The Optimal Light Spectrum in a Reef Aquarium

Nonya · Apr 4, 2022

Shooter6 said:
Here is 30 meters under the ocean. His hands are green blue but the rubix is still red, yellow ect , why because white light is still reaching down 30 meters, carrying the red and yellow spectrums with it. That is over 3× your 9 meters!

This is a completely unretouched photo. Lol

Shooter6 · Apr 4, 2022

crit21 said:
This is a completely unretouched photo. Lol

So you tell me, what purpose wold they have to touch the video colors for? They are not selling corals and if you watch its a video not a picture hahaha

Shooter6 · Apr 4, 2022

crit21 said:
This is a completely unretouched photo. Lol

It's hilarious that this hobby has become so infected with led lit color enhanced pictures and videos that you immediately jump to the conclusion that there has to be color modification to any and all pics/video.

It's a real chitty issue. Do you remember when that wasn't a thing in this hobby or did you come into it when that was already a normal thing?

oreo54 · Apr 4, 2022

My biggest question was "was that really 100ft depth"?
Anyways this is 100ft. Thought you might like it..Nice fluorescence.

Shooter6 · Apr 4, 2022

oreo5457 said:
My biggest question was "was that really 100ft depth"?
Anyways this is 100ft. Thought you might like it..Nice fluorescence.

Camera lights make it hard to tell the natural lighting. Also does not appear to be mid day . Looking at rhe picture I am guessing it's at pearl harbor. And at retreat, which puts it around 1700hrs 5pm.

Do you have any insight?

oreo54 · Apr 4, 2022

Shooter6 said:
Camera lights make it hard to tell the natural lighting. Also does not appear to be mid day . Looking at rhe picture I am guessing it's at pearl harbor. And at retreat, which puts it around 1700hrs 5pm.

Do you have any insight?

As an instructor aren't you setting a bad example to your students by standing on a wreck like that? Especially one such as the Speigel Grove, sunk specifically to be an artificial reef.

See reddit link in my above post..
Silly people giving him a hard time for standing on it..

USS Spiegel Grove - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

fun with high powered lights and flourescence...
Cropped to improve composition.. or save space..

Nonya · Apr 4, 2022

Shooter6 said:
You are relying on graphs made by others to make a point. How about you stick your camera under water at 3 meters, and a white board and take a picture. Or even better get down there with the white board and open your eyes and see what that board looks l

oreo5457 said:
My biggest question was "was that really 100ft depth"?
Anyways this is 100ft. Thought you might like it..Nice fluorescence.

Does anybody else notice the side lighting coming from the direction of the camera?

Nonya · Apr 4, 2022

oreo5457 said:
See reddit link in my above post..
Silly people giving him a hard time for standing on it..

USS Spiegel Grove - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

fun with high powered lights and flourescence...
Cropped to improve composition.. or save space..

Definitely looks artificially lit or digitally enhanced to remove most of the blue.

Shooter6 · Apr 4, 2022

oreo5457 said:
See reddit link in my above post..
Silly people giving him a hard time for standing on it..

USS Spiegel Grove - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

fun with high powered lights and flourescence...
Cropped to improve composition.. or save space..

Did you see this link on the page you posted the link to?

Nonya · Apr 4, 2022

Shooter6 said:
It's hilarious that this hobby has become so infected with led lit color enhanced pictures and videos that you immediately jump to the conclusion that there has to be color modification to any and all pics/video.

It's a real chitty issue. Do you remember when that wasn't a thing in this hobby or did you come into it when that was already a normal thing?

I remember when people realized that fluorescence was a real thing. I also remember all of the studies and hypotheses that sought to determine the biological purpose for fluorescence. I love the pop my corals get from the "punch" they get from the blue spectrum.

Shooter6 · Apr 4, 2022

crit21 said:
Does anybody else notice the side lighting coming from the direction of the camera?

That is the camera lighting I mentioned, also sun is not overhead but to the back side of the diver,

Nonya · Apr 4, 2022

Shooter6 said:
Did you see this link on the page you posted the link to?

What's your point?

Nonya · Apr 4, 2022

Shooter6 said:
That is the camera lighting I mentioned, also sun is not overhead but to the back side of the diver,

So the artificial light is bringing out the more natural color. I'd rather see that than a backlit deep blue scene.

Shooter6 · Apr 4, 2022

crit21 said:
What's your point?

See how white sunlight is all over the rocks and corals...

Shooter6 · Apr 4, 2022

crit21 said:
So the artificial light is bringing out the more natural color. I'd rather see that than a backlit deep blue scene.

Did you have a point then? Funny you prefer the white lighting of the camera to the blue water and setting sunlight..

Shooter6 · Apr 4, 2022

oreo5457 said:
My biggest question was "was that really 100ft depth"?
Anyways this is 100ft. Thought you might like it..Nice fluorescence.

In the link you attached it said its sitting between 60 and 125 feet. The deck being at 125ft.

Nonya · Apr 4, 2022

Shooter6 said:
In the link you attached it said its sitting between 60 and 125 feet. The deck being at 125ft.

Even better

Nonya · Apr 4, 2022

Shooter6 said:
Did you have a point then? Funny you prefer the white lighting of the camera to the blue water and setting sunlight..

I thought the point was that without artificial lighting, filtration, or digital processing, the photos below just a few feet are predominantly blue, and the red is completely gone. Wasn't that the purpose of the "discussion"?