30g Journal: 30g scape update WITH PICS 8/18/12 (!56k)

[sewingalot]

Great pictures, Kara! I can't believe the roots on that floater, it's outstanding. You should take pictures with the old camera and let us judge, yes. Plus, that means mowr (Amy's word) pictures!!!

I can't believe the growth on the bolbitis. I am seriously getting angry jealous, lol. Stupid plant loves you more just like those lousy crypts.

[Karackle]

Thanks! Glad you like the pictures I can't believe the growth on those roots either OR the bolbitis! I'm loving it all!!! so thank you again VERY much Sara for my plants!!! And I moved the hygro over so you can see the tall crypt in the FTS and in the 3rd picture pretty well now! (remind me what kind of crypt it is?)

And yes, "mowr" pictures will be soon to follow for the good old "which camera is bette debate"

[sewingalot]

Shh. You aren't supposed to thank people for plants. It's bad luck. Crypt balanese maybe.

[Karackle]

hahahaha it is not bad luck!!! LOL whenever I thank you for plants you send me they seem to do well actually, now that I think about it I don't think it's balansae because the leaves seem a bit too narrow and not so "waffly" or "puckered" or however you want to describe the balansae texture but i'm not sure that it's spiralis either whatever, it's a tall, pretty crypt and that's good enough for me

[sewingalot]

Call it crypt sp 'long legs.' Our neighbor gave me a money tree once and I thanked her. She gasped and said they thing would probably die now. It did. Case solved. (Of course if I would have watered it......)

[Karackle]

hahahaha long legs! love it!!!

well i've never heard that before! i hope all the plants you gave me don't die now! They seem to be doing very well so far though so let's just hope it keeps up!

[Karackle]

BATTLE OF THE CAMERAS!

So here we go, old vs. new. Tell me what camera you think takes better pictures (i'm labeling them A and B and not telling you which is which so you're not biased ) *edit* it's ok to say one is better for this shot and the other is better for that shot

First up, FTShots at roughly the same exposure at 3 different settings

"sunset" setting, Camera A:


Camera B:


"sunrise" setting, Camera A:


Camera B:


normal setting, flourescent white balance, Camera A:


Camera B:


And some roughly the same close-ups of shrimp:

Camera A:


Camera B:


Camera A:


Camera B:


Camera A:


Camera B:


With flash Camera A:


Camera B:


And of plants:

Camera A:


Camera B:

[chad320]

Camera A on the sunrise setting for sure!!!

[Karackle]

Thanks for the input Chad!

Also, i think camera A takes the better no flash macro shots, albeit with a blue hue

[sewingalot]

Camera A based on this picture:



In this one you see the actual depth of the rock and the colors on the rock (algae?) much better. Looks more vibrant overall. I am thinking "A" for most except flash which gives the rocks a blue hue.

And since I gave you the plants and now what they look like in real life, this is very lifelike:

[Karackle]

Camera A seems to be the consensus. I think I have to agree because I actually think this picture shows the tank more the way I see it:

meaning, when I look at the tank, the ends of it don't look like they are in shadow, and I think this is the only shot that really relates that. It's a bit overexposed though, so I'll have to use the "normal" setting with the fluorescent white balance setting but turn down the exposure time and see if it still looks better.

[sewingalot]

You didn't tell us which camera A is (although I already know. ). Now that I am looking at the 30, I don't know if I like the idea of the vesuivus in front of the rock. Maybe in front of the bolbitis?

[Karackle]

I was waiting to see if anyone else wanted to chime in before telling which camera is which

And I agree with you, I was looking at the pics too and think it wouldn't work in front of the rock, there is already java fern in front of the bolbitis, but you can't see it, maybe i'll move some of it to in front of the hygro to hide the leggy part at the bottom and try some vesuvius in front of the bolbitis. we'll see we'll see.

[sewingalot]

Hiding naked legs are good. It's a sensible choice to make.

[Karackle]

hahahahaha only sometimes