Photographing coral

[Jamisondaniel33]

Was wondering how you guys take photos of your coral? Is there a certain app you use or do you buy special lenses? Need some help getting better shots. 

[xthunt]

I got the Aquariclip. It really clears up the blue tint when taking pics with just the blue lights on, but does sort of exaggerate the colors.  

 

Dont need anything special if taking pics with more white light than blue. The stock light on my Evo V leans more white, and I prefer to take pictures with the white lights on (no filter) than try to take pictures with blue light, looks more natural to me. 

[WV Reefer]

I use my iPhone 7 straight up, no filters or adjusting. 

[Jamisondaniel33]

even with blue lights you don't get that ugly look?

 

[HarryPotter]

I take photos and then adjust warmth to take out the blue 

[ajkochev]

Following along and hoping others will chime in.  I read the stickies in the photography section but I think I just don't have good enough cameras.

[DSFIRSTSLTWATER]

i use my google pixel xl which has a great camera but its really hard to get nice pics. I'm not a good photographer lol.

I'll be reading these comments for a while.

[WV Reefer]

19 minutes ago, Jamisondaniel33 said:

even with blue lights you don't get that ugly look?

 

I have no issues.......although  certain times of day are better than others. 

[dawz2]

The type of lighting can be a huge factor! I can get gorgeous pics with my iPhone 7 (unfiltered/edited) under my Kessil A80, but utter crap under my AI Prime HD (unless I manually adjust the blues out).

iPhone 7 photo under AI Prime HD

vs

iPhone 7 photo under Kessil A80

[A Little Blue]

There is AquariumCam app for few $ or use simple orange gel filter to neutralize blues. I am not into it but some on here take some amazing photos. Perhaps they can chime in. 

[VictoryBell]

I take pictures as is with my camera or iphone and then use adobe lightroom to remove a lot of the blue. (Though, a lot of times I'm lazy and just post as is if it looks reasonably OK.)

[NanoTrav]

I've been using AZ camera app with my pixel xl. It's kinda buggy. It crashes when using anything on auto. But 10k white balance and ISO at 50 and it's pretty close to actual colors.

[DSFIRSTSLTWATER]

3 hours ago, NanoTrav said:

I've been using AZ camera app with my pixel xl. It's kinda buggy. It crashes when using anything on auto. But 10k white balance and ISO at 50 and it's pretty close to actual colors.

Hmmm....i'll have to look into that one. Thanks for the heads up 😊

[Jamisondaniel33]

What do you guys think about this any tips or advice? 

[A Little Blue]

All pics taken with iPhone.

 

Without gel filter

 

 

 

 

With gel filter

 

 

[DSFIRSTSLTWATER]

Wow beautiful pics 😀

[This guy is extra salty]

Get the aquarium cam app best $3 I’ve spent in the hobby

 

[A Little Blue]

Yeah, it’s pretty easy. Got some frags from my new friend who treated me with some freebies to test my tank’s readiness for some easier SPS. These are about an hour after glue-down. 

Pics are iPhone with and without use of AquariumCam. 

 

 

 

[Christopher Marks]

On 4/27/2018 at 12:57 PM, Jamisondaniel33 said:

What do you guys think about this any tips or advice? 

It looks like perhaps you have zoomed in too far with your camera, the focus is no longer sharp. What kind of camera are you working with?

[Jamisondaniel33]

1 hour ago, Christopher Marks said:

It looks like perhaps you have zoomed in too far with your camera, the focus is no longer sharp. What kind of camera are you working with?

I am using a really nice nikon I just don't have any micro lens  @Christopher Marks

[Christopher Marks]

@Jamisondaniel33 you should look into macro extension tubes to use with your current Nikon lenses: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=nikon+macro+extension+tube. They sandwich between your camera body and lens and essentially they change the minimum focus distance on your lens so it can focus on things much closer, akin to a macro lens. It's not a perfect solution, but they are a small investment and could be fun to experiment with.

[Jamisondaniel33]

11 minutes ago, Christopher Marks said:

@Jamisondaniel33 you should look into macro extension tubes to use with your current Nikon lenses: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=nikon+macro+extension+tube. They sandwich between your camera body and lens and essentially they change the minimum focus distance on your lens so it can focus on things much closer, akin to a macro lens. It's not a perfect solution, but they are a small investment and could be fun to experiment with.

wow these are amazing, thank you for showing me these!