Bubba's SPS Journey

[CNDReef]

Mine turned fluorescent green but has polyps out all the time and encrusting. Don’t get why the color isn’t there

 

[bubbaque]

Mine turned fluorescent green but has polyps out all the time and encrusting. Don’t get why the color isn’t there

If you look way back to post #38 mine had a pretty green base. As it got larger the green went away.

 

[CNDReef]

If you look way back to post #38 mine had a pretty green base. As it got larger the green went away.

That’s exactly what my nub looks like. It’s encrusting so I’ll just let it be for now.

 

[Scorpius]

My RRC Caddy nub has encrusted pretty quickly in my tank as well. We might have a Feed me Seymour coral on our hands. lol

 

[Epic Aquaculture]

Pink Caddy is one of my fastest growers too.

 

[bubbaque]

BC Secale

 

[mannyhernz]

Not a whole lot but I will give you an example.
I shoot in raw so the original pics are very blue, like if you use your phone with no filter. Every pic is different with what I do. Sometimes there are too many shadows or the tips on the coral are blown out, so I turn down highlights.

This is the JKR Rainbow before I do anything.
This is the raw file loaded into lightroom

After

These were the settings for this pic.

Wow, great pics. Getting Lightroom today! I have a canon t4i that can shoot in raw...anything else I need?

 

[bubbaque]

Wow, great pics. Getting Lightroom today! I have a canon t4i that can shoot in raw...anything else I need?

Thanks! You will need some sort of porthole if you plan to take top down pics.

 

[mannyhernz]

Thanks! You will need some sort of porthole if you plan to take top down pics.

Cool...can i post a pic here once i have lightroom so you can give me pointers? Wont flood your awesome thread, keep posting!

 

[bubbaque]

Cool...can i post a pic here once i have lightroom so you can give me pointers? Wont flood your awesome thread, keep posting!

I am not the best but I will help as much as I can. It will be easier if you just PM me the pics.

 

[sam.veilleux30]

Hi bubba, went near the #38 to see the pink caddilac at the beginning and saw the homewreker with proof of lineage.
Correct me if i'm wrong but i think you lost it along the way, kh swing? Do you remember the approx# of the thread?
Thanks.
I feel better now i know you do some post processing on your pics.
Thanks for the tips, never used lightroom personally but the before/after was impressive.

 

[bubbaque]

Hi bubba, went near the #38 to see the pink caddilac at the beginning and saw the homewreker with proof of lineage.
Correct me if i'm wrong but i think you lost it along the way, kh swing? Do you remember the approx# of the thread?
Thanks.
I feel better now i know you do some post processing on your pics.
Thanks for the tips, never used lightroom personally but the before/after was impressive.

I still have the Homewrecker. At one point is was looking absolutely stunning and looked just like the pics you see online. I had a swing in phosphate and it lost all the pink and is mostly green now. I am starting to see hints of pink again but it's far away from what it once was.

I feel post processing is a must, if I don't it will look like that all blue pic. I don't post process to make the corals look different then what I see with my own eyes. If you look at the pic I posted today and look at the bounce mushroom, rasta zoa and the clown fish, they should all look like they would in your tank.

 

[FarmerTy]

I still have the Homewrecker. At one point is was looking absolutely stunning and looked just like the pics you see online. I had a swing in phosphate and it lost all the pink and is mostly green now. I am starting to see hints of pink again but it's far away from what it once was.

I feel post processing is a must, if I don't it will look like that all blue pic. I don't post process to make the corals look different then what I see with my own eyes. If you look at the pic I posted today and look at the bounce mushroom, rasta zoa and the clown fish, they should all look like they would in your tank.

I agree. You have to post process when shooting in RAW format. People hear post processing and they think someone is photoshopping the heck out of the photo. Its not that, shooting in RAW removes the camera bias for colors. Some camera brands lean certain ways in how they pick up colors. When you shoot in RAW, it takes it in without that bias... But leaves you mostly with a neutral palette that you add back in to match what your eyes see.

I honestly think cellphone shots are more of an inaccurate representation than DSLR shots in RAW that are post processed. My wife's iPhone makes everything super saturated in color than what I see in real life. My LG phone sometimes over enhances the reds.

I'm not saying some people don't get liberal with the saturation slider or vibrancy when doing post-processing but in general, I shoot and then match to what I see visually in person as does Bubba. I can easily spot these days when people get crazy with the Photoshopping... But it doesn't have to be an ugly word when used properly to match what is seen in real life. Just my 2 cents.

 

[SneakyTortuga]

BC Secale

seems like you've been hiding all your softy's from us!!

 

[Justfebreezeit]

BC Secale

The BC secale looks so much bluer than my GARF Bansai. Have you found that to be the case?

 

[Wrangy]

That bounce down near the secale though

 

[bubbaque]

seems like you've been hiding all your softy's from us!!

I shared a pic of the bounce mushroom once.

The BC secale looks so much bluer than my GARF Bansai. Have you found that to be the case?

I find them both pretty blue. If I wasn't flipping back and fourth between pics I would honestly think they were the same thing. I also have a different bonsai that I bought as the Garf bonsai that is slightly more purple. I don't know if any of them are truly the Garf lineage but that's what I bought them as.

Garf Bonsai

 

[justingraham]

I shared a pic of the bounce mushroom once.

I find them both pretty blue. If I wasn't flipping back and fourth between pics I would honestly think they were the same thing. I also have a different bonsai that I bought as the Garf bonsai that is slightly more purple. I don't know if any of them are truly the Garf lineage but that's what I bought them as.

Garf Bonsai

Odd mine is purple like Barney

Very distinctive

 

[bubbaque]

Can we play a guessing game, lol? I bought the coral below as a certain coral but it has never looked like it for me. I always thought I was just horrible at coloring it up. After I received a different coral recently I am almost certain they are the same thing.

Can anyone guess what this is?

 

[justingraham]

Brads defugo