Welcome to the Photo Gallery Spotlight. Each
month we'll showcase a particularly nice aquarium photograph, taking the time to discuss
the identification and husbandry of the animal pictured as well as information relating to
the technical details of how the photo was taken. Readers are encouraged to send
images (and details on the organisms pictured, as well as the details of how they captured
the shot) they would like to submit for possible inclusion in this feature to terry@advancedaquarist.com . For submissions
that are published in Advanced Aquarist, the author will receive a $25.00 gift certificate
from one of our participating advertisers.
Acropora batunai
Acropora batunai (Green
w/ purple tips) purchased as a wild coral at the LFS on 8.17.2001. This coral is located
about four inches from the water surface. It receives pretty strong water flow from two
¾-inch Sea Swirls and is illuminated by Ushio 10k MH on PFO HQI ballast and URI VHO super
actinic driven by an Icecap 660 ballast.
Photo Information:
Make: Nikon
Model: 995
F-stop: 5.5
Mode: Aperture Priority
ISO speed: Auto
Date of original: 5/16/2002
Shutter speed: 1/30
Metering mode: matrix
Flash: none
Focal length: f19.0mm
White Balance: Preset
Focus: Auto Focus + Tripod
Acropora desalwi
Acropora desalwi (blue tipped) purchased
as a wild coral at the LFS on 8.24.2001. This coral is located about four inches from the
water’s surface. It receives pretty strong water flow from two ¾-inch Sea Swirls and
is illuminated by Ushio 10k MH on PFO HQI ballast and URI VHO super actinic driven by an
Icecap 660 ballast.
Photo Information
Make: Nikon
Model: 995
F-stop: 6.1
Mode: Aperture Priority
ISO speed: Auto
Date of original: 5/16/2002
Shutter speed: 1/15
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Metering mode: matrix
Flash: none
Focal length: f23.3mm
White Balance: Preset
Focus: Auto Focus + Tripod
