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MarkoD
03/31/2013, 03:06 PM
Heres a top down full tank shot of my 180 gallon

http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss232/IvankaD/TopDownFTS_zps29554b62.jpg

it was suppose to be a contest submission but they wouldnt allow it because its "not fair to those who are not professional photographers"

so maybe someone on here can appreciate the amount of work and time it took to set this up there would be no light reflections or glare on the water

Misled
03/31/2013, 03:57 PM
Very nice. Equipment used?? How about the original pic before cropping?

phenom5
03/31/2013, 04:07 PM
Would love to see a regular FTS also as a frame of reference.

LOL...first looked at that and I was like...what the...how'd he...wow

maddmaxx
03/31/2013, 05:07 PM
great looking tank....nice pic

MarkoD
03/31/2013, 05:32 PM
heres a front fts. which i just meh IMO

http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss232/IvankaD/FTS_zps323b0beb.jpg

Reeftanks6
03/31/2013, 06:05 PM
That top down shot is incredible, great looking tank. Are you dosing?

MarkoD
03/31/2013, 06:09 PM
That top down shot is incredible, great looking tank. Are you dosing?

yup i dose every one of these

http://orphek.com/led/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Red-Sea-aquarium-products.jpg

Reeftanks6
03/31/2013, 08:08 PM
wow thats a lot of dosing haha! How often?

MarkoD
03/31/2013, 08:22 PM
wow thats a lot of dosing haha! How often?

started out at everyday once i got the levels to where they need to be, now every third day

Reeftanks6
03/31/2013, 08:23 PM
Awesome markoD, keep us updated. Will definitely always be looking for updates

greg1786
03/31/2013, 11:03 PM
Awesome shot !!! Very nice tank. How does your coral like the reef energy a&b supplements? Notice any difference in them before you were using it and after you had used it for a month or so?

jube66
03/31/2013, 11:07 PM
Nice handy and yeah that is a lot of dosing.

cugly
03/31/2013, 11:42 PM
Cool pic

Ron Reefman
04/01/2013, 03:28 AM
As a photographer, you may not want to hear this, but I like the FTS from the front much better than the top down shot. BTW, it is a nice looking tank.

MarkoD
04/01/2013, 08:33 AM
As a photographer, you may not want to hear this, but I like the FTS from the front much better than the top down shot. BTW, it is a nice looking tank.

But the top down shot took so much more effort and would have won me the contest strictly on the uniqueness. Obviously it's a lot less detailed and very 2 dimentional. Contest wasn't being judged by photographers, it was being judged by fish people :)

But thanks. As a photographer I appreciate honest feedback

MarkoD
04/01/2013, 08:34 AM
Awesome shot !!! Very nice tank. How does your coral like the reef energy a&b supplements? Notice any difference in them before you were using it and after you had used it for a month or so?

I don't know. I started them all at once and noticed a huge improvement in color after 2 weeks

MarkoD
04/01/2013, 08:37 AM
In case anyone is wondering. The coral in the bottom left is an orange tipped elegance. :)

d2mini
04/01/2013, 09:19 AM
As a photographer, i can really appreciate what went into getting that top down shot. Very impressive! No reflections, exactly straight down, even lighting. The FTS is meh like you said. Good shot, but same old same old. Where are the fish? Did you remove them or was it multiple exposures? I know when doing multiples, anything that moves a lot like a fish will disappear. It's a shame that someone who actually knows how to use his equipment and software gets punished. Oh well.

Michigan Mike
04/01/2013, 09:56 AM
Wow the top down shot looks so flat! Very nice!

Kinda an old pic & didn't turn the pumps off so, meh
http://imageshack.us/a/img19/8382/img0360topviewcrop1.jpg

MarkoD
04/01/2013, 10:35 AM
As a photographer, i can really appreciate what went into getting that top down shot. Very impressive! No reflections, exactly straight down, even lighting. The FTS is meh like you said. Good shot, but same old same old. Where are the fish? Did you remove them or was it multiple exposures? I know when doing multiples, anything that moves a lot like a fish will disappear. It's a shame that someone who actually knows how to use his equipment and software gets punished. Oh well.

It was all one exposure and the fish were hiding. I used a 24mm to avoid as much distortion as I could. So I was on an 8ft ladder. Fish didn't like that

d2mini
04/01/2013, 11:51 AM
LOL, yeah what is with that?!
I was above the tank doing something last night and then I went to feed them and was like where the heck did everybody go?! :uhoh2: