new camera = better pics

Bri Guy · 01/07/2009, 03:45 PM

The wife and some family members pitched in and got me a new camera for x-mas, its a Cannon powershot SD790 IS
(thank you all!)
So this is still a point and shoot, but there are lots of settings to play with the color, which can make some colors on the corals misleading, so I tried to capture the natural color I see when I look at the corals, the first two pics of the same coral will show you what im talking about, small setting changes can make drastic difference in color.

This one being more true to the eye

Full lighting

actinic only

Bri Guy · 01/07/2009, 03:47 PM

and for fun...

Hens4Fish · 01/07/2009, 04:17 PM

Wow, that scoly seems to have adapted well. Also cant believe the growth on your Christmas favia. Your tank has sure come a long way. Very nice.

customcolor · 01/07/2009, 05:36 PM

that camera catches the colors that are very true to the real thing. you gota love the macro to i bet!

we to got a new camera just yesterday and the wife told me not to play with it yet. we got a digital camcorder so we could get movies that are in HD of our family. sony HDR-CX12 Handycam is the one we got. i cant wait to play with it! it does movies in true HD and takes 10.2 megapixle photos too......again i cant wait!!!

awestruck · 01/07/2009, 06:02 PM

Beautiful Brian, good job!

cubsare1 · 01/07/2009, 06:32 PM

I just ordered the cannon sd1100 2 minutes before logging onto this site. I hope it takes as good of pictures as your new camera does.
Your tank looks awesome !

andygb54303 · 01/07/2009, 06:36 PM

Awesome pics. Please tell us your technique for getting such good macro shots.

soyadrink · 01/07/2009, 06:39 PM

Love your tank and the pictures! The GPS really looks good on the sandbed like that

johnanddawn · 01/07/2009, 06:56 PM

nice - pics and husbandry - your corals/tank really looks nice and healthy

and the actinic shot is really nice - i still can't take a desent actinic pic

Bri Guy · 01/07/2009, 07:07 PM

I always struggled getting the true color of the corals to show up on the pics, especially the actinics too.

Im no photographer, so I don't even really know what I was doing, I just play with the settings and see how the pic turns out, I probably took 200 to get the 20 nice shots you see. And my friend Mike took some and showed a few things it does. But then again this camera is new to me, once I get it down I won't waste as much film.

thankx for the complements everybody.

kass03 · 01/07/2009, 10:16 PM

Wow very nice Bri! the picts and your tank.
I HAVE to have some of those pink spekled zoa's.

I have that superman shroom. I got mine from cherry corals and the pict looked like yours but my shroom is'nt as red.

kass

Aquabucket · 01/08/2009, 09:15 AM

Very nice! I guess we can expect nothing but high quality pics from you from now on. Your tank looks even cleaner than mine. Good job!

gbcichlids · 01/08/2009, 01:47 PM

Very nice, Bri. Tank looks great!

msch1999 · 01/08/2009, 04:33 PM

Nice pics Bri. Makes me want to learn the ins and out of my camera even more now.

Bri Guy · 01/08/2009, 10:57 PM

Thank you all very much, it means a lot to me.

Pike614 · 01/09/2009, 12:02 AM

Great pics! I have the A710 IS, and bought an underwater housing for it to get some close-ups. Were yours taken with a housing, or a light box, or just through the glass?

Bri Guy · 01/09/2009, 12:29 AM

Some through the glass, and some are top down shots, but no housing (they want like $150 just for the water proof case!)

Tripod for the shots I could.

Pike614 · 01/09/2009, 07:24 AM

Yeah, the case was $250, but I used it scuba diving too, and needed something rated to 100'+. It makes the colors pop even brighter not having to deal with the glass or surface...it is hard to tell with yours though!! Great pics for through the glass and top down!

FlipFlops24/7 · 01/09/2009, 08:05 AM

the underwater housing for my camera costs over 2 grand :-(

Anyone here using the Olympus 1030SW? I heard those take pretty decent underwater pics and are under $300 now

Pike614 · 01/09/2009, 08:41 AM

ouch, I bet it is a lot fancier than mine though...pics turned OK, it is fairly basic, and pics had a blue hue when below about 30'. Works like a charm for the tank though!

01/07/2009, 03:45 PM	#1
Bri Guy Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Appleton, Wisconsin Posts: 2,995	new camera = better pics The wife and some family members pitched in and got me a new camera for x-mas, its a Cannon powershot SD790 IS (thank you all!) So this is still a point and shoot, but there are lots of settings to play with the color, which can make some colors on the corals misleading, so I tried to capture the natural color I see when I look at the corals, the first two pics of the same coral will show you what im talking about, small setting changes can make drastic difference in color. This one being more true to the eye Full lighting actinic only __________________ For my birthday i got a humidifier and a de-humidifier... I put them in the same room and let them fight it out. (Steven Wright) Current Tank Info: 40BR w/ 250w 14K Phoenix + 192w PC, 10g fuge w/ 55w PC, 10g sump, Eheim 1250 return w/ SCWD, ASM Mini G skimmer, Gravity fed ATO, Kalk doser, 1/10 HP chiller, 1 Vortec + 3MJs, all on an AC Jr. - Born on date 8-06 Pics in gallery! + 55g FOWLR w/ macro

01/07/2009, 03:47 PM	#2
Bri Guy Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Appleton, Wisconsin Posts: 2,995	and for fun... __________________ For my birthday i got a humidifier and a de-humidifier... I put them in the same room and let them fight it out. (Steven Wright) Current Tank Info: 40BR w/ 250w 14K Phoenix + 192w PC, 10g fuge w/ 55w PC, 10g sump, Eheim 1250 return w/ SCWD, ASM Mini G skimmer, Gravity fed ATO, Kalk doser, 1/10 HP chiller, 1 Vortec + 3MJs, all on an AC Jr. - Born on date 8-06 Pics in gallery! + 55g FOWLR w/ macro

01/07/2009, 05:36 PM	#4
customcolor Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: kaukauna, wi. Posts: 3,879	that camera catches the colors that are very true to the real thing. you gota love the macro to i bet! we to got a new camera just yesterday and the wife told me not to play with it yet. we got a digital camcorder so we could get movies that are in HD of our family. sony HDR-CX12 Handycam is the one we got. i cant wait to play with it! it does movies in true HD and takes 10.2 megapixle photos too......again i cant wait!!! __________________ PLEASE DONT USE GREAT STUFF (THE YELLOW STUFF) IN YOUR TANK........USE POND FOAM (THE BLACK STUFF).. I BEG YOU! Great stuff====$5 a can 24-48 hour cure Epoxy to cover it====little as $5 for small projects or up to $100+ for larger projects and another 24-48 hour cure I hope you covered it well cuz if you didnt it will start to break down in a few months sand is another added cost to cover up the yellow. Pond foams====$9-$15 a can 24-48 hour cure DONE! You can cover it with sand if you want to (YOU DONT HAVE TO) though but thats added cost again Current Tank Info: 75 gal under way

01/07/2009, 06:02 PM	#5
awestruck Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,572	Beautiful Brian, good job! __________________ I received the best gift ever today: My son told me that he loves me. Current Tank Info: 65g. w/20g. sump; Reef Octopus Skimmer; (2) x 150w. MH and (2) x 65w. pc. sump-mixed reef

01/07/2009, 07:07 PM	#10
Bri Guy Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Appleton, Wisconsin Posts: 2,995	I always struggled getting the true color of the corals to show up on the pics, especially the actinics too. Im no photographer, so I don't even really know what I was doing, I just play with the settings and see how the pic turns out, I probably took 200 to get the 20 nice shots you see. And my friend Mike took some and showed a few things it does. But then again this camera is new to me, once I get it down I won't waste as much film. thankx for the complements everybody. __________________ For my birthday i got a humidifier and a de-humidifier... I put them in the same room and let them fight it out. (Steven Wright) Current Tank Info: 40BR w/ 250w 14K Phoenix + 192w PC, 10g fuge w/ 55w PC, 10g sump, Eheim 1250 return w/ SCWD, ASM Mini G skimmer, Gravity fed ATO, Kalk doser, 1/10 HP chiller, 1 Vortec + 3MJs, all on an AC Jr. - Born on date 8-06 Pics in gallery! + 55g FOWLR w/ macro

01/07/2009, 04:17 PM	#3
Hens4Fish Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Oshkosh, Wi Posts: 1,297	Wow, that scoly seems to have adapted well. Also cant believe the growth on your Christmas favia. Your tank has sure come a long way. Very nice.

01/07/2009, 06:32 PM	#6
cubsare1 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: menasha Posts: 507	I just ordered the cannon sd1100 2 minutes before logging onto this site. I hope it takes as good of pictures as your new camera does. Your tank looks awesome !

01/07/2009, 06:36 PM	#7
andygb54303 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Green Bay, WI Posts: 396	Awesome pics. Please tell us your technique for getting such good macro shots.

01/07/2009, 06:39 PM	#8
soyadrink Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: seattle Posts: 175	Love your tank and the pictures! The GPS really looks good on the sandbed like that

01/07/2009, 06:56 PM	#9
johnanddawn Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: wisconsin Posts: 733	nice - pics and husbandry - your corals/tank really looks nice and healthy and the actinic shot is really nice - i still can't take a desent actinic pic

01/07/2009, 10:16 PM	#11
kass03 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Kaukauna, Wi Posts: 2,937	Wow very nice Bri! the picts and your tank. I HAVE to have some of those pink spekled zoa's. I have that superman shroom. I got mine from cherry corals and the pict looked like yours but my shroom is'nt as red. kass

01/08/2009, 09:15 AM	#12
Aquabucket Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Green Bay, Wi. Posts: 4,455	Very nice! I guess we can expect nothing but high quality pics from you from now on. Your tank looks even cleaner than mine. Good job! __________________ "Just a drop in the bucket"

01/08/2009, 01:47 PM	#13
gbcichlids Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Green Bay, WI Posts: 328	Very nice, Bri. Tank looks great! __________________ FOOTBALL SEASON!!! Current Tank Info: 46 bow Reef (1)150 HQI Phoenix DE 14000K (1) Radium 20000K

01/08/2009, 04:33 PM	#14
msch1999 Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Neenah, WI Posts: 470	Nice pics Bri. Makes me want to learn the ins and out of my camera even more now. __________________ --Mike-- Current Tank Info: 210 AGA mixed reef

01/08/2009, 10:57 PM	#15
Bri Guy Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Appleton, Wisconsin Posts: 2,995	Thank you all very much, it means a lot to me. __________________ For my birthday i got a humidifier and a de-humidifier... I put them in the same room and let them fight it out. (Steven Wright) Current Tank Info: 40BR w/ 250w 14K Phoenix + 192w PC, 10g fuge w/ 55w PC, 10g sump, Eheim 1250 return w/ SCWD, ASM Mini G skimmer, Gravity fed ATO, Kalk doser, 1/10 HP chiller, 1 Vortec + 3MJs, all on an AC Jr. - Born on date 8-06 Pics in gallery! + 55g FOWLR w/ macro

01/09/2009, 12:02 AM	#16
Pike614 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,303	Great pics! I have the A710 IS, and bought an underwater housing for it to get some close-ups. Were yours taken with a housing, or a light box, or just through the glass?

01/09/2009, 12:29 AM	#17
Bri Guy Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Appleton, Wisconsin Posts: 2,995	Some through the glass, and some are top down shots, but no housing (they want like $150 just for the water proof case!) Tripod for the shots I could. __________________ For my birthday i got a humidifier and a de-humidifier... I put them in the same room and let them fight it out. (Steven Wright) Current Tank Info: 40BR w/ 250w 14K Phoenix + 192w PC, 10g fuge w/ 55w PC, 10g sump, Eheim 1250 return w/ SCWD, ASM Mini G skimmer, Gravity fed ATO, Kalk doser, 1/10 HP chiller, 1 Vortec + 3MJs, all on an AC Jr. - Born on date 8-06 Pics in gallery! + 55g FOWLR w/ macro

01/09/2009, 07:24 AM	#18
Pike614 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,303	Yeah, the case was $250, but I used it scuba diving too, and needed something rated to 100'+. It makes the colors pop even brighter not having to deal with the glass or surface...it is hard to tell with yours though!! Great pics for through the glass and top down!

01/09/2009, 08:05 AM	#19
FlipFlops24/7 I'd tap that glass Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Neenah, WI Posts: 1,247	the underwater housing for my camera costs over 2 grand :-( Anyone here using the Olympus 1030SW? I heard those take pretty decent underwater pics and are under $300 now __________________ T.J. Current Tank Info: 40g Breeder with 29g sump. 1x150w 10K MH HQI & 2x96w PC actinics

01/09/2009, 08:41 AM	#20
Pike614 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,303	ouch, I bet it is a lot fancier than mine though...pics turned OK, it is fairly basic, and pics had a blue hue when below about 30'. Works like a charm for the tank though!