View Full Version : October 2007 Freshwater Picture of the Month Winner : Martin Thoene
Reefscape
06-01-2007, 3:01 AM
The winner of the October 2007 Freshwater Picture of the Month is
Martin Thoene (http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/member.php?u=72108)
Specifics of the photograph and tank
The picture was taken literally 30 seconds after emptying this guy out of his Walmart bag into the planted and well established 16" cube tank. It happens to have Mylar film on the back which I totally forgot about so he flared straight away.
There are no other residents.
Camera is a Canon A640, 10.1 Mp. It was set on Macro in Tv mode at 1/2500 sec, flash on, exposure compensation at -1.5, spot metering and the camera was set on 'Vivid" for colour. Canons have excellent colour rendition anyway IMO. Picture is slightly cropped from the full size picture.
The funny thing is I've never yet managed to get a better picture of him and his points have grown even more.
Reefscape
10-20-2007, 2:31 PM
Well done, a superb photo indeed..
Niko
irishspy
10-20-2007, 3:01 PM
Beautiful. :omg:
Did you put a mirror up against the tank to get him to flare like that?
rich311k
10-20-2007, 10:19 PM
Congrats! Great photograph.
Sorab
10-20-2007, 10:35 PM
Excellent photo well done!
Fire ' n ' Ice
10-21-2007, 11:26 AM
Congratulations Great shot. :)
Grins
10-21-2007, 12:39 PM
Great shot.
Snowy_The_Pleco
10-21-2007, 7:25 PM
Congrats Martin Thoene. Wonderful photo.
(http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/member.php?u=72108)
khombre
10-22-2007, 2:31 AM
Congrats. I voted for this one :D
platytetrafan
10-23-2007, 1:28 AM
Beautiful betta and beautiful photo congrats on the win. My betta Merlin is similar in color I just love the crowntail bettas.
Martin Thoene
10-26-2007, 9:50 AM
Oh Wow! Thanks! I've been somwhat busy this month with one thing and another. New car (to me) new girlfriend and hopefully soon a new job :)
I just discovered the PM from Niko asking for details on the fish, tank setup and other residents. I'm terrible at picking up PM's Niko.
This will be short(ish).
The picture was taken literally 30 seconds after emptying this guy out of his Walmart bag into the planted and well established 16" cube tank. It happens to have Mylar film on the back which I totally forgot about so he flared straight away.
There are no other residents.
Camera is a Canon A640, 10.1 Mp. It was set on Macro in Tv mode at 1/2500 sec, flash on, exposure compensation at -1.5, spot metering and the camera was set on 'Vivid" for colour. Canons have excellent colour rendition anyway IMO. Picture is slightly cropped from the full size picture.
The funny thing is I've never yet managed to get a better picture of him and his points have grown even more.
Martin.
Reefscape
10-26-2007, 9:58 AM
LOL...its ok Martin....I have added your write up to the initial post to keep them together....
Thanks for doing the write up..
Niko
chucke
10-26-2007, 10:01 AM
Awesome pic and Congrats!!
Slappy*McFish
10-28-2007, 11:38 AM
Beautiful fish.
mphunk
10-28-2007, 10:53 PM
Cool Pic..Woohoo
ct-death
10-30-2007, 3:12 PM
CoNgRaTs!!! ;)
Mgamer20o0
11-05-2007, 1:32 PM
great job there... very nice betta.... thanks for entering.
marcello
11-07-2007, 5:27 AM
wonderful fish :D
Ace_in_AZ
11-07-2007, 11:24 AM
Wow! Beautiful photo. Congrats!!!!
MaryPa
11-10-2007, 6:31 AM
Now why did I expect to see Clown Loaches?:huh:
Handsome pic there Martin.