Photoshop?

thedonmeister · Dec 31, 2023

Has anyone ever ordered from kush corals before? The pieces look really nice but pictures look really saturated. I just don’t want to buy something and get it and it looks nothing like the pictures.

Fishn28 · Dec 31, 2023

Lots of places crank up the blue light to make the colors pop

gbroadbridge · Dec 31, 2023

Everyone uses photoshop, I just don't buy online.

thedonmeister · Dec 31, 2023

gbroadbridge said:
Everyone uses photoshop, I just don't buy online.

I’ve just personally never seen coral with such a blue hue in person which is why I asked. That’s unfortunate.

Fishn28 · Dec 31, 2023

thedonmeister said:
I’ve just personally never seen coral with such a blue hue in person which is why I asked. That’s unfortunate.

They may have camera lenses that make it that way too

Oiseaufeu · Dec 31, 2023

Fishn28 said:
They may have camera lenses that make it that way too

Or a filter. I know that an orange filter might do this to the photo. Though, I never heard of colour enhancing lens at all.

sfin52 · Dec 31, 2023

thedonmeister said:
Has anyone ever ordered from kush corals before? The pieces look really nice but pictures look really saturated. I just don’t want to buy something and get it and it looks nothing like the pictures.

Yes cranked up the blue and than saturation and other tricks. Than they up the price and you don't get the coral to to look the same in your tank

Ask to see it in white light.

Fishn28 · Dec 31, 2023

Oiseaufeu said:
Or a filter. I know that an orange filter might do this to the photo. Though, I never heard of colour enhancing lens at all.

That’s what I meant the orange filter

vetteguy53081 · Dec 31, 2023

Photoshop is a huge suspect

Oiseaufeu · Dec 31, 2023

Fishn28 said:
That’s what I meant the orange filter

You’re welcome! I’m taking photos and I looked into lenses and none have an orange filter integrated in them.

Oiseaufeu · Dec 31, 2023

sfin52 said:
Yes cranked up the blue and than saturation and other tricks. Than they up the price and you don't get the coral to to look the same in your tank

Ask to see it in white light.

Yeah, that’s very infortunate, but orange filter will filter the blue out of the light before photoshopping it.

MrGisonni · Dec 31, 2023

My symphyllia coral looks that blue towards the end of my light cycle. Those photos were taken with jacked up lights and a professional camera. You might get those colors if your lights are good and you get right up to the glass and look.

Mikeltee · Dec 31, 2023

If you like the strain Google it and find real life pics of it. If it's worth having, there are plenty of pics online. My lfs sells these high end corals for 20% of what is offered online. Sure it takes a year or two for the latest and greatest, but I'm okay with that. Most of his high end sticks come from local guys that trade frags for store credit. Do yourself a favor and find a LFS like mine.

thedonmeister · Dec 31, 2023

Mikeltee said:
If you like the strain Google it and find real life pics of it. If it's worth having, there are plenty of pics online. My lfs sells these high end corals for 20% of what is offered online. Sure it takes a year or two for the latest and greatest, but I'm okay with that. Most of his high end sticks come from local guys that trade frags for store credit. Do yourself a favor and find a LFS like mine.

You’re right on that. I’d rather buy a coral that was in someone’s tank thriving vs someone who ordered wild and broke it down. Unfortunately not too many around me like that. Most of the places around me have bubble algae and aptasia.

Fishn28 · Dec 31, 2023

thedonmeister said:
You’re right on that. I’d rather buy a coral that was in someone’s tank thriving vs someone who ordered wild and broke it down. Unfortunately not too many around me like that. Most of the places around me have bubble algae and aptasia.

Do you dip?

Uncle99 · Dec 31, 2023

All of my super colour end Acans reverted back to traditional red colours after a year.

thedonmeister · Dec 31, 2023

Fishn28 said:
Do you dip?

Yea I do. I’m going to start actually putting corals on brand new plugs after I buy them from now on too.

Fishn28 · Dec 31, 2023

thedonmeister said:
Yea I do. I’m going to start actually putting corals on brand new plugs after I buy them from now on too.

Not a bad idea

Mikeltee · Dec 31, 2023

You will have that everywhere. My LFS is filled with dinos. Surely there's a good LFS within an hours drive from you. I head 2.5 hours sometimes. It's worth it. If it's a high end coral you can probably ask the online place for pics with white and they will ablige if you plan on spending a few hundred. Here's my LFS. The pics are unaltered and lit with Kessils. He ships coral and inverts. I was offered a gem tang for $325 the other day...