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08-10-2006, 04:29 AM
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Some shots from the Malawi tank
I know, I know, freshwater. Boo! Hiss... Regardless I know a lot of you have freshwater tanks as well, including African cichlids so may like to see some photos from todays photo session. Didn't take any photos of my SW tank today.
Ruby Red  Male Venustus, not showing his spots  Dimidiochromis compressiceps. Not a great shot, but the best I've gotten of this fish yet  Cheers Nelson 
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08-10-2006, 04:55 AM
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Exquisite. Does the tank have a black background or is there some trick to getting the background, the part outside the depth of focus, to show up dark like that?
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08-10-2006, 05:16 AM
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Gorgeous fish! Makes me want to get back into cichlids, but all that fighting made me crabby
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08-10-2006, 04:17 PM
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Thanks everyone. These guys are in my 125 gallon tank. Although I do have two SW tanks now, most of my tanks are still FW. I find they're very easy to maintain with weekly water changes done with the Python.
Anyway regarding the photos, the background of the tank is black, but to get a nice black background the trick is to use an external flash. In this case I have the flash on top of the tank facing down and the light from this flash reaches the fish, but doesn't reach the back of the tank. Therefore because the background does not get much light from the flash it comes out very black.
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