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[Delphinus]

I was trying to get some photos which capture the lavender's colours. Long story short it's hopeless to try get a good photo which captures the details, he's just far too fast. I have deleted dozens upon dozens of photos of indistinguishable blurs.

So I thought I'd try baiting him with some nori and filming him instead. The camera I had in hand isn't great for detailed videos so I apologize in advance for the quality, but it's 100 times better than any of the stills I got. I think I'm going to give up on trying to get photos and instead focus on videos. I'll use a different camera next time and see how things turn out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajwKGbs5OA0

[christyf5]

LOL Tony that rabbitfish has double chins, maybe you should cut back on the feeding?

The lavender tang is pretty, still darker than I expected though. I wonder if they're only light colored when they're stressed? I've only ever seen the one at our LFS and it was really pale in color (you could see the coloration in the fins much better).

I'm really liking that angel (?) you have in there. It sails onto the top part of the screen at the beginning of the vid. Is that a lamarckii? Ooh a pair(I see another one about 1/4 way through the video)??

[Delphinus]

A slightly better video. My first attempt at editing, so please be kind!! The video is about 3 minutes long.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77VzJheJIOc

[Lance]

Great video Tony! I loved it!
Glad to see the little X-Hatch looks no worse for wear. If I might ask, where did you get those tongs from and how long are they?

[Delphinus]

You know, I'm not sure anymore? One of the LFS's. I've seen them all over. They're about 24" long and came with plant pruning attachments as well, but I only use the gripper attachment. The tank is 30" deep and the stand is 30" so the top of the tank is at eye level so even standing on a stepladder I can barely reach the bottom without extending my reach somehow.

I'll see if I can find a link for them.

[Delphinus]

This is them: http://www.jlaquatics.com/phpstore/s..._ID=em-ztong24

[Lance]

Oh yeah. I've seen those before. It looked different in the vid for some reason. Thanks.

[es355lucille]

Great Video Tony!! Nice first go!! I really enjoyed that, there is nothing like watching fish and listening to good music. Brad

Originally Posted by Delphinus

A slightly better video. My first attempt at editing, so please be kind!! The video is about 3 minutes long.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77VzJheJIOc

[lastlight]

Oh damn I didn't have my sound on at the time. I've loved this track ever since I discovered the Apartment in a Telus (burn Telus BURN) ad. Score!

Great treadmillin' track fyi.

[Delphinus]

I have been trying to capture the lavender in a good photo. He has such exquisite features but so subtle so photos just don't capture them. Plus he's very very fast, for whatever reason, photos end up so dark for me, I have to have the aperture wide open which gets me a razor thin depth of field, so getting focus nailed in is a challenge.

Here are the keeper results of my last few attempts.













Thanks for looking. Also, any tips for photographing fish gleefully accepted.