Planted Tank pictures - NX300

bryguy_ASU · Feb 14, 2014

I'm a newbie and just got my first camera that is miles ahead of my cellphone and P&S camera.

I started out on auto, but finally ventured out to aperture and shutter priorities.

Anyways, my new toy is a Samsung NX300. Still a work in progress. My settings are all crazy so a little post processing.

Tank still (along with my photo skills) coming along. Taking a photo class next session at ASU -- so I'm sure I'll learn some new tricks.

Pics of my new embers tetras. Experimenting with shutter priority mode to isolate and freeze their motion. AF wasn't cooperating so I tried MF with focus peaking.

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Close-Up of my elatine triandra, it just started taking off!

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Check out the UG... newly planted and starting to spread (carpet in)!

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Top view:

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What's powering it all... the Current Satellite LED+ fixtures X2!

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And lastly, end the night with a nice cloud cover dynamic mode. Oops, should have turned off my tv.

Ron Evers · Feb 14, 2014

Looking good!

Designer · Feb 14, 2014

Nice pictures, and I really like that light!

DarkShadow · Feb 14, 2014

Looks good,Nice work setting up the aquariums.

Designer · Feb 14, 2014

Just for the heck of it, here is a link to a blog, I think, but lots more about the light.

http://www.azaquaticplants.com/community/showthread.php?t=18015

bryguy_ASU · Feb 22, 2014

Haha... thanks guys! I didn't get any notifications about the posts here. I'm new to this forum and I guess I need to fix my settings or something.

@Designer -- LOL...that's actually one of my blog posts about the light. That's one of my user names... I frequent the planted tank forums quite often.

Here are a couple of more shots... Just added this Electric Blue Ram (dwarf cichlid to my tank):

71M · Feb 22, 2014

Light Guru · Feb 22, 2014

bryguy_ASU said:
Haha... thanks guys! I didn't get any notifications about the posts here. I'm new to this forum and I guess I need to fix my settings or something.

@Designer -- LOL...that's actually one of my blog posts about the light. That's one of my user names... I frequent the planted tank forums quite often.

Here are a couple of more shots... Just added this Electric Blue Ram (dwarf cichlid to my tank):

Nice I've got a pair of german blue rams in my tank.

bryguy_ASU · Feb 22, 2014

GBR's are my first dwarf cichlids and still one of my favorites. You have any pics of them?

Light Guru · Feb 23, 2014

bryguy_ASU said:
GBR's are my first dwarf cichlids and still one of my favorites. You have any pics of them?

No I shoot B&W film with a 4x5 camera so not a good set up for photographing a fish tank and when I try with my iphone it just won't give me a fast enough shutter speed.

Warhorse · Feb 23, 2014

Very nice pic's!

I miss having an aquarium, but not the work involved in taking care of it.

bryguy_ASU · Feb 23, 2014

Warhorse said:
Very nice pic's!

I miss having an aquarium, but not the work involved in taking care of it.

Thank you .. it's like a labor of love. When I first started an aquarium, when it was fish-only, with plastic fake decor, I hated working on it too. It just wasn't as immersive and "creative." Step into the world of aquascaping, and it's like another art form. There's a ton of plant species and fish, each with their own level of difficulty. The ones pictured here are considered rare and difficult. There's a delicate balance of light intensity, fertilizers, and co2 injection... What we in the planted tank community refer to as a "high tech planted tank." If the parameters aren't set right, algae and dead plants will ensue.

Look up Iwagumi, Dutch aquascape, nature aquascape, and ADA's very own Takashi Amano. He's a photographer, designer, and aquascaper. There's some amazing YouTube video's and articles on him.