February 2015 POTM - LOVELY Corals !!

[Myka]

Lots of non-coral pics! That tube anemone is a fantastic photo though!!!

Man, those other two rainbow brains would look really good next to mine!

[Samw]

Originally Posted by Myka

Lots of non-coral pics! That tube anemone is a fantastic photo though!!!

Haha, I mentioned that to Brad and I think he'll let it slide as long as the organism is in the Anthozoa class.

[brandonpauley]

Haha thanks for all the compliments on my pic. I know it's not a true coral, but hey when am I ever going to get to show it off!
BTW, the full high res pic looks way better, can see all the little neon strips in each of it's tentacles, tough to see in a low res pic

[kien]

Originally Posted by Myka

Lots of non-coral pics! That tube anemone is a fantastic photo though!!!

Man, those other two rainbow brains would look really good next to mine!

Mindy brings up a very good point. We can have a very lengthy discussion (no, not here) about what a coral is exactly. The long and short of it is, a coral is a very general term that describes pretty much anything in the class anthozoans. This includes anemones.

Seriously though, let's not have that discussion here. We want pictures ! Feel free to discuss what a "coral" is/means in (coral) discussion thread. For the purposes of looking at pretty pictures, the general definition is good enough

That is all, carry on.

[Snappy]

Green Dragon

[Samw]

Blowpop Zoas

[Proteus]

[davej]

An underwater rose

[Samw]

Here's a Bonsai that turned out nice. It might look like I post-processed my photos like crazy. But nope, the Kessils put out so much blue and white light, I only have to apply automatic white balance to all of my photos. But I do have to dial down the camera's exposure. Otherwise, the raw photo is way too bright.

To see the raw image straight from my camera, here's the link: https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...3e&oe=5548507E