Hello fellow photographers

[rickztahone]

I joined this forum a couple months ago simply because I saw a beautiful 12g Mr. Aqua tank that served as my current inspiration for my current build. Since joining, I have found many other incredible tanks that have also served the same purpose.

 

I happened to come across this section while browsing/searching/researching stuff for my upcoming build. I love forums that have photography sub-forums. In fact, I am a moderator in a discus forum and we were able to develop it completely from the ground up with a nice group of photographers. We help fellow aquarium enthusiasts take better shots of their fish tanks

 

I'll share a few photos I took recently of a friends tank and I will offer my help to whomever needs it with taking better shots of their aquariums. Glad to be on board, and nice to meet you all.

 

Oregon Blue Tort:

Oregon Blue Tort by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr

 

Australian Elegance and clownfish:

Australian Elegance and a good old fashioned Nemo by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr

 

Bali yellow hammer:

Bali Yellow Hammer by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr

 

Another bali hammer:

Bali hammer by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr

 

Bali Cultured Torch:

Bali Cultured Torch Coral by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr

 

Aussie Duncans:

Aussie Duncans by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr

 

Another Duncan, abstract shot:

Duncan abstract by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr

 

Aussie Elegance under blue lights:

Aussie Elegance by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr

 

The following 2 I am pretty proud of. They are both "stacked shots". Simply means, I took more than one shot, at different focus points and merged them all together on photoshop.

 

This first one was 5 shots.

Sunny D Zoas:

Sunny D Zoas by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr

 

This next one was 6 shots:

ORA Jedi Mind Trick:

ORA Jedi Mind Trick by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr

 

Lastly, this is the actual tank, FTS. It is a 400g tank, but the total volume of the tank is closer to 1,000 if I remember correctly. It is owned by Dave B. near me from RC (forum). Very nice guy and beautifully kept tank as you can see:

 

8 Radions to power this bad boy:

400g SW Tank Blue Lights Radions by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr

 

FTS Full Rez by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr

FTS Full Rez day lights by Rick Vasquez, on Flickr

 

If you click on the last 2 it will take you to my actual Flickr page where you can see the full res photo. It is rather large and didn't want to post it here for size concerns. That page is my personal fish page, but not my photography page. I have that separate.

 

Again, hello to all, and let me know if you have any photography-related questions