March 2020 POTM contest- favorite Fish close up

[Barrett]

 

[Fires Fish]

Taken with an iPhone X
My Valentini Pufferfish, he was a photogenic thing but I feel like this was an especially good shot. I lost him on my birthday a couple of weeks ago

 

[X-37B]

S10 cell pic.

 

[JasonK84]

Welcome to the Reef2Reef POTM Contest - Photo of the Month

Sponsored by Avast Marine!

This month's subject - Favorite fish Close up

Deadline to Enter: Mar 31, 2020at 11:59 pm (EST)
Looking forward to a versatile POTM this month, so many fish varieties and expecting amazing picture from all to do your favorite fish justice! Remember, the photo has to have been taken by you, and the Fish has to be in your aquarium, or the ocean.


This is a photo contest after all and we're looking for the best photograph. Yes, you can use a post-editing product to better your pictures. In fact, we encourage it.
Few tips:
- Zoom down on the fish or use cropping tool to get better close ups of your fish.
- Experiment with different composition to add dynamics and interest to your picture.
- Play with DOF using aperture to blur the background or have different effects
- Experiment with flash and shutter speeds to freeze the fish or to show a sense of motion as you desire for your end results.
- Cameras will offer a load of advantages over mobile phones for this month's topic: faster and better focusing which is key for fast moving subjects, ability to use external flash to freeze motion and overall better High ISO performance so get those DSLRs out!

As always refer to the multiple photography articles or post any questions you might have on the photography forum for better support. Maybe also post a few pictures for suggestions and critique to improve your shots wile preparing for this months contest as well.


Prize: POTM Winner Banner, one year free Premium Membership and an Avast Marine Porthole courtesy of Avast Marine. Details below. (Note: Winners located outside the United States will be responsible for applicable shipping costs)

How To Enter:
Entering is easy, just a few simple guidelines to follow:

• Enter ONE photo, taken by you of the subject for the month before the deadline
• If you enter a second photo, it will be deleted so choose wisely before posting your entry
• Multiple entries, off subject photos, or broken image links will be disqualified
• Entries must be submitted before the deadline
• Photo must be taken by you and in your tank or in the ocean
• You must have an avatar uploaded when you enter
• Prior winner (within the last 6 months) are welcome to enter, but not eligible for the prizes
• In order to qualify to win the Avast Marine Porthole you must also like the Avast Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/avast.marine/

Winner Selection:
The mod team will select up to 15 finalists and a poll will be created and posted in the Reef Discussion Forum. The Grand Prize Winner will be determined by Reef2Reef member voting. To be eligible to vote, you must have been a member for 30 days and have 25 meaningful posts. Votes by members not meeting this criteria will be disregarded in the final count. In the case of a tie, the mod team will assist in choosing the winner. Rules, deadlines and terms are subject to change, without notice, at any time. The winner will be posted and tagged in the voting poll and will have 48 hours to claim the prize.

As this is a photography competition, and the goal is to recognize the highest quality picture. So take your time, do your post shot editing, and submit your best image.

The Prize:

http://www.avastmarine.com/collections/avast-built/products/top-down-porthole-smartphone-edition

Thanks to Avast Marine for sponsoring the R2R Photo of the month contest

This is Pablo. My wife’s favorite fish.
Taken with an iPhone 7+. Used photo editor app to make some adjustments and also painted the background all black and cropped .

 

[Peach02]

Taken with iPhone 8
Only cropped
Unfortunately I lost him a few months back

 

[fabutahoun]

For me this is one of the toughest photos to choose, I have both the emperor Angelfish and scribbled angelfish.
The Emperor is the second oldest fish in my tank , and I watched it change from a tiny baby to a beautiful full Adult.

I love my Emperor Angel and I consider it as a part of my family. however I post every now and then some photos of the emperor Angel, in Addition to an article here on Reef2Reef just about him. So this time I am giving the chance to another fish.

The newcomer the scribbled angelfish is one of the first fishes I dreamed about keeping it in my reef tank. its rarely aviable here in our region. so after years of search and waiting I finally got one last month. for me the scribbled angel is a dream come true.

You can check my build thread for the emperor photos, and many more.

Build Thread - Fadi's Reef 180 Gallons sps dominated Tank

Fadi's 180-gallon SPS Reef - R2R Reef of the Month April 2018 Full Tank Shot February 2020 Full Tank Shot April 2018 Hello everyone, I am Fadi a Jordanian Reefer lives in Riyadh - Saudi Arabia. Its been almost 6 years last time I have kept a reef aquarium, the previous one was 50 gallon...

www.reef2reef.com

Updated with photo technical info

 

[kapnkush608]

 

[The Reef Dork]

My grumpy Royal Gramma :mad:

 

[hncsnd204]

 

[KeepItAlive]

Taken with a canon rebel t6

 

[SPR1968]

 

[SMB]

I love close-up photos of Frogfish. The issue is not taking the picture, it's finding the Frogfish. Often they are so cryptic that you just pass them by. Once I do find a subject I try not to disturb them too much as they have

few defenses once spotted.
So I'll take just a few images and remember where they hideout, as they will commonly stay on a favorite sponge for weeks.
Ocellated Frogfish portrait. I like his Paul Bunyan look. The lure has a rod (illicium) and the "bait"/lure (esca).
This image was taken with a Nikon DSLR, camera housing, twin strobes and 60mm macro lens.

 

[Jettareefer223]

Here’s my entry for March 2020. No introduction needed... he’s at least 9 years old a total old grumpy man always anti-social. Although lately he has been photogenic, but why after all this time I don’t have the slightest clue haha. I was told to enter this photo by my friends on the forum we’ll see if it brings home the baconlol.

 

[MombasaLionfish]

;Jawdrop

 

[themcnertney]

I’ll play...

 

[scardall]

My Chocolate Tang

 

[b4tn]

These are my two true percula clowns, Ozzie and Harriet the day they found my bubble tip. It took them a year to find it!

Camera is an iPhone 11 Pro with the Orphek lens kit. No color modifications where made but I did zoom in and crop a bit After the photo was taken.

 

[samnaz]

I love close-up photos of Frogfish. The issue is not taking the picture, it's finding the Frogfish. Often they are so cryptic that you just pass them by. Once I do find a subject I try not to disturb them too much as they have

few defenses once spotted.
So I'll take just a few images and remember where they hideout, as they will commonly stay on a favorite sponge for weeks.
Ocellated Frogfish portrait. I like his Paul Bunyan look. The lure has a rod (illicium) and the "bait"/lure (esca).
This image was taken with a Nikon DSLR, camera housing, twin strobes and 60mm macro lens.

Incredible! Where did you find this cutie?

 

[Waynerock]

Such a ham!!

 

[tehmadreefer]

Peek a boo