barbianj's stuff Time for a new reef tank

Hehe, thanks, Vinny. The PAR 30 bulb puts out a lot of light, especially with the distance from the tank. I tried a PAR 38, but it was brighter than I wanted.

 

Yeah I know you.Just did it to blind people who come over your house.

 

Wow, Your fish look huge .... Id love to see them in person! I LOVE Blueface Angelfish!

 

Stop by any time you're in the area. Bring crayfish. ;D

 

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Actually, the light doesn't shine in your eyes at all. I thought it would. Works much better than I thought it would.

 

For you or your Triggers ? Could probably pick you up a 5 G bucket of them before coming...

 

By accident, I was able to set my white balance under all blue LED's to take pictures that are very close to what I see by eye. I was playing around looking for a good gray area in the tank to sample. I noticed that the photos all came out with way too much yellow and red, so I decided to take a sample on a red chalice. Surprisingly, the colors came out very close to real life. Then I sampled the War and Peace coral, and the colors were almost exactly what I see when I look at the tank. It's kind of cool, because I bought the LED's to highlight the colors of the corals, but could not get good pictures to share them with everyone. They were all taken underwater with the D10.

Here they are in no particular order. ;D

 

Wow Jerry,

What simply amazing images and the coloration is perfect.

Honestly is impossible for me to find a favorite among the group.

Is that a pink Goniopora?

 

Great idea and shots Jerry, the fish look so beautiful under the light.

 

Gorgeous shots of the corals. I read 18% grey is the way to go. Need to order that from a camera shop I guess. I found the connectors on for the hoses on the new Fluval 06 series is just about right for white balance using grey.