Legendary Corals - Eye Candy Thread + Discussion!

[Legendary Corals]

Hey reefers,

Darwin here! So I guess it's time I start one of these threads. Been taking photos non-stop the past few years and there's a good amount of photos to share. Been posting photos daily on my social media outlets, but thought it would be nice to share on the forums as well.

This will be a great thread for me personally to see my photography skills develop overtime, and also to look back and cry about the corals I used to have/ kill over time.

If you reefers have any questions, feel free to comment and I'll try my best to reply here! Or if you know the answer to some of the questions posted, feel free to reply back!

Starting off with a couple of recent shots. I'll dig through my Flickr for some older stuff.

Photo set up as of 2021:
Canon EOS R - Full Frame Mirrorless DSLR: https://tinyurl.com/legendaryeosr
Canon 100mm Macro Lens w/ IS: https://amzn.to/2LCliTA
Building an Obsession Porthole: https://buildinganobsession.com/shop/camera-tube-pro
Adobe Premier Suite
Kessil 360x + Kessil AP9x Units.

 

[Legendary Corals]

LC Exospheres Zoanthids

Ricordea Florida

SCA Savages Zoanthids

OG Purple Hornets Zoanthids

LC Space Jams Zoanthids

OGEMs Zoanthids

Blue Cespitularia

 

[Legendary Corals]

A few rare frag tank shots, hoping to be more consistent with these. Went on a fragging spree about a month ago and everything's healing up so well. Decided to ditch the micro-cones I'ev been using for years for regular 3/4" plugs and the zoas are just loving it! I think it has to do with the large surface area that they can grow on instead of growing out on a small plug and then pooling downwards more quickly. Sort of like growing a plant in a small potter vs a larger one?

 

[Legendary Corals]

WWC Electric Daisy Stylocoeniella

LC Evil Eye Blastomussa Merletti

JF Candy Coated Stylocoeniella

Red Glittery Goniopora

Glitter Bomb Zoanthids

SR Mighty Max Favites

LC Rainbow Boom Goniopora

Blue Ravens Merletti Blastomussa

JF Polar Collision Porites

UCC Rainbow Dreams Goniopora

LC Frost Bite Platygyra

LC Shockwave Rainbow Chalice

OF F2M Holy Grail Micromussa

Convict Grafted Leptoseris

Grand Master Krakatoa Zoanthids

CC Cloudberries Chalice

Tron Leptoseris

Trop's Overdose Chalice

LC Ragnarok Flamethrower Chalice

CC Needle in a Haystack Dragon Acropora

LC Dark Nebula Discosoma

Andre's Ultimate Jawbreaker Discosoma

 

[Legendary Corals]

 

[TessGlo]

Lovely, just lovely photos. Thanks for sharing and including the details of your camera set up.

 

[Ezeke1]

Lovely photos! Whats this goni?

 

[mfollen]

Stunning shots and coral as always LC!

 

[Hemmdog]

Amazing pics! Wow!!

 

[Opus]

Lovely photos! Whats this goni?

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UC Amazeballs Goni

 

[Legendary Corals]

Lovely, just lovely photos. Thanks for sharing and including the details of your camera set up.

Thank you for the compliment! I hope to get better as time goes along too. I was going to include some photo settings, but it changes per photo.

 

[Legendary Corals]

Lovely photos! Whats this goni?
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UC Amazeballs Goni

@Opus nailed it on the head! Thanks for answering.

 

[Legendary Corals]

Stunning shots and coral as always LC!

Amazing pics! Wow!!

Thanks you two!

 

[Legendary Corals]

WWC Space Jam Stylocoeniella

Neptune's Bounce Discosoma

JF Red Baron Rhodactus Mushroom

JKR Rainbow Apocalypse Chalice

Black Widow Bubbletip Anemone

 

[Legendary Corals]

A pretty epic pack I sent out in the past.

 

[JohnMzreef]

You guys could really use a search function on your site...

 

[Legendary Corals]

You guys could really use a search function on your site...

That's a good suggestion, it's been on my to do list.

 

[Legendary Corals]

Really sweet blue speckling on these zoas! LC Stardust Zoanthids

 

[Legendary Corals]

LC Exospheres Zoanthids chilling in the frag tank along with a few other plumpy zoa buddies.

 

[bubbaque]

Are you uploading directly to R2R or using an image hosting site?