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Hengki Koentjoro’s Underwater Photos
This photo is one in a series by Hengki Koentjoro, his work has been featured on many different websites and art blogs. Hengki really has a knack for exposing interesting and unusual moments and textures, evidenced by his heavy use of black and white photography. For more of his underwater images, be sure to check out his gallery HERE.… More:
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Tagged black and white photography, photo, textures, underwater images, underwater photos
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Aussie Hammer Varieties
Lots of new colors and patterns showing up in recent Australian Euphyllias, evidenced by this photo from Todd Cherry. He’s even got the Aussie Yellow Splatter in there for good measure. It’s hard to believe that corals like this, which grow so well in our aquariums and are easily fragged into new colonies, are at risk of being declared endangered. The outcome of that sort of action could mean that giving someone a head of these corals would be illegal.… More:
Caribbean Reef Squids, Juvenile Reef Squids
Good morning friends, I had mentioned to you that we had a small group of newborn Caribbean Reef Squids around our floating dock area and yesterday I jumped in twice to photograph them! These five little babies are less than an inch long but act like full size squids! By this I mean they are already incredible hunters as you see above, they can flash colors like their parents and in a blink of an eye they can disappear leaving only a cloud of ink in their path! As I was following the group yesterday one of them darted out into a big group of little bait fish and by golly caught one, I was completely shocked! I then followed trying my best to get a photo but it was so hard because of us being so close to the surface of the water, the waves and surge were really throwing me around but of course not bothering him at all. He then carried his fish around for about five minutes before finally eating it, what an amazing sight to see. After playing with the squids I swam down to 15 feet and watched the Pipefish for awhile and did get a few shots, will get that to you all soon. Here is a little more squid information from MARINEBIO.ORG they have a great site and great information and perfect for those of us who don’t have much time in the morning, read on. MORE:Caribbean Reef Squids, Baby, Juvenile Reef Squids… More:
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Tagged parents, photo, pipefish, squids, waves
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Andrea’s Negusanti Italian Marine Aquarium
Here we are to introduce and comment one of the most beautiful reef tanks I’ve ever seen. Most of all, we’d like to admire the skill of Andrea Negusanti, aka AndreaNegu, who was able to have as many as two of his tanks awarded as “tank of the month”. We’re also proud to have Andrea as the centerpiece of our italian-pizza-and-aquarium-lovers group “MagnaRomagna“.
Andrea’s tank was tailored in order to fit into his home environment and is based on a custom Elos tank (125x70x55) entirely made in extra clear glass 15 mm thick. The tank’s gross capacity is 480 liters, which is also the system’s overall capacity, also considering sump volumes.
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Tagged andrea negusanti, andreanegu, Aquarium, echill, Elite, elos, epower, fauna marin, layout, lgmaquari, lgr1401, lgs950, magnaromagna, marine-aquarium, nori seaweed, oceanlife, omega, photo, picture, proskimmer, soft shrimp, spirulina, svc, teco, tempo+dimmer, tr15, ultra marine, wonderful, zeus
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Whipping in the “Wind”
This Pipe Organ (Tubipora musica) colony grew like a weed in very heavy flow and always reminded me of wheat in a field on a windy day. The challenge for this image was to capture that look while retaining sufficient polyp detail.
I chose an “opening” in the colony so the image would have some in-focus polyp bases to give the eye a starting point and finished the composition by filling the rest of the frame with flowing polyps. The next step was to determine exposure settings that would deliver the flowing effect I wanted yet retain sufficient detail in the polyps.
The end result is an image that is on the abstract side and may not be of interest to everyone. I like the lines in the image and the hint of pinnules here and there, along with the changes in color. It’s also one of those images you can view more than once and see new elements.–Gary L. Parr, www.gparr.com, www.reefthreads.com… More:
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Tagged Coral, photo, pipe organ, Tubipora musica
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Coral Forest
Photographically, corals aren’t really interesting to me until I get close. As I move in, there is a point at which I enter a kind of alien world and start to see things I don’t normally see. This photo of Seriatopora is an example of that alien-world effect.
When I approached this colony, owned by Paul Law of Paul’s Corals, Mukwanago, WI, it wasn’t the colony that caught my eye. It was the repeating pattern of tall, slender “trees” that make an endless alien forest in which you could become entrapped forever. Once you enter the forest, there is that inner glow that piques your curiosity and sucks you in even deeper as you seek its source.
The challenge in capturing this image was to decide which portion of the colony to photograph, i.e., where does the image start and where does it end? I tried to find a section that offered a progression of spikes from front to back. The frustration is that I couldn’t get lower and use an upward angle because the coral would distort in the image.
The other challenge with this coral in particular, and SPS colonies in general, is that you’re almost always dealing with very strong metal-halide lighting that causes a wide exposure range from top to bottom. To keep from over-exposing the tops, you have to underexpose the overall image and then adjust the shadow areas in post processing. The pure-white growth tips are always going to be white and blow out at the very tip, but you have to minimize that so the image doesn’t visually become a bunch of white points.
Whenever I look at this image, I enjoy the polyps, colors, and the repeating pattern of vertical lines. But the little thing that makes this image work for me is that inner glow at the base of the colony that looks as if there is a camp fire lighting up the floor of the forest.
Technical details: 1/12 sec. @ f/22, ISO 400, Canon 7D, Sigma EX 180 macro, tripod, remote release, mirror lockup.–Gary L. Parr, www.gparr.com, www.reefthreads.com… More:
