Fh Food?

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
Of course it's a fair comparison, even someone with 1 tank and a single FH will benefit when buying their food in bulk. You said that you like cheap food, so if cost is a factor then you have cheaper options than what you are feeding, and not only will you be saving $$, you'll also be getting a better product. It's a win-win all around.
 
I feed my 2 fish different foods because different fish have different tastes.

I feed my female Grand Sumo Red and New Life Spectrum: Thera A

My male gets Grand Sumo Red and Bio-Gold or any other protein rich food


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NLS all the way for me ,that's all i use and have done for the last few years :)
 
Aquamojo said:
Really? You would know this how?
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Your photos do look like they are edited a tad for that darker look but I wouldnt say they are anything close to what Calihawk did. His looks like the saturation was cranked up.

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Chrisplosion said:
Your photos do look like they are edited a tad for that darker look but I wouldnt say they are anything close to what Calihawk did. His looks like the saturation was cranked up.

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Any color or detail that I get from my photos is directly related to the technique in shooting. Throwing a tremendous amount of light allows me to shoot at an extremely low ISO of 100 and a high aperture f32+. Add to that the lighting above and below...and you get rich color and clarity. I don't have to work with an extremely high ISO to get the image. I used to get wrankled when people would make comments on post editing and "photo shopping" (whatever the hell that is). Now I just take it in stride. I have no idea what "edited a tad darker" means...other than your personal preference. I've been doing this for a LONG time and my work speaks for itself.

Also..for the record...Calihawk..nice fish. If you have the ability to edit, try working with your color balance. Try bringing your yellow's down and your cyan slider up a bit. There's more of a green cast to the picture. I think that would make the photo more photo realistic. Keep on working it. Nice stuff.
 
Lol was thinking you were messing with image levels or something. Not a photographer so it never occurred to me to use more light at a lower ISO. Gonna try that when I get a sec, thanks.

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Yeah I knew aquamojo was a photographer, or had in depth knowledge on shooting just by what I've seen in other posts. His shots are purely set up from the camera and light itself, not put into a program and manipulated. A good camera can do wonders, and speaking of that...i need to go get my Nikon DSLR back! Tired of my ****ty cell phone pics
 
Chrisplosion said:
Lol was thinking you were messing with image levels or something. Not a photographer so it never occurred to me to use more light at a lower ISO. Gonna try that when I get a sec, thanks.

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You are referring to "levels" as an adjustment layer. This, along with "curves", are two adjustments that I always make. One tweaks the shadow/midtone/highlights....the other the contrast. Probably the single best thing you can do to make a picture pop. Most images come out of the camera, metered for the area of the photo that dominates. Take that picture of a FH on dark gravel and the more dark gravel in the photo...the lighter the FH. It has almost nothing to do with the fish...and more with the image. In levels you can bring up the midtones, bring down the shadows and get more detail out of the fish. The reverse happens with more light substrate. This is pretty simplistic since you can get around this with spot focus.

ISO is the trade off for aperture. The higher the ISO (speed) the more you can shoot in low light. At a high ISO you will get more grain. Lot's of cameras with advanced processors have minimized grain....but even with higher ISO you have to select a wider aperture. A wider aperture kills your depth of field...meaning if you are shooting a fish that is four or five inches, part of it will be in focus...the rest slightly out of focus...maybe slightly so, but when that happens the picture will look soft. That's the main reason I use flash photography. I'd rather control the light than have it control me. :)
 
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