give me your true opinion on this Chalice

[kev apsley]

I came across this on another site, forgive me if this has been posted before but I am curious as to what your opinins on it are. Do you think it has LE potential? please discuss

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e124/blueplanetcorals/red-and-yellow-chalice-clos.gif

[JUICE!]

I love it! very unusual coloration! I think it's LE material for sure!

send me a frag and I can give you a much more informed decision :P

[kev apsley]

I wish I had a frag, believe me! What I really about this one is the orange rim, really makes this one special

[stunreefer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13204779#post13204779 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by JUICE!
I love it! very unusual coloration! I think it's LE material for sure!

send me a frag and I can give you a much more informed decision :P
I agree! Especially with the send me a frag part!!! :D

However, Im a sucker for the two-colored chalice like watermelons with a vibrant difference in base color to eye/rim color.

[All Delight]

Thats pretty sweet.

[El Camaron]

closest i seen to that is Jason's rainbow delight, which i am picking a piece up tonight, ill post picks when i get it for comparison but here it is on the site.

http://www.pacificeastaquaculture.com/Detail.aspx?ID=11141&ReturnPage=%2fShowProductCategory.aspx%3fCategoryId%3d83%23T1-6

[wishntoboutside]

i like it. looks very nice. the red and such would be a great contast with all of the green and pink one floating around

[Bebo77]

what do they want for it $$$$

[kev apsley]

he just said he will be fragging it once he figuers how to get it off the rock

price wise I would expect it to be on the expensive side :)

[kev apsley]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13205411#post13205411 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by El Camaron
closest i seen to that is Jason's rainbow delight, which i am picking a piece up tonight, ill post picks when i get it for comparison but here it is on the site.

http://www.pacificeastaquaculture.com/Detail.aspx?ID=11141&ReturnPage=%2fShowProductCategory.aspx%3fCategoryId%3d83%23T1-6

the only difference really between the one Dr.Mac has and the flame thrower is Dr. Mac's has a blue/purple rim where the flamer thrower has an orange rim and that's what imo makes this one pretty special...they're both nice though

[kev apsley]

he just added it to his website so if you want to get on the list send me a pm and I'll give you the info...also, the list is small right now so if you act now you'll get a good spot

[maxheadroom]

It would be nice to see a undoctored photo of it.

[ianiwane]

Looks good and undoctored to me.

[HankB]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13204745#post13204745 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kev apsley
... LE potential?

Pardon me - what's "LE?" (Couldn't find the glossary. :-/ )

thanks,
hank

[TheFallofSidney]

Limited edition such as the frags from Reeffarmer.

[MinibowMatt]

I hope he has a bigger piece somewhere, cause that thing in the picture is just a frag.. I hope they arent planning on fragging that and selling multiples....

[MinibowMatt]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13206327#post13206327 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by HankB
Pardon me - what's "LE?" (Couldn't find the glossary. :-/ )

thanks,
hank

LE= Large Expense

[eagleONE]

lol

[kev apsley]

sometimes you gotta pay if you want something, that's just a fact of life

[ianiwane]

Minibowmatt, why do you always troll these types of threads?

[TheFallofSidney]

Some people have nothing better to do.

[gcarroll]

Personally I think that chalice is awesome. I always like the ones that are not your typical color combo. Orange has always seemed to be a rare color.

[wishntoboutside]

greg.. get a frag so i can be the first on your wait list.=).. i would but poor till end of month. used reef equipment does not sell well these days.

[slovan]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13205799#post13205799 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kev apsley
he just added it to his website so if you want to get on the list send me a pm and I'll give you the info...also, the list is small right now so if you act now you'll get a good spot

He just told me he couldn't keep up with the emails on it. Judging by the size of the frag, I may have to wait awhile on it. :( Oh well, at least I'm on the list. :)

[kev apsley]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13206673#post13206673 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gcarroll
Personally I think that chalice is awesome. I always like the ones that are not your typical color combo. Orange has always seemed to be a rare color.

I totally agree with you Greg, that Orange rim just caught my eye right off the bat, the thing definitely is way sweeeet!!!!! maybe you can talk him into a trade, he told me he would be up for a trade for another chalice, something rare.

[paintballer768]

Notice the linear stuff coming off the eyes. This is Blue Plant Corals' right? Very cool piece. He posted it a few days of ********* asking if we'd seen anything like it before and we really havent. Interesting piece for sure.

[kev apsley]

yeah blue planet corals, we were all ready for something new and unique and then this one came along :)

[roshi719]

To let everyone know, the picture is 100% undoctored. I am the photographer.

[Flavum]

thats a beautiful chalice.

I could have sworn it looked photoshopped though...its too good to be true!!

[maxheadroom]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13207007#post13207007 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by roshi719
To let everyone know, the picture is 100% undoctored. I am the photographer.


It just looks kinda wierd. Check out the guy whos holding it, the fingers look like they're photo chopped.

[ianiwane]

Fingers look normal to me.

[MinibowMatt]

pic looks good to me too.

[kev apsley]

he just threw up some pictures that he just took, the striations around the eye are wicked!

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e124/blueplanetcorals/BPC-Flame-Thrower-4.gif

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e124/blueplanetcorals/BPC-Flame-Thrower-3.gif

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e124/blueplanetcorals/BPC-Flame-Thrower-2.gif

[audio101]

Can someone say "photoshopped"!

[WWC]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13208215#post13208215 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by audio101
Can someone say "photoshopped"! :confused: I don't see why everyone says is PS, to me it looks like a gorgeous piece of chalice under the right camera and the right photographer ;) congrats to the owner:thumbsup:

[Scythanith]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13206010#post13206010 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by maxheadroom
It would be nice to see a undoctored photo of it.

They are decent photos! The only issue I'd have is that the saturation is a little wonky (on the heavy side), and that the pixel count is low (causing the colours to look graded).

Other than that sweet coral!

[tgcreef]

looks great but it looks really photoshopped. The picture is really grainy and look at the colors in the backround they are very distorted. but just my opinion but regardless it looks good i would just like to see some pics that untouched.

[ianiwane]

Out of the people saying it is highly photoshoped who actually takes pictures with a dslr? Just curious. I do and I think the shots look just fine. The saturation does not seem bad to me. When the saturation is high, colors in the photo will bleed. I don't see any of that in the photo. I am one that is normally pretty skeptical with pictures, this one looks fine. BTW, what does a grainy picture have to do with it being photoshopped. Background colors in this case isn't the best indication. Just look at the person's fingers. They look like a natural color.

[All Delight]

If he's got a small frag......where's the colony?

[JR's Reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13209116#post13209116 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by All Delight
If he's got a small frag......where's the colony?

Thats whats i want to know. I sure hope its a fast grower:D

[Ian]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13205599#post13205599 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Bebo77
what do they want for it $$$$

I was told $300 from the owner...

[nellahtes]

i have seen this coral in person and it looks just like the pics. it is truely an awesome piece! i have been begging for a frag for close to a year and have been shot down. as for size id say its a little larger than it looks, but i wouldnt frag it for a while if it were mine. id hate to see anything happen before i got a frag.

[nellahtes]

double post

[SALT WATER CRAZ]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13209850#post13209850 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Ian
I was told $300 from the owner...

$300 for how big of a peice? Its nice but not $300 nice for a small frag. If you ask me theres a lot nice looking corals out there for a lot less monny.

[RevHtree]

I got on the list fast so I will let you all know with pics when i get mine. :D

[RevHtree]

Sweet just found out I was second so i should get a frag the first go around. :)

[OceansCoral]

I made it on the list too!!!

[JOSE CASAS]

I like it! Looks good to me. I am down to trade , I might have something he is lookng for lol!

[tacocat]

It looks pretty trick. It's a very unusual combo of colors. It looks like a flash shot if anything.

Why so small? Typically when one finds a unique coral, it's usually divided amongst friends and trusted individuals so that there are back ups in multiple tanks in case of a disaster. I do this all the time.

Reeffarmer LE. I don't know. I think it would most likely end up on the AE list. It depends on how he feels about red and orange.

[kev apsley]

the owner just assured me that all he did crop the photo's, he assures me that no photo editor of any kind was used

[Mr.A]

thats a beautiful chalice but it looks a lot like this

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1456843

(second coral down, described as "red with yellow mouth chalice"

[LCN]

Looks the same to me.

[kev apsley]

now they come out of the woodwork! good eye there Mr.A wonder how many request he gets for a trade now, Also I bet you a $1000 it's gone now how weird is that, that morph with the Orange rim is hardly ever seen and then Bam, here comes another one, they are both from the Mid West, musta of been circulating out there

[nino78]

[violation]

[dan10342]

it looks like the photo was heavily cropped, and then scaled to be larger, causing heavy pixelation.

that is a sweet coral btw!!!

[dan10342]

it looks like the photo was heavily cropped, and then scaled to be larger, causing heavy pixelation.

that is a sweet coral btw!!!

[er1c_the_reefer]

dang, someone let me know where i can get on of those, or where i can put myself on the waitlist. i can trade one of these:

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r114/er1c_the_reefer/P8150301.jpg

[SuperR*]

Nice piece

[El Camaron]

here is the rainbow delight i just got.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y233/surfer62/IMG_2083.jpg

[All Delight]

Rainbow Delight is a very nice piece. I've been wanting one of those for about a year now.

[Flavum]

ahh all these beautiful chalices. Ive tried to find frags of some of the more circulated chalices and am having trouble. can someone point me in the right direction.

[pwoller]

There was some talk that my pictures were photoshopped. This is not the case. No photoshop or any nonsense, this is under 14k MH no actinic.

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u252/p_woller/chalice003.jpg

[Ian]

Don't trip Paul... I think they were refering to the picture in the original post...

[tacocat]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13229448#post13229448 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Ian
Don't trip Paul... I think they were refering to the picture in the original post...

I don't think those who always call stuff Photoshop have ever owned it or played with it. :)

Most people who process with actual Photoshop know that subtle adjustments make the biggest difference. I wish people wouldn't use it as some kind of buzzword because the program is very powerful, and useful.

[detect007]

pic looks good! I was recently ripped off when I purchased a rainbow acan (8polyps) 275 bucks. pics were doctored so bad. I learned my lesson buying from unknowns! pic does look pretty clean and probably not doctored for deception IMO.:eek1:

[All Delight]

still looks good under 14k

[ambystoma82]

got it with me for quite sometime..
it spawn on my live rock also

mother colony..

[ambystoma82]

.http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/174928IMG_3277.JPG

[ambystoma82]

the baby frag... tht grew from e rock.. http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/174928IMG_3300.JPG

[ambystoma82]

i jsut got this today..
any idea what is it ?

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/174928post-1198-1219208481.jpg

[ChurchBoy]

Just picked up this rare beauty from a friend. Has many similar attributes to the Flame Thrower. The eyes aren't as yellow, but was told can be with feeding. The only thing is it doesn't have that orange rim, but boy is it a brilliant bright red. Let me know what you think.

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/98942Solar_Flare_4.JPG
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/98942Solar_Flare_3.JPG

[roktsintst]

Very nice...

Has it had time to color up yet?

[ChurchBoy]

Just had it for 2 days, so the potential is there.

[OceansCoral]

Check out this chalice!! It's yellow with orange center and skirt with the white striation.
http://i38.*******.com/2vdr9.jpg

[MrGoodKat00]

That is a very unique piece. I love it.