WYSIWYG or Not a WYSIWYG?

[Jgomez324]

It's called Lightroom and saturate you can get the pic to be any color.

 

[LuckyEd]

I am new to the hobby, so this is a lesson for me. Buyer beware.

 

[Jgomez324]

I am new to the hobby, so this is a lesson for me. Buyer beware.

A good way to tell is look at the color of the egg crate if it's not white or black that's how much the pictures are edited.

In your case how natural does the plug look....

 

[Monkeytank]

Hi Guys,
I recently made an online wysiwyg coral purchase from an online vendor. This is not a vendor bashing thread. I just wanted to get some of your opinion whether or not the frag I received constitutes as WYSIWYG or not. My argument was that if I had known the coral was colored down I would never have made the purchase. Again do not ask me where I got this coral from because this is not a vendor bashing thread. I just feel I have been wronged and the vendor completely disagrees with me.
So far everyone I have spoke to said it's not a wysiwyg if the colors are completely different from the original photo.

Vendor's photo

Photo of the coral after unboxing

The vendor's photo has washed way oversaturated yellows and golds on the plug or whatever it's sitting on. Clearly that is an over-processed photo where the blew out highlights and pumped up the color so far it washed out the top of the photo. You are right to be ticked. It's the same coral, but it's NOT WYSIWYG. Add them to your list of folks to never buy from again.

 

[ZoaReefer]

Go buy a UV flashlight from your local dept store, the kind that's used to find scorpions, pet pee, etc. They are usually 395nm and $10.
Turn off all your other lights at night and shine the flashlight on your coral. You'll see colors that you've never seen before in them.