Eight's "Permafrost Archohelia Rediviva"

[GreshamH]

sorry it's not in focus, I wasn't trying to get a pic of the coral but of the perfectly clear Mantis shrimp. how that little bugger got in there I'll never know.

Oh I see it now.......

 

[bookfish]

sorry it's not in focus, I wasn't trying to get a pic of the coral but of the perfectly clear Mantis shrimp. how that little bugger got in there I'll never know.

The next deadline isn't until the beginning of August so plenty of time to practice focusing! I need a lot of practice on that too as 3/4 of my pics are blurry.

 

[GreshamH]

Human tripods suck Jim

 

[Gomer]

Human tripods suck Jim

...without punctuation......a whole new meaning!

 

[GreshamH]

:lol: yah that's bad

 

[Ibn]

Blurry, but you can see the eyes on the mantis.

 

[LordHelmet]

once again sorry for the blurry pic, I was trying to get the mantis right by the coral. and I knew I had only a few secounds to take the picture. Better pictures will come.

 

[seminolecpa]

Yeah you can. Death to mantis shrimp

 

[bookfish]

If I didn't have a tripod I guarantee none of my pictures would ever end up in print.

 

[LordHelmet]

I need to borrow a tripod badly. My brother was over to show me the merits of using one and I will pretty much never post a picture without a tripod again.

 

[Ibn]

Which camera/plate system? If it uses an arca swiss plate, I can lend you mine for a few days.

 

[Elite]

They sell cheap one at Best Buy and Fry's.. For $40 you should be able to get one to use at home.

 

[GreshamH]

If I didn't have a tripod I guarantee none of my pictures would ever end up in print.

So why the blurry pics? Relaying on auto-focus?

Do you use the self timer, a remotes (corded or wireless) or do you push down on the button and half defeat the entire purpose of a tripod?

 

[LordHelmet]

Update picture, no polyps out right now. I feed it once every other day.


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[Eight]

Haha... you've been feeding it more than mine. Good job! That coral is a total pig, huh?

 

[LordHelmet]

This thing is crazy, I will stuff it so full it looks like it will pop. Then 10 min later it's polyps are full out again!

 

[Eight]

Yeah... hungriest coral ever.

 

[Eight]

It's been a long time, so I thought I would post a quick update. The coral continues to do well and looks great. Colors have held just like when I got it.

It's a very very slow grower. I haven't really noticed much new growth at all, but it continues to eat like crazy. Here are some recent shots.

At the bottom of the tank. Kinda pissed cuz I just moved it:

Nice shot against a black plastic background.

Closeup of polyps.

LordHelmet, how's your frag doing?

 

[bookfish]

If I didn't have a tripod I guarantee none of my pictures would ever end up in print.

So why the blurry pics? Relaying on auto-focus?

Do you use the self timer, a remotes (corded or wireless) or do you push down on the button and half defeat the entire purpose of a tripod?

I think you probably know the answer to that already. And just for the record, cause i don't like to do things halfway, I drink a strong pot of coffee b4 every photo session.

 

[Gomer]

That's it? I "beerbong" a few Rockstars.