Photos taken at Aquatic Art

[Shaunv]

Thanks for the feedback Seth and Cindy. I appreciate it. I will talk to Cris about doing a side by side pic. Only problem there is the extra time involved but if it helps sell them, then great!

Seth, I will get you a price on that frag and could bring it up to you if you want it. I am working today and tomorrow.

 

[sethsolomon]

heck yah! Grab me a price on that. I always need more sticks!

 

[Munch]

Everything looks a bit soft to me, OOF...

 

[DyM]

Set yourself apart and include the lighting, flow, total gallon, skimmer, and other equipment used to house these corals. Good thing is once you document it, it pays dividens.... Also, I like when a page, for example sps page, has a hundred items, has an option to view all, and not have to scroll through 5 pages, just to loose track of what page you saw a coral on.

If you have pics of the mother colony, it helps a buyer see how it looks when it grows up. like this: http://harrysfrags.com/frag.aspx?cat=Seriatopora&frag=ORA Green Bird's Nest use those beautiful display tanks as an asset.

I really like live aquaria/ diver den's set up of wysiwyg, and once purchased, it is removed from the site right away.

the following are good sites:

http://www.aquascapers.com/

http://www.coralbiome.com/

http://www.barrierreefaquariums.com...=h&ProdSort=0&page=6&idCategory=4&viewAll=yes

http://www.jasonfoxsignaturecorals.com/category_s/52.htm

http://www.atlantisaquarium.net/

http://www.tidalgardens.com/sps_small_polyp_stony_corals_s/1844.htm


http://cultivatedreef.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=19_1&sort=20a&page=3

http://www.lecorals.com/

http://livestock.aquasd.com/

 

[jda123]

I am a macro guy, and I know that this is very hard... but you might consider, if you can, to show the base in focus as well to show if the coral is fresh cut or starting to encrust.

 

[Munch]

Damn, you're right, PITA to get a clear shot. I've never photoed sticks... Zoas are a lot easier

There's gotta be some better technique...

I did a quick free-hand shot, and it's not great:

 

[Shaunv]

heck yah! Grab me a price on that. I always need more sticks!

$35

 

[Shaunv]

Set yourself apart and include the lighting, flow, total gallon, skimmer, and other equipment used to house these corals. Good thing is once you document it, it pays dividens.... Also, I like when a page, for example sps page, has a hundred items, has an option to view all, and not have to scroll through 5 pages, just to loose track of what page you saw a coral on.

If you have pics of the mother colony, it helps a buyer see how it looks when it grows up. like this: http://harrysfrags.com/frag.aspx?cat=Seriatopora&frag=ORA Green Bird's Nest use those beautiful display tanks as an asset.

Thanks, we were planning on showing some pics of the mother colonies and adding descriptions of the items including lighting, flow, etc.

I will check out those sites you listed too. Thanks.

 

[Shaunv]

I am a macro guy, and I know that this is very hard... but you might consider, if you can, to show the base in focus as well to show if the coral is fresh cut or starting to encrust.

it is very difficult to keep the corals in focus from top to base. Also, the lens we are using is an 18mm-55mm instead of a macro lens. This too makes it even more difficult because I can't get too close to the corals.

 

[Shaunv]

Damn, you're right, PITA to get a clear shot. I've never photoed sticks... Zoas are a lot easier

There's gotta be some better technique...

I did a quick free-hand shot, and it's not great:

ya sticks are really hard to get right. I am trying a bunch of different things to get the acros right, but I think I need to try some new lenses perhaps.

 

[sethsolomon]

Damn, you're right, PITA to get a clear shot. I've never photoed sticks... Zoas are a lot easier

There's gotta be some better technique...

I did a quick free-hand shot, and it's not great:

What is this acro?

 

[jda123]

Try shooting with it at 18mm at infinity focus and cropping the acro from the larger pic.

 

[Shaunv]

Try shooting with it at 18mm at infinity focus and cropping the acro from the larger pic.

Thanks for the tip. I will try that tomorrow.

 

[crisc]

Thanks for all of the replies and feedback! We had a meeting with the web developer today and have quite a few things ironed out. Hopefully by next week we will be up and running.

I have been buying corals online for a long time and some of those sights listed are favorites of mine as well.

How do these photos grade out?

 

[FinsUp]

those look excellent, Chris. The first one looks a little blue, but the third one looks spot on.