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Unread 10/01/2003, 07:18 AM   #26
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Great pictures Max! Keep working towards the inifinite patience and show us more.


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Unread 10/01/2003, 09:22 AM   #27
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I love that Royal Gramma, mean looking.....


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Unread 10/01/2003, 10:08 AM   #28
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Unread 10/03/2003, 05:04 AM   #29
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Sweet picture! I have a 995 and I've never caught a shot like that. I'm somewhat versed in the settings and how to use the camera, but I'm still not getting shots like you. Good job!

Any quick tips? I will try the manual focus but unless I have a small aperture, I've found it hard to grab focus of things that I want to. Maybe it's just skill of seeing how close you can get to the focus range. And yes, I hate the shutter lag of these things! It's one of the reasons I want a dSLR so much! I checked out the Canon 300D today but it has a very heavy shutter... nothing like the Nikon ones (eg. N80 film) which are nice, quick, and light.

Ah well, it's not the camera, it's the user... as it is easily pointed out in this thread.


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Unread 10/03/2003, 05:07 AM   #30
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Absolutely cool pics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Unread 10/05/2003, 07:47 AM   #31
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Neat looking, I don't think my fish have teeth!! Not that I'd get shots like that anyway!!


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Unread 10/06/2003, 06:20 PM   #32
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>Neat looking, I don't think my fish have teeth!! Not that I'd get shots like that anyway!!

dc, I think most fish species have teeth, but many of them have very small teeth, or teeth that have grown together so that they don't make very good photosubjecs. Maybe you can go to an saltwater aquarium shop and see if they have some fish with nice big teeth, then ask and see if the owner lets you take some pics of it?

>Absolutely cool pics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Glad you like them ABahn!

>Sweet picture!

Thanks got chow!

>I have a 995 and I've never caught a shot like that. I'm somewhat versed in the settings and how to use the camera, but I'm still not getting shots like you. Good job! Any quick tips? I will try the manual focus but unless I have a small aperture, I've found it hard to grab focus of things that I want to. Maybe it's just skill of seeing how close you can get to the focus range.

Got chow, the lownmower photo was not cropped, only downsized, so at the resolution I posted there wouldn't have made any significant difference if it was shot with a 995 instead. In my opinion the 995 is a great camera. Start using the manual focus, it helps a lot when you take photos of moving subjects. When you shoot extreme closeups, make sure the zoom is in the middle of the zoomrange, because that is where the closest focusing distance is on the 995. Move the camera forward and backwards to see where the focus is. When it comes to post processing Neat Image is great for noise reduction and PhotoShop is great for correcting color balance and levels.

>awesome pics

Thanks lilbuddy.

>I love that Royal Gramma, mean looking.....

jwm2k3, although that was just a small yawn, my Gramma have a real fighting spirit, so I guess it's temper is matching it's look.

>Great pictures Max! Keep working towards the inifinite patience and show us more.

SlowBoat, I don't know if I want infinite patience, because if I did have it, I'd probably die from starvation sitting infront of an aquarium trying to get the perfect shot. I remember the first time I got to borrow a digital camera. I spent 12 hours straight shooting with it in my aquariumroom and using an AC adapter. I didn't pause for more than a few seconds to move to an other tank when there was something there that caught my eye, so except for the time somewhere in the middle of the photoshoot when I had to go and turn on the lights again (when the timer had shut them off) I didn't pause more than to delete the bad photos... Then when I couldn't hold my hands steady any longer I realised my bloodsugar was a bit low, since I hadn't eaten in 14 hours. Time does fly when you have fun.


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Unread 10/06/2003, 06:23 PM   #33
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On request, here is an other shot.

I know there are no real teeth in this one, but when I photographed it,
I did see teeth there, even if it was only in my imagination.

I couldn't get over the resemblance between this coral branch and those
cute little baby aliens that jump out of people in the alien movies.

I shot the photo with my Nikon 4500 at Akvarieudstyr in Denmark.




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Unread 10/08/2003, 02:09 PM   #34
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One of two rock boring urchin I've got in my tank.
They knock everything over that is not bolted together.


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Unread 10/08/2003, 02:22 PM   #35
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those are AWESOME PICTURES the 1rst one IS A WINNER!!!! bravo! great pictures MAX!!!!


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Unread 10/12/2003, 05:29 PM   #36
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DNA, that rock boring urchin has a cocky grin in that photo!

> those are AWESOME PICTURES the 1rst one IS A WINNER!!!! bravo! great pictures MAX!!!!

Thanks ROBZ!

Here is a Sea Hare, gnawing algae from a seam of silicone. I shot the photo with my nikon 4500 at Mirma Aquarius on Öland.




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Unread 10/13/2003, 01:44 AM   #37
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install drool cup * check* WOW !


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Unread 10/13/2003, 09:56 PM   #38
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my green clown goby


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Unread 10/13/2003, 09:58 PM   #39
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oh ya, this one too...




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Unread 10/14/2003, 08:35 PM   #40
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hcs3 that second pic of the parrot fish is it? is soo cool! the pastel colors and the little smile is sweet


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Unread 10/14/2003, 08:47 PM   #41
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yes. it is one of my recent favorites. took it about 30 feet deep on crocker reef off of islamorada, florida keys.


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Unread 10/14/2003, 08:57 PM   #42
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That is a pretty fish hcs. Well I don't have a pic, but a Foxface teeth kind of feel like sandpaper!


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Unread 10/14/2003, 09:10 PM   #43
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thanks deb. just for you, i took a pic of my foxface teeth. not the best, but hey, i just took this 30 seconds ago...just for you!


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Unread 10/14/2003, 09:25 PM   #44
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Those are some great shots.
Here is my Longspine Urchin


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Unread 10/17/2003, 02:14 PM   #45
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That Royal Gramma looks like it is 600lbs in that pic

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Unread 10/18/2003, 10:01 PM   #46
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awesome macro work on that blenny!!!


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Unread 10/19/2003, 04:07 PM   #47
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I can't tell, but I think I'm imagining some teeth in this shot I took today:



The water was rather murky, so I apologize for the lack of clarity.


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Unread 10/19/2003, 07:42 PM   #48
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>my green clown goby

hcs3, that goby looks like it has a worried expression. I wonder what it is thinking.

>oh ya, this one too...

hcs3, I've seen that shot before, very interesting use of form, colors and diagonals, and a puppydog face. Really great photo!

> a pic of my foxface teeth.

hcs3, thats a darn cute smile on that one.

>Here is my Longspine Urchin ... And my Cucumber

lllosingit, nice shots.

> That Royal Gramma looks like it is 600lbs in that pic very impressive

Thanks jackson6745, this gramma is about 4 cm long. I chose between this specimen and an 8 cm specimen at the shop that was much bulkier, but I was afraid the larger one would be a bit too dangerous for the other fish in my tank so I chose the little one.

> awesome macro work on that blenny!!!

Thanks Bone'Collector!

> I can't tell, but I think I'm imagining some teeth in this shot I took today:

melev, that is a nice start, I can see some teeth there, but to get a really good teeth shot of a lawnmower blenny I think it needs to be shot when the blenny has either opened it's mouth wide, or when it has raised it's upper lip. Here is an gif-animation I made out of 6 frames that I photographed, where you can see Jonas Karlsson's Lawnmower Blenny raising and lowering the upper lip. Only one of those frames really show the teeth, in the other frames the teeth are more or less hidden by the lips.




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Unread 10/20/2003, 01:17 AM   #49
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You have taken theeth photography to the Max!
Just incredible stuff.


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Unread 10/20/2003, 01:37 PM   #50
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>You have taken theeth photography to the Max! Just incredible stuff.

Thanks DNA!

BTW, I noticed that there are a few really cool teeth photos among the best photos at FishBase http://artedi.nrm.se/photos/BestPhotoThumbnails.cfm


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