Macro shots of reef corals...

St. Agony · Jan 17, 2008

I am new to upper end photo taking world...but I thought I would share some of my macro shots of my reef corals in my tank. The thing about these is that you can not see this much detail with the naked eye, like the mouths of the coral or the zooanthale lines that you can see in some of them.

Hopefully some might enjoy these...

TATTRAT · Jan 17, 2008

1 and 4 I like. Great clarity of the polyps.

St. Agony · Jan 17, 2008

TATTRAT said:
1 and 4 I like. Great clarity of the polyps.

Thank you very much!!!

TATTRAT · Jan 17, 2008

No worries, I have had great frustration's over such shots. Spent a LOT of time at the local aquariums, and of coral, I might have 4 shots to show for it, though I am shooting through the glass(tanks).

St. Agony · Jan 17, 2008

TATTRAT said:
No worries, I have had great frustration's over such shots. Spent a LOT of time at the local aquariums, and of coral, I might have 4 shots to show for it, though I am shooting through the glass(tanks).

This was shot through my acrylic tank..so I know how that goes...

TATTRAT · Jan 17, 2008

I see you have patience, lol

here are some of my sea life shots

http://thephotoforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=100006

http://thephotoforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=107781

all through the glass, but as you'll see, no corals, lol.

Ls3D · Jan 17, 2008

Those are really, really nice! Now you just need a more subtle stamp.

-Shea

St. Agony · Jan 17, 2008

TATTRAT said:
I see you have patience, lol

here are some of my sea life shots

http://thephotoforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=100006

http://thephotoforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=107781

all through the glass, but as you'll see, no corals, lol.

Those are great...that grouper and clam are very nice!!! Fish are so hard to capture!!!!!

St. Agony · Jan 17, 2008

Ls3D said:
Those are really, really nice! Now you just need a more subtle stamp.

-Shea

Thank you...can you explain what you mean by "stamp"...my name in the photos perhaps?

Ls3D · Jan 17, 2008

my name in the photos perhaps?

Yes, distract a bit from the awesomeness of the shots. I understand your concerns about intellectual property, but this is the Wild Wild Web.

I just now finished this one for my shots... what do you see first?

-Shea

St. Agony · Jan 17, 2008

Ls3D said:
Yes, distract a bit from the awesomeness of the shots. I understand your concerns about intellectual property, but this is the Wild Wild Web.

I just now finished this one for my shots... what do you see first?

-Shea

I see your point, I might go with a thinner font in smaller size in the future...Thanks for the suggestion and you have some amazing shots on your site by the way!

Ls3D · Jan 17, 2008

Oh thanks, I'm learning... Keep an eye out as you surf watermarked and or copyrighted photographs to see how other people handle it.

-S :mrgreen:

St. Agony · Jan 17, 2008

Ls3D said:
Oh thanks, I'm learning... Keep an eye out as you surf watermarked and or copyrighted photographs to see how other people handle it.

-S :mrgreen:

That is a great I idea...I will make sure to do that.