Pic taken late 2009 w an Olympus underwater point-and-shoot

MRRBW · Jul 28, 2020

I'll play but I can't compete with these. My little blue clove polyps are the only blue in the tank

evolved · Jul 28, 2020

Blue polyp A. humilis.
I grew this one out from a 1" frag from Unique Corals over the past couple years. Lots of light, but more importantly, lots of flow for this species.
I love digitate acros - beautiful, and definitely a challenge!

I’ma tempermental coral · Jul 28, 2020

Let’s give this a shot shall we! This is a blue Cynarina that I picked up for Ann @Living Reef Orlando. It grabbed my eye in on her web page and has since blossomed into one of my favorite corals in the tank! The picture was taken underwater with an iPhone with no filters and the only editing was to crop the image down to just her. Be sure to zoom in on her to see some great detail even I wasn’t expecting to see!