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Restarting a 40 pillar reef.

ThatGuy

ThatGuy

Spideybry said:
Cool shots, do you happen to have an updated FTS?
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August 10th
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September 8th
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Notice the quality between the two picks. Just from figuring out a little camera trick. ;)
 
Spideybry

Spideybry

ThatGuy said:
August 10th
AUGUST10_zpsfb4c15da.jpg


September 8th
SEPTEMBER8_zpsbc8f4b4c.jpg


Notice the quality between the two picks. Just from figuring out a little camera trick. ;)
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Very nice :) It is usually hard for me to like pillar tanks because of the lack of usable space for corals (unless you do a non-photo tank), but this looks awesome :)
 
ThatGuy

ThatGuy

jose7878 said:
Very nice. So what's the camera trick ?


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from a different club site


setting up the equipment:

-set the camera up on a tri-pod
-turn off ALL pumps providing any kind of water circulation
-make sure the lens is perpendicular to the glass….if its at an angle…this will distort the picture and make it look blurry
-set the lens zoom and focus to manual, and adjust by hand by looking through the eye piece.

camera settings:

-shoot at the highest/finest/largest setting possible (RAW if possible)
-Auto White Balance should be fine to shoot in (if you get advanced enough you can mess around with this setting)
-set ISO to 0 for now, but if shots are coming out too dark or blurry, you can adjust up to 200. any higher than 400 and pictures will start to look grainy.
-set the shooting mode into APERATURE PRIORITY (Av mode on Canon camera’s located on a dial on the top of the camera, by setting the f/stop manually, the camera will automatically adjust the shutter spead based on the available light)
-set the f/stop of the camera to b/w f/9 and f/13. (the higher the f/stop, the smaller the aperature….and the greater the depth of field….however….as the depth of field gets larger, the sharpness will degrade……..thus f/9-13 seems to be a good sweet spot for coral shooting)
-use the self timer function….so when you press the button the camera will count down before taking the picture
-MAKE SURE TO TURN THE FLASH OFF

Post-picture Processing:

-if you took the picture at a higher setting, you will need to shrink the picture to 800×600 pixels in order for proper web page viewing. this will also make the file size smaller.
-adjust brightness, contrast, expsure, white balance, tone, color saturation etc. (takes some trial and error before you know what you are doing)
-make sure to convert any RAW images to JPEGS, after making your adjustments.
 
ThatGuy

ThatGuy

Spideybry said:
Very nice :) It is usually hard for me to like pillar tanks because of the lack of usable space for corals (unless you do a non-photo tank), but this looks awesome :)
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I know exactly what you mean. That pillar actually doesn't touch any of the sides. I think there is only one spot where it touches the hob skimmer box.
 
ThatGuy

ThatGuy

Also wanted to share my tank indicator. This was a little chunk of flesh on a stick that I cut down and just glued to the rock figuring what the h3ll. Figured since this was doing well I could add more. And so I have.

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ThatGuy

ThatGuy

Well since I did the lights out and dosed peroxide the RBTA has started to move(making me nervous) so I put him in a little container for the time being until I figure it out.(maybe a dedicated nano?). Other than that the algae outbreak seems to be dwindling back so fingers crossed.
 
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