Top down shots

Nas19320 · #1 01/05/2005, 10:19 AM

Whats the key to getting good top down shots and avoiding lighting glare? Is it just about finding the right angle or some trick?

EDIT: Nevermind, it seems I found a way to get good shots.

gregr · #2 01/05/2005, 07:59 PM

what did you do that solved the problem? for me it's always just been moving around to find the angle that works- or the angle that works best. sometimes it's just not possible to get a shot without a reflection.
Greg

Nas19320 · #3 01/05/2005, 08:43 PM

I actually took a piece of glass and was able to hold it on the surface enough to get a clear shot with the camera. I thought they came out fairly good. Thanks.

gregr · #4 01/05/2005, 09:05 PM

wow! they look great.
love the blue zoos-
Greg

melev · #5 01/07/2005, 01:01 AM

You need a top down box.

melev · #6 01/07/2005, 01:09 AM

These are some pictures of my reef that I took today with my topdown box. http://www.melevsreef.com/topdown.html

melev · #7 01/07/2005, 01:14 AM

This is my Green Slimer that RTN'd today, and I fragged the heck out of it. Looks like they may survive.

Melody · #8 01/07/2005, 06:53 AM

Beautiful shots, Nas19320 & Marc!

Good tip about the glass until I can get top down box.

Mr_Quality · #9 01/07/2005, 07:13 AM

Wow Marc, awesome shots. You can be very proud of your new tank and your photography!

corro · #10 01/07/2005, 03:06 PM

nice shots guys ... gotta love those top down shots!

gregr · #11 01/07/2005, 07:01 PM

wowie zowie you have a beautiful bunch of corals Marc! great shots too

xxaquanutxx · #12 01/07/2005, 07:17 PM

Whats a top down box?

aquaticcreations · #13 01/07/2005, 07:38 PM

Insane pictures

please show me a picture of the top down box

melev · #14 01/07/2005, 07:45 PM

It was linked in my first post, but here you go:

http://www.melevsreef.com/topdown.html

melev · #15 01/07/2005, 07:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by gregr
wowie zowie you have a beautiful bunch of corals Marc! great shots too

Thanks Greg. Quite a few are NuclearReefs', and I'll be shipping them to him in a few weeks. My tank will be bare losing those beauties.

Btw, did you see my MACNA thread? It has about 200 images from the conference all organized on my site, and I posted the link yesterday in that thread.

xxaquanutxx · #16 01/07/2005, 07:52 PM

OMG.. you are a friggin' genious! Kudos to you!!!

I had used something similar once to look at some bass in a lake.. but never had I ever thought of being able to do something like that for the reef tank!

The one we used for the lake was a 5G bucket with some of the bottom cut out and a piece of plexiglass siliconed in.

Your idea,.. now thats thinking outside the box!

gregr · #17 01/07/2005, 07:54 PM

i'll go check it out now and i'm sure i'll be jealous

melev · #18 01/07/2005, 07:56 PM

I wasn't thinking you'd be jealous. I was fishing for compliments from the master that you are.

gregr · #19 01/07/2005, 07:58 PM

hah! lol- you'll get both i'm sure

Konadog · #20 01/07/2005, 08:02 PM

Greg, I'm surprised that you don't have one of those with some of the great shots you take!

gregr · #21 01/07/2005, 08:11 PM

man... wish i'da been there.
too many excellent shots Marc- you came home with the goods for sure!
did you end up buying any of those beautiful corals?

melev · #22 01/07/2005, 08:33 PM

Hardly. I did come home with a large box of frags though. A few of those came out so good, like the bubble coral and the fungia. I love those. And that city night shot was also really nice.

Are you going to come to the next one, in Washington DC?

gregr · #23 01/07/2005, 08:39 PM

i sure hope so- work permitting i'll be there.

melev · #24 01/07/2005, 08:45 PM

I look forward to meeting you in person finally.

gregr · #25 01/07/2005, 08:52 PM

i look forward to it too- it's long past time i went to one of these big events and met everyone.
ok- back to the top down shots- i found one taken a couple years ago of a friends incredible amazing 240g tank: