Froggie

Actually, I believe she's gravid and ready to lay a few more eggs. And I will enjoy the new lens once I can actually use it. 10 minutes last night hasn't quite been enough to judge yet. Talk about being busy at the wrong time -01-

So the long and short of it, I decided to take a plunge and invest in some more equipment to broaden my photographic horizons. Today I received a 105mm macro lens for my camera today, which allows me to take pictures of really-really tiny things. I present to you the very first pictures I’ve ever taken with it, so be kind. Neolamprologus multifasciatus (female, aproximately 1.5"): Neolamprologus multifasciatus (juvinile, aproximately 1")

Unfortunately they lose that wonderful color almost immediately in captivity.

That is a sexy tank, want to send it my way?

Arrrrr, I be hijacking any thar thread that crosses me path on the high seas of the interweb. Nothing anymore. The rainclouds parted and the heavens delivered unto me a 1.8lb package of happiness (via Fedex).

I was going to say "it's a cheaper vice then... :beer: " but it's really not. At least it hasn't been for me of late. Side note, Canadian customs -> :boom:

Likewise.

He's definately making progress and will likely turn out to be a pretty boy. Might take a few years though, the C. moorii aren't the quickest growers in the world. I had a group that I was growing out for about 2 years, finally were making some progress and then lost the entire tank in a freak incident.

With a title like "froggie at work" I figured I'd have had a beer in my hand. Also, I feel bad for everyone who had to wake up to a picture of me in the morning. How horrifying!

That picture... should I be aroused or disgusted? :hey:

I have an Altolamprologus calvus that's around the 10 year mark.

It's not just for fish! Since I switched to NLS my colors have been more vivid, my personality more dynamic and I've been breeding more regularly!

Very, very nice looking Aulonocara! The pictures are quite good as well. One thing I would suggest however is to try to make your crops a bit looser. They come off as a tad claustrophobic.

Ptychochromis katria:

This is a continuation of my 1 hour picture session at Davids on Jan 1st. Neither of these are common fish, the first is a Victorian cichlid and the second is from Madagascar, Paralabidochromis chromogynos:

That's awesome. Seriously. Awesome. Oh and this is the fish if anyones interested: http://albertaaquatica.com/index.php?showtopic=5457

Don't be mean to the fish!

I can answer this! David uses a Konica-minolta Dimage Z3.

I stopped by my friend David Callele's house for a little over an hour this evening to take a few pictures. The first from this visit that I'll post is his largest Paratilapia polleni "large spot". He actually had another P. polleni in another tank that was quite a bit nicer. Unfortunately none of the pictures from that tank turned out for some reason. *cough* Top up your water David! *cough*

I decided this morning that I was going to rework the P. motoro picture I posted here awhile back a little. While I was doing that I realized that I had a number of stingray pictures from another photo-session that I hadn't done anything with! Since a few people were clamoring for more, here they are: P. motoro (female): Rays topping: P. reticulatus: Enjoy!

David’s description is correct, a macro is considered to be a minimum of a 1:1 reproduction of the object on the film or digital sensor. As such none of these pictures are actually true macro shots. But that doesn't stop them from being nice pictures! I need to get into reefing, I don't have nearly enough expensive hobbies.

Well, you can certainly acquire the first two easily enough. I’m far from using fancy or expensive equipment here. It’s pretty much all “lower tier" (for a dSLR). That buffalo-head picture is great, it looks quite sharp. Can you send me the full picture before the crop? I'm curious. I wish I had a lense that would allow me to focus within 10" let alone 1 cm!

Very clean, nice looking Yellow Labs.

Yes, Enough astaxanthin can cause a "pinkish hue" to appear in just about any fish.

I do have an sync-cord for my flash which is a Nikon SB600.