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  • Winner March 2010 Photo of the Month! - Matt in Houston

    Congrats to Matt in Houston, winner of the March 2010 POTM!
    Our Fishhouse
    Sleep: A completely inadequate substitute for caffeine.

  • #2
    Congrats Matt! Beautiful fish.

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    • #3
      awesome pic matt, congrats!

      maybe now you can retire and let someone else win a couple. :mrgreen:
      25g - Reef
      3.5g - Surge Tank
      10g - Ichthyophthirius multifilis breeding colony

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      • #4
        Congrats!! Great pic!
        Go to Heaven for the climate Hell for the company.

        125g SA/CA
        125g Red Jewels, and mbuna
        90g Hex Angels, Tetras, and Cories
        55g Low Tech Planted. Guppies, Neon Tetras, Red Cherry Shrimp
        55g peacock pair
        45g Fry tank
        12g Hospital Tank
        75g Coming soon....Geos?

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        • #5
          Thanks for all the compliments and the votes!

          Also, I purchased the NX2 software since my trial expired and I wasnt able to post process the picture. Im still learning the software but I will show the cleaned up and less cropped version tonight when I get home from work...I think its a cleaner, sharper image and shows better perspective.

          Thanks again,

          Matt
          15g column BB low-tech driftwood/planted - Dwarf Puffer Tank :lupe:

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          • #6
            Congrats, Matt! Great job, again! :)
            "Millennium hand and shrimp!"

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            • #7
              congrats

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              • #8
                Here is Lou the way I like him in the image...a little less cropped and sharper. You can even see that his is missing a piece of his barbel, which was nipped by a tank mate when going after some surface food. No worries though it has already grown back.

                Also, someone asked in the March POTM thread about the technique I used, being the mirror image looked digitally made which of course its not. Its just a matter of using different colored bulbs and taking many shots to get the perfect one as he swam under them. In addition I turned my filter output down as to not disrupt the surface so I could get a good mirror, and also I took the pic just after feeding so I could catch Lou as high at the surface as possible. I shot from a steep upward angle to catch the mirror effect, as was my plan from the start. The D700 really is an amazing full frame camera. I'm loving it but I still hardly know how to use it, there is so much to learn.

                Lou said to give all of HFB his thanks...at least I think he would if he could talk.


                15g column BB low-tech driftwood/planted - Dwarf Puffer Tank :lupe:

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                • #9
                  the color on that one looks alot richer, not as washed out. that arrowana looks sweet.
                  25g - Reef
                  3.5g - Surge Tank
                  10g - Ichthyophthirius multifilis breeding colony

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