In The Aquarium
Bryce Wilson
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I no longer have my favorite macro subjects to shoot as my 150-Gallon reef tank is no more. These are a few of the shots I managed while it was up and running. I'm really glad that I have these as although the aquarium is gone, the visual memories remain.
These were all taken with a Nikon D-100 paired with a Sigma 105mm 2.8 DG Macro. They were shot through about half inch thick glass and in some cases a strobe with a softbox was used above the tank to provide natural looking light.
1. A True Percula Clownfish tending to her nest of eggs. Pictured behind is a rose colored Bubble Tip Sea Anemone.
2. A Dendrophyllia Coral stretching out to find food. This is a soft coral that likes to eat proteins such as small pieces of fish. It is about as big around as a dime.
3. A Skunk Cleaner Shrimp. This little bugger would crawl up my arm and tickle me any time I had to reach into the tank.
4. Not a macro, but a picture of the entire tank to give those not familiar with marine life an idea of space/size relationship. The tank is six feet long. You can see the Rose Anemone with its clownfish inhabitants on the left side about 1/3 down from the top. The Dendrophyllia is the little yellow speck just below the Yellow Tang Fish's nose.
Hope I didn't bore anyone, I tend to ramble on when I think about all the joy this underwater world brought me, both in and of itself, and photographically.
These were all taken with a Nikon D-100 paired with a Sigma 105mm 2.8 DG Macro. They were shot through about half inch thick glass and in some cases a strobe with a softbox was used above the tank to provide natural looking light.
1. A True Percula Clownfish tending to her nest of eggs. Pictured behind is a rose colored Bubble Tip Sea Anemone.
2. A Dendrophyllia Coral stretching out to find food. This is a soft coral that likes to eat proteins such as small pieces of fish. It is about as big around as a dime.
3. A Skunk Cleaner Shrimp. This little bugger would crawl up my arm and tickle me any time I had to reach into the tank.
4. Not a macro, but a picture of the entire tank to give those not familiar with marine life an idea of space/size relationship. The tank is six feet long. You can see the Rose Anemone with its clownfish inhabitants on the left side about 1/3 down from the top. The Dendrophyllia is the little yellow speck just below the Yellow Tang Fish's nose.
Hope I didn't bore anyone, I tend to ramble on when I think about all the joy this underwater world brought me, both in and of itself, and photographically.
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why did you get rid of it?
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Unfortunately, I lost the entire reef and its inhabitants during a power outage while I was out of town. It was a rather traumatic incident. I'm still not completely over it.
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you have captured some wonderful memories, thanks for sharing
hope you can rebuild soon
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