One of the items I picked up from Golds hand picked coral shipment
 

Here is a green & purple lobophillia that I was able to take home. I also got one of the super green euphyllia but it has not expanded fully, I'll have to post a pic when it does.

I have to take my pictures with a flash, I just cannot seem to figure out white balances to be able to take actinic shots.

I would love to see what everyone else brought home, there was some really nice stuff!!

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w...GreenBrain.jpg

I got a small frogspawn (I'll try to get a picture later - I'll have to clean my glass first :redface:)

I was just gonna comment though, I went in expecting to see some nice SPS but all the nice SPS said "On hold for Greg" or "On hold for James." :lol:

As I walked in the store one super mondo nice purple monti walked out and of course that was the only one there was .. sigh, too bad.

I swear, when the time comes that I'm ready to buy more SPS (once my 280g is going), I think I'm going to just have to go directly to Fiji and hand pick the SPS myself. :lol:

:mrgreen:

So...is that glass clean yet?

My frogspawn seems to be having a hard time adjusting. I got him home around 5:00 Friday night, and he was closed up tight and remained that way through yesterday. He opened up a bit this morning under that actinics but once the hallides came on at noon he has been totally retracted into his skeleton. I just moved him around to see if the placement was incorrect.

Every fish I want is on hold for "Steve"....:lol:

My frogsapwn opened up a bit more and I took a picture. I'm impressed with my skills on this one :)

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w...nk/glowing.jpg

Tony,
There were only 5 sps pieces on hold for me. I've managed to id most of them and you will have access in due time.
I can always fix you up with a frag of that purple monti as well:mrgreen:
Don't forget I am still coral-sitting your sps for you, some of which is getting quite interesting, so when is that 280 going up so I can help you fill it? :wink: It's going to be fun.

Nice frogspawn, I have one just like it and they are very cool.

Hey Snappy, thanks man, and you know I'm just teasin' right? :) (In all fairness ... you had already come and gone when I got there, Albert and the gang just hadn't cleaned off the glass yet so the message was just still there.)

Anyhow, here's the frogspawn I picked up. Not as nice as Greg's but .. well, I think it has some potential. :)

http://members.shaw.ca/hobiesailor/a...frogspawn2.jpg

Same piece, halides off but actinics on, with flash:
http://members.shaw.ca/hobiesailor/a...frogspawn1.jpg

Not sure which photo I liked better. The green comes out more in the actinics-with-flash but I guess it's probably not all that true of a representation.

Try with just actinics, a tripod and and extended exposure...

When I got there on Friday night, it looked like business as usual. There was only 1 SPS left, etc. So I just ended up buying two acan frags and an echino frag. Ah well....still like 'em :)

And Tony, I almost never take aquarium photos with a flash. I don't like the shadows it creates. Do you have photoshop? I find I can under/overexpose a photo at the tank, and correct it quite easily at the computer ;)

Oh, and I also got a free big Aiptasia on one of the frags! I love freebies! Seeing as I've never before seen a single Aiptasia in my tank, I squirted it with boiling water right away. I hope I got it.

I almost never used to take aquarium photos with a flash, but, I will if the halides go off. I won't turn the halides back on for the sake of a photo as it really freaks the fish out, but the flash doesn't bother them one bit. Other than the shadows, the colours seem to come out reasonably true.

I guess I need to learn Photoshop. I have it, just find it far too overwhelming to use. I need a tutorial or a course or something. It is literally too overwhelming, so I don't use it. :(

Tony, I will never again question your mad skillz :) I am like the karate kid telling Mr. Miagi what to do...he he.

As for photoshop...it's one of those things that is so overwhelming, but you've just got to dive in. I have a pretty decent how-to book if you'd like to borrow it.

hehe no worries Drew, I gotz no skillz to be questionin' in the first place.

A book eh, yeah that's not a bad idea. I just figure I kind of need a mentor in that software or something because .. I just stare at all the options going ... "uhhhh ... guh??? buh???? Gahhh!!!!" Then I close it and open the picture in the same old piece of software I've been using for 4 years that came with my Dell. :lol:

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So where's all the pics of the hand picked SPS? I'd like to see what people got, and what will be at the next frag swap.:mrgreen: Whoops, I forgot I'm not allowed to say frag swap anymore.




































Frag swap!

Had my hand picks picked :twised:

:p Anyone here buy that super red donut? It was pretty nice! I'm looking forward to when Albert frags some of those acans, nice colours on some of those.

Why not?

I got 1 of the acan maxima's and the euphyllia cristata. Trying to take pics but my camera sucks and everything doesnt turn out right. Ill keep trying.

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Why not?

Cuz we just had one. :biggrin:

Here are a few of the corals I got, I have the red and green dohnut.

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...pscoral040.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...pscoral010.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...pscoral008.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...pscoral009.jpg

Swwet, you picked up that elegance. I used to have one just like it, one of my favourite corals that I ever owned. Alas, I lost mine in a tank crash over a year ago :(

Enjoy that doughnut it was sweet! I would have got it myself if I hasn't already blown too much cash.