View Full Version : Some pics (at last)
carpguy
02-02-2003, 10:28 PM
I was finally able to offload the pics on my digital camers (my poor mac is starting to show its age, had to go visit the folks new machine :rolleyes: ).
These are two collages of the tank and its inhabitants, I'll try to post another thread tomorrow with some pics from the spawning/bubblenesting incident. Neglected to get any good pics of the SAE :eek: .
http://pic1.picturetrail.com:80/VOL118/907205/1658951/19513171.jpg
The top is a full shot of the 30g. Zebra Loaches, Redtail rasbora, and Golden Dwarf Barbs are across the bottom.
http://pic1.picturetrail.com:80/VOL118/907205/1658951/19513129.jpg
The big pic is above the loach caves and in front of the ambulia grove. A Dwarf Barb is swimming above the driftwood with both Pearl Gouramis below and a Zebra Loach at bottom. Side pics are the female Pearl kissing the surface and one of the Eye Spot Rasbora (these guys are fast and skittish -- hard to get a good pic).
Hope you like it.
Stephen
02-03-2003, 2:23 AM
Great pics. The tank looks so natural.
wetmanNY
02-03-2003, 3:15 AM
Now carpguy, are those pieces of the Mountain Laurel we were posting about a while back? "Ex-cellent" (J. Montgomery Burns)-- handsome as the Mopane wood is, it starts to have a kind of "seen that" LFS sameness, repeated tank after tank. These branches are looking natural-- well, as Firefighter has just said...
carpguy
02-03-2003, 5:32 AM
Yes WetMan, that's the mountain laurel. Here's some smaller bits in the new 10g setup (the dwarf barbs were supposed to move in here with a trio of honey gourami, but I decided to tear it down to put in the flourite. I want to recycle it fishlessly to plant it as a crypt tank. Hoping the colonies weren't entirely deystroyed).
http://pic1.picturetrail.com:80/VOL118/907205/1658951/19523351.jpg
I love the stuff and thank you again for the all clear. I was a little worried about using it. No problems to date. If you want any, I'm still hiking…
(I cleverly hid a self portrait in the front glass)
online2
02-03-2003, 7:49 AM
Great looking tank, picture real clear. I wish I could get fish to stand still long enough to get good picture like yours.
Online
Mongrel
02-03-2003, 12:31 PM
How do you people get such clear pictures of your fish. I have a good 35 mm camera and I tried all different ways of doing it, still can't figure it out. I don't have a digital. I don't think that matters though.
Mongrel's Place
(http://home.attbi.com/~mongrel74) :confused:
waterspirit
02-03-2003, 1:00 PM
Wow, nice pics. The tank looks a lot bigger than a 30 gallon in the picture. Very nice setup. By the way, what are you shooting with?
Great tank and really great looking pictures Carpguy. And I like the way you call it a bubble nest "incident". I have some experience with gourami spawns, so I think I know what you're talking about.
Len
125gJoe
02-03-2003, 5:22 PM
carpguy,
I like the looks..! The driftwood is nice, as well as the rocks lined up like that. :)
125gJoe
02-03-2003, 5:27 PM
Originally posted by Mongrel
How do you people get such clear pictures of your fish. I have a good 35 mm camera and I tried all different ways of doing it, still can't figure it out. I don't have a digital. I don't think that matters though. :confused: Do you have a "Macro" setting on your camera? It's for close-up shots. Also use high shutter speeds, a tripod (not absolutely required though..), use a flash (try some pics without flash too, just to see the diff), when using flash - don't take the pic directly in front of the glass - this will cause a bad reflection of the flash.. These are just basic tips you may already know... :)
NJ Devils Fan
02-03-2003, 5:30 PM
Awesome tank
carpguy
02-03-2003, 5:45 PM
Thanks for all the kind words.
As far as the pictures go, the secret is the digital. Not that the camera is so good, but you can just take shot after shot after shot and toss all the rejects. It would have taken me 12 or 15 rolls to get a 20 decent shots of these guys.
Shooting in a dark room seems to help as well -- I don't think they notice me lurking as much.
My former mother-in-law was a photographer and she showed me a technique once of panning with the subject. Doesn't work so well with the digital, but I've used it with the 35mm and it creates a nice effect. Keep the target dead center and move the camera with it, snapping in the middle of the sweep. The subject will stay in focus and the background will get a nice motion blur (instead of the other way around).
I was hoping to use the 35 the next time the gouramis try spawning, I haven't been able to get the digital to catch the colors in full breeding dress.
kveeti
02-03-2003, 7:10 PM
I really like the set-up; the arching driftwood. That is a gorgeous tank!
What a stunning blend of rock wood and plants.;)