Founder And Admin's Tank

[coralreef]

erm....AT huh...very well done..but lack of color leh...

[Achilles Tang]

Yeah... I need spray paint. Most of my purples have turned brown.

Actually, I am still waiting for my kalk reactor/auto water top from cookie/alvy... and my upgraded calcium reactor to come online... my calcium levels are dropping like crazy on a daily basis! That probably caused a lot of browning out but colours are on a rebound...

Here's my purple monster with new growth that are lighter brighter purple... Sorry for the blurred shot, I shot at an angle!

[Achilles Tang]

Here's another purple that Spiderone can vouch that was a lot browner when it first came...

[AlfaRomeo]

I have just added the full tank pic as part of my desktop now along with Tanzy's... wow!

[Achilles Tang]

Err... I don't find it good enough... wait till I scrap off the coralline algae from my background... turn on all the 4 lights (now only 2), and make sure that my radium is changed out for a ushio for consistency.... and someone teach me how to shoot to prevent overexposure on the white sandbed!

And give me a few more weeks for some of my wild colonies to colour up!

[coralreef]

try to get the focus point on the rocks instead of the sandbed and use lower exposure settings

[Morgan]

AT

Your tank really look 'packed'.

You do not have room for growth. What you really need is to pass some of the colonies to me.

[Achilles Tang]

Hi Morgan,

Good to see you back in the forum! You have been too quiet! Need gurus like you to help around!

Yeah.. looks packed... the kind of look I want...

Danano was at my place... he still sees LOTS of room for frag placements and growth... haha... You have to view from the top to see it... front view does make it look more packed.

[Morgan]

AT

If yours still have room for more then mine is like a desert. BARREN LAND with WIDE OPEN SPACES.

[Achilles Tang]

try to get the focus point on the rocks instead of the sandbed and use lower exposure settings

I did! I did!!!

But for a full tank shot... how do you avoid shooting the white sandbed?

Yeah... I went for a low exposure setting already! The problem is that to prevent my sandbed for being too white... I can only bump up the gamma and whiteness a little... thus my tank looks very dim and dull in the photos... Wanna come over and try shooting a nice pix for me?

This is the photo info for my full tank shot...

Date/Time: 2003.10.06 02:48:32

Shutter speed: 1/320 sec

Aperture: 3.2

Exposure mode: Manual

Flash: Off

Metering mode: Evaluative

Drive mode: Single frame shooting

ISO: 200

Lens: 7.0 to 21.0 mm

Focal length: 7.0 mm

Subject distance: 65.535 m

AF mode: Single AF

Focus point:

Image size: 2272 x 1704

Image quality: Superfine

White balance: Auto

Saturation: High

Sharpness: High

Contrast: Normal

[Achilles Tang]

AT

If yours still have room for more then mine is like a desert. BARREN LAND with WIDE OPEN SPACES.

Hmmm.... yeah, that's true.... if I had a tank your size, it would take me another year to stock up and thousands more dollars gone... but it'll be really GOOD!!! I don't mind snorkelling to aquascape your tank!!! What a challenge!!!

[coralreef]

I did! I did!!!

But for a full tank shot... how do you avoid shooting the white sandbed?

Yeah... I went for a low exposure setting already! The problem is that to prevent my sandbed for being too white... I can only bump up the gamma and whiteness a little... thus my tank looks very dim and dull in the photos... Wanna come over and try shooting a nice pix for me?

This is the photo info for my full tank shot...

Date/Time: 2003.10.06 02:48:32

Shutter speed: 1/320 sec

Aperture: 3.2

Exposure mode: Manual

Flash: Off

Metering mode: Evaluative

Drive mode: Single frame shooting

ISO: 200

Lens: 7.0 to 21.0 mm

Focal length: 7.0 mm

Subject distance: 65.535 m

AF mode: Single AF

Focus point:

Image size: 2272 x 1704

Image quality: Superfine

White balance: Auto

Saturation: High

Sharpness: High

Contrast: Normal

cancan....go steal frags....

[nleong]

I did! I did!!!

But for a full tank shot... how do you avoid shooting the white sandbed?

Yeah... I went for a low exposure setting already! The problem is that to prevent my sandbed for being too white... I can only bump up the gamma and whiteness a little... thus my tank looks very dim and dull in the photos... Wanna come over and try shooting a nice pix for me?

This is the photo info for my full tank shot...

Date/Time: 2003.10.06 02:48:32

Shutter speed: 1/320 sec

Aperture: 3.2

Exposure mode: Manual

Flash: Off

Metering mode: Evaluative

Drive mode: Single frame shooting

ISO: 200

Lens: 7.0 to 21.0 mm

Focal length: 7.0 mm

Subject distance: 65.535 m

AF mode: Single AF

Focus point:

Image size: 2272 x 1704

Image quality: Superfine

White balance: Auto

Saturation: High

Sharpness: High

Contrast: Normal

AT,

Its the metering thats the problem here, not the focusing.

What mode are you using with your G3 ? Can it go for Av ? Choose a smaller aperture. If got spot metering option, turn that on.

And you might need a graduated filter to full fill what you want to do.

In this case, an SLR works better.

[coralreef]

in another words....buy new 1...

going for G5...dunno good or not...keke

[Achilles Tang]

It's a G2. Yes, I can choose AV.

I have spot metering. (its the one with 3 boxes, right?... on the LCD, which do i choose).

Do i choose light metering with the spot in the box symbol or without?

Spot AE point is currently AF Point and not centre.

[coralreef]

AT try this website

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canong2/page7.asp

[Achilles Tang]

Doh...

But my spot metering is on... !

How is it the problem?

[nleong]

It's a G2. Yes, I can choose AV.

I have spot metering. (its the one with 3 boxes, right?... on the LCD, which do i choose).

Do i choose light metering with the spot in the box symbol or without?

Spot AE point is currently AF Point and not centre.

AT,

Go for Av, choose an aperture of f8 or f11. You can experiment with it. This will normally give you optimum depth of field.

Not sure about the boxes, I have never use a G2 before.

But spot metering is normally in the center, whereby you want accurate metering, you point that spot onto some gray color, rock would be good enough. Press half way the shutter realease, then recompose and press harder and viola.

Its similar as AE-Lock, the symbol is normally an asterik. The camera will metered where you center focusing point is and retain memory for few second for you to recompose.

If in doubt, consult your manual again.

If you want, you can bracket your shot with 1 stop under or over to see which result you like best. You might need to do a little tweaking later on in PS to bring out the actual contrast and color.

Have fun.

[Achilles Tang]

Cool! Can I create a thread on Tank Photography? It will be good to archive such good info there!

ps - why grey rock?

[hghflyer]

At, your tank is ....no words to describe. Should post in Reef Central. Let them know that Asians can do as good, in fact even better. My vote definitely Tank of the Year.

[Achilles Tang]

Hghflyer... I won't post in RC due to my some personal reasons. At least... not yet!

I won't even dare try... I need a few more months... to let my corals settle in and grow a little and regain brighter colours. It's going to happen.... and my patience will be rewarded!

It's gonna be a great colourful Christmas!

[bwilly]

I saw some of the States guys tank.. pics

One thing they win hands down is no restriction of space, more availabiity of stuffs. something our side is restricted.

read in a magazine, one bugger convert one room, (which is like the size of my 4room flat) just for his tank. woah..

[Achilles Tang]

I did convert a room...just for my tank!

[bwilly]

hehe.. I heard abt the "legend" but the ppl over there

one room is the size of our flat here. haha..

those lucky buggers..

[Tanzy]

I want a basement sump and a beach instead of DSB for my tank.