Reef Central Online Community

Home Forum Here you can view your subscribed threads, work with private messages and edit your profile and preferences View New Posts View Today's Posts

Find other members Frequently Asked Questions Search Reefkeeping ...an online magazine for marine aquarists Support our sponsors and mention Reef Central

Go Back   Reef Central Online Community Archives > Special Interest Group (SIG) Forums > Photography

 
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1  
Old 01/10/2008, 10:37 AM
aztbs aztbs is offline
Hopeless addict
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Chandler, AZ
Posts: 2,743
Caught him finally! Pic of scooter blenny "display"

My male scooter will come to the glass and put on a little "show", opening his mouth and twitching/spreading his fins at me as if to say "get away from my tank, lady!" Or maybe he is hitting on me!
You can't really predict when he will do it, your hand or face or the baster close to the glass has no bearing. But the only sure thing is if I get the camera, he stops and is back to his pod hunting like nothing ever happened.

I was taking some other pictures and mostly ignoring him when he decided to put on the act. I didn't have too much time to think about camera settings, just tried to get focus as quickly as possible. Here's the one shot I got!



Camera is a Canon XTI, was in shutter priority mode 1/100sec, f5.6, ISO800, manual focus w/kit 18-55 lens. I did adjust levels in post processing because it was dark at that shutter speed. It still looks dark on my desktop monitor, but too light on my laptop. I guess I have some monitor calibrating to do. lol
__________________
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp .,&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp ; .
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp ., \&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp y'&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp .
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp '~'-. ,V'_.-~'&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp >( ')
&nbsp&nbsp o@o&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp "\_r'
&nbsp @o|,@&nbsp&nbsp _/,_&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp >( ')
_..@@_..7il=l=@lv|e.._

Last edited by aztbs; 01/10/2008 at 10:51 AM.
  #2  
Old 01/10/2008, 11:23 AM
God of thunder God of thunder is offline
Registered Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Iceland
Posts: 553
Really cool fish! Nice photo
__________________
Not guts, no glory!
  #3  
Old 01/11/2008, 11:46 AM
thor32766 thor32766 is offline
Keeper of Tangs
 
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Chuluota, FL
Posts: 4,781
yeah great shot. didnt know they were that colorful. I also love your avatar.
__________________
Everyone you meet, knows something you don't.
  #4  
Old 01/11/2008, 12:42 PM
RayAllen RayAllen is offline
Registered Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: San Antonio, Tx
Posts: 122
awesome shot! He put on a great display.
  #5  
Old 01/11/2008, 12:45 PM
beerguy beerguy is offline
RC Staff & Thread Pirate
 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: The left coast
Posts: 12,970
That's a great fish!
__________________
Doug - v2.0.4

Nuclear winter solves global warming.
  #6  
Old 01/11/2008, 01:26 PM
aztbs aztbs is offline
Hopeless addict
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Chandler, AZ
Posts: 2,743
Thank you! They are not really striking colorful fish compared to the classic mandarin and I think they are underappreciated. The deep purple in the face is only visible during this flashing behavior. Otherwise, he is just plain old brown, fins are usually collapsed flat.

Non-reefing visitors ask "what is that lizard in there crawling on the bottom?"
__________________
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp .,&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp ; .
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp ., \&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp y'&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp .
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp '~'-. ,V'_.-~'&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp >( ')
&nbsp&nbsp o@o&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp "\_r'
&nbsp @o|,@&nbsp&nbsp _/,_&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp >( ')
_..@@_..7il=l=@lv|e.._
 

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 02:09 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Use of this web site is subject to the terms and conditions described in the user agreement.
Reef Central™ Reef Central, LLC. Copyright ©1999-2009