Lighting Comparisons
 

250W HQI AB 10K +96W PC 50/50 + 95W VHO Super Actinic

http://www.hyperdream.com/~samw/reef...25_img_std.jpg


95W VHO Super Actinic only

http://www.hyperdream.com/~samw/reef...39_img_std.jpg

Middle coral
 

Hi again Sam. What is that middle coral in the first photo. Its amazing what some good lighting will do. Big difference with the atinic.

George

Re: Middle coral
 

George, that is a corky sea finger. They eat (encrust over) other gorgonians and take over their skeleton since this coral can't grow their own skeletons.

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Oh wait. You're talking about the rose anemone in the first photo posing like a toadstool?

how about one with the actinics and the MH?

Steve

Sure, I'm waiting for my animals to get back to their original locations so I can take more pics. They've been hiding.

MH + VHO Actinic

http://www.hyperdream.com/~samw/reef...51_img_std.jpg

MH + PC 50/50

http://www.hyperdream.com/~samw/reef...52_img_std.jpg


PC 50/50 Only

http://www.hyperdream.com/~samw/reef...53_img_std.jpg

PC 50/50 + VHO Actinic

http://www.hyperdream.com/~samw/reef...54_img_std.jpg

MH Only

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George, if your looking for some corky finger gorgonian, I have about three 5" frags forsale.

Also great shots as always Sam, I like the first shot in the second set of images :cool:

Love the comparisons!

Can you tell me how you take the photos so that coloration looks so wonderful? Whenever I take a pic it seems very yellow or dark!

Thanks. I don't do anything special. I've started to use the "Autolevel" feature from my BreezeBrowser program that converts the raw image to a webpage. The program also automatically sharpens the image.