Re: red devils

by preacherboy Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:18 pm

I would love to see a full tank shot of this tank!

Any way that you can make that happen, friend?

by **bulldogg7** Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:49 pm

best I can do in the daytime
red devils - Page 6 IMG_9726

by preacherboy Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:57 pm

Thanks Jeff, that is one cool tank!
I'll bet he's one protective dude when you come near the tank!

by **Aura** Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:03 pm

That java moss should spread quickly and look nice. I ended up ripping mine out of the tank, however, because it was such a debris catcher. I had to shake it out at water change time and it became such a hassle keeping the tank clean. I hope it works out better for you -- it really does look nice when it takes off and is clean.

by **bulldogg7** Thu Jan 07, 2010 5:32 pm

by **bulldogg7** Thu Jan 07, 2010 8:22 pm

by **Rift_Lakes_Rule** Thu Jan 07, 2010 8:27 pm

Great shot's Jeff, those fry are really growing fast!!!

by theswede Thu Jan 07, 2010 8:34 pm

Love the first pic with all the fry.

by football mom Thu Jan 07, 2010 9:10 pm

Love that tank, and the pics with all the fry are awesome!

by briansbelle Thu Jan 07, 2010 11:12 pm

love the pic with the dad waiting in the background for anyone to mess with his babies Wink

by **bulldogg7** Fri Jan 08, 2010 2:34 pm

Some days stuff just works scratch

Onboard flash, 10Xmacro filter on the 18-55mm kit lens, manual mode ISO100 shutter200 Aperture14-16
10 out of 17 shots were decent

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by theswede Fri Jan 08, 2010 2:56 pm

Awesome shots camera

! Love the evil eye pic. Amazing that you can get so clear close ups on the fry. Great stuff Jeff. thumbs up

by preacherboy Fri Jan 08, 2010 5:49 pm

Wow, nice pics, Jeff!
I am just going to have to force myself this winter to learn how to use my
Canon DSLR that I got last year for Christmas.

I've been thinking about signing up for some photography classes.

by **bulldogg7** Mon Jan 11, 2010 10:43 am

OUCH!

by theswede Mon Jan 11, 2010 1:21 pm

Nice one. Saw a guy hand feeding a sea eel on tv yesterday. He lost a thumb. The eel mistook it for a snack.

by **Aura** Mon Jan 11, 2010 3:06 pm

Did you take that picture yourself? With one hand?

by **bulldogg7** Mon Jan 11, 2010 3:21 pm

yep

just did a little goofing off with the flash bouncing off the top of the water, might post some of those in a bit

by **bulldogg7** Mon Jan 11, 2010 3:44 pm

by theswede Mon Jan 11, 2010 3:59 pm

Sweet!

by preacherboy Mon Jan 11, 2010 4:02 pm

Do you plan on separating the fry from the parents soon?

by **bulldogg7** Mon Jan 11, 2010 4:04 pm

Gonna leave them in there till they turn into feeders, then I'll try and catch what I can.

by **bulldogg7** Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:48 pm

the flash died on me after about 5 shots, I was too lazy to swap the batteries
only got one pic that had any potential, so did a little tweaking to it
copied the layer so I had the fish separate, sharpened that layer
didn't like the funky maroon algae so played with the color balance a bit to get it green, then guassian blurred that layer till the specks were gone
unmasked the fish on the copied layer so it wasn't blurred and colored

red devils - Page 6 CONVAR15

by theswede Wed Jan 13, 2010 2:13 pm

Second pic is much better. Photoshop?

by **bulldogg7** Wed Jan 13, 2010 2:32 pm

yep

few no flash shots, still trying to get the hang of it
red devils - Page 6 IMG_0252

by theswede Wed Jan 13, 2010 6:55 pm

Looks like you got the hang of it to me.

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