Walt Disney tiny colony under black light. Something different

[AZMSGT]

I often look at my corals under a black light to see them in their night time feeding mode. Now that they are starting to grow and looking healthy I thought I would photograph the WD today.

Hope you all enjoy.

Camera: Canon 5Dsr
Manual mode & Manual focus
Lens: Canon EF 180mm f/3.5 Macro
ISO:3200
F-stop f/8
Shutter speed: .3 sec
No shutter release, I used the internal camera timer to activate the shutter.
Tripod: RRS Series 3 Mk2 34L
Ball head: RRS BH-55
All pumps shut off
Post processing: Adobe Lightroom classic
Lighting: Hand held black light flash light. I would shine the light directly through the glass from different angles to illuminate different parts.

If anyone has any questions on how to accomplish these just ask.

 

[F i s h y]

I love the black light picture.

 

[GabeM]

What wavelength is the flashlight that you use?

 

[AZMSGT]

What wavelength is the flashlight that you use?

Darn good question. Unfortunately, I can't offer an exact answer. I live in the desert and we have nasty critters here. The light I use is the same one to detect scorpions. It's also good for finding bio spots (animal markings). We have two dogs in our home.... Nuff said on that.

This is a similar light:

Scorpion 14 LED Black/Purple LED UV Flashlight AAA Battery Mfr# 302479 - Ace Hardware

This 14 LED UV blacklight flashlight has a durable rugged aluminum construction design. This black light flashlight will make scorpions glow brilliantly, illuminating and revealing themselves to you with the power of black light. The first step in scorpion elimination is scorpion detection.Find...

www.acehardware.com

 

[AZMSGT]

For reference here is the same coral in more daytime color.