kien's 150g Room Divider Mixed Reef & Stuff

[kien]

Originally Posted by neoh

what camera and lense do you use to take such wonderful photos?

Thanks!

I switch between using a canon 40D and 5D Mark II. For lenses I'll use the canon 100mm macro or the 105mm zoom lens.

Originally Posted by Bblinks

That's because kien takes shots mission impossible style, hanging from the ceiling.

So true. Thanks

Originally Posted by Myka

Great photos! Everything looks happy! --Except those SPS corals in the bucket! You definitely look at the bright side.

Thanks. The tank actually doesn't look as bad as the Bucket of Death suggests. I'll throw up a FTS in a few days after I dump a few more photos.

Originally Posted by daplatapus

Very nice. Glad everything is on the rebound. I love the colour of your Duncan's and that Favia is really cool.
Is that urchin a type of pincushion?

Thanks. Ya, the favia is definitely a show stopper and yes, that's a pin cushion. I have a couple. The pink one and an orange one.

Originally Posted by b09u5

Great photos kien! Sorry to hear about the freeing up of real estate, but it seems that it could have been a lot worse.

I suppose on top of all these costs for me to get into the hobby, I am going to have to add on an expensive camera and lens, so that I can try to keep up! Luckily I won't have much to shoot for a few more years.

Congrats on the 4 year anniversary!

Thanks. It definitely could have been a lot worse, and in fact, it has. I've gone through a couple of rounds of complete coral (SPS) wipe outs. Although there was loss (and some decline) here, it wasn't a complete write off.

You don't need need an expensive camera :-) Well, I suppose it depends on your definition of expensive! Lenses do tend to be on the pricy side though..

[kien]

Montipora nudosa.



Montipora confusa. This is actually two frags that I got from two different people. You can see the rift where they are colliding.



Season's Greetings / Chilli Pepper / Reverse Sunset Montipora



Rainbow Montipora





Pokerstar Montipora




Sunset Montipora





Montipora spongodes.



Montipora undata



Superman Montipora

[ SPACE RESERVED (still missing from my collection of montis) ]

[JDigital]

Wow! Your coral looks incredible buddy! Quite the collection of Montipora's too.

I didn't know you photographed with a 40D. I've been thinking of picking one up off Kijiji. It's what I use to shoot with a few years ago too. Although the cost of the Macro lenses is the real kicker.

[kien]

Originally Posted by JDigital

Wow! Your coral looks incredible buddy! Quite the collection of Montipora's too.

I didn't know you photographed with a 40D. I've been thinking of picking one up off Kijiji. It's what I use to shoot with a few years ago too. Although the cost of the Macro lenses is the real kicker.

Thanks josh. Ya that's where I got my 40D, Kijiji :-). Was cheap too!! It takes great photos if paired with a nice lens. You and I both know its all about the lens more than the camera body. I could produce the same photos with my two lenses on pretty much any camera body :-). I don't like using the 5D because it's quite a bit heavier and I'm a weakling. Also, I never take advantage of its full frame. 90% of my photos end up being cropped down to 800x600

What I do like about the 5D is its high ISO (up to 12K). However, in a tank lit by three 250watt metal halides, ISO is hardly an issue :-)

[JDigital]

Yea, Lighting is never really an issue when photographing a tank.

I gotta get something though. Iphones do NOT like LED's so it's impossible to take a decent photo of my tank at home and I do need something for the office otherwise no one will ever see it. (at least no one on the interwebz)

[lastlight]

Four years! Blows my mind man... I'm hoping to follow in your tiny footprints! Pics are bangin' like always. I'm loving the monti collection they all look fab. I forgot all about the superman. I used to have a branching one and it grew nutty fast. Wonder why it's not for sale all over the place.

[Rice Reef]

Awesome pics as always! Sorry that you lost some corals but the tank looks like it is making a nice comeback!

[kien]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Four years! Blows my mind man... I'm hoping to follow in your tiny footprints! Pics are bangin' like always. I'm loving the monti collection they all look fab. I forgot all about the superman. I used to have a branching one and it grew nutty fast. Wonder why it's not for sale all over the place.

Originally Posted by Rice Reef

Awesome pics as always! Sorry that you lost some corals but the tank looks like it is making a nice comeback!

Thanks guys! Ya, I used to have both the Superman encrusting monti and branching digi. Sadly I've lost both and am trying to source out replacements. Funny thing is, I do have a superman monti that I got from a local reefer, but its growing is very odd. It encrusts but you can hardly see its polyps at all. They are either constantly retracted, like ALWAYS retract, or their polyps are naturally really small. Like, grain of sugar sand small.

[kien]

Bali green slimer stag.



Unknown acropora.



Blue polyp Austera.



Tri-colour Acropora valida. (aka. Bonsai valida)



A frag of the same coral, planted eleswhere in the tank.



Pink/Purple Stylophora. Looks more blue due to the 22K bulbs but more purple/pink in person.



Crayola plana mutant. This started out as a typical Crayola plana but has decided it wanted to be something else instead.

[Zoaelite]

Work blocks all of my photos so I'm just going to imagine all of your amazing shots...


Ooohh ahhhhh... ooooo Kien your photo skillz are so legendary!!










Actually though, excited to get home and see these.