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[billyocean]

Sprinkle tank

Big sprinkles or little sprinkles?

 

[billyocean]

i have a 12 pro max. i would love pointers. i have the orphek 52mm lens kit.

i’ll definitely start turning the flow off for pictures. would this only be beneficial during top-down shots, or the FTS?

Is tht an iphone?

 

[shakacuz]

Is tht an iphone?

yep

 

[Thuan]

OK so you dosing the whole tank? Do u mix the powder or just dump in?

Personally, I put in in a jar and mix it good. Wait after lights goes out, turn off skimmer/uv if you have one, and take out carbon. Then I dump.it in high flow area

 

[robanister]

Big sprinkles or little sprinkles?

I think I have 250mg and I did one at night and in am. Little sprinkles.

 

[billyocean]

yep

I think @AKL1950 has some tricks for iphone

 

[robanister]

Personally, I put in in a jar and mix it good. Wait after lights goes out, turn off skimmer/if if you have one, and take out carbon. Then I dump.it in high flow area

No carbon. Skimmer on no gfo

 

[Baby_Shark]

i have a 12 pro max. i would love pointers. i have the orphek 52mm lens kit.

i’ll definitely start turning the flow off for pictures. would this only be beneficial during top-down shots, or the FTS?

I have the 12 for my work phone and it takes great photo’s still. You don’t absolutely have to turn the flow of but it allows the auto focus to work better. If you’re taking too down shots id recommend doing them during your water change when the water is lower so you can get a bit closer.

I use the orphek lenses too. They’re perfect in my opinion.

 

[Thuan]

I have the 12 for my work phone and it takes great photo’s still. You don’t absolutely have to turn the flow of but it allows the auto focus to work better. If you’re taking too down shots id recommend doing them during your water change when the water is lower so you can get a bit closer.

I use the orphek lenses too. They’re perfect in my opinion.

The orange glasses for me with my cheap android phone

 

[shakacuz]

I have the 12 for my work phone and it takes great photo’s still. You don’t absolutely have to turn the flow of but it allows the auto focus to work better. If you’re taking too down shots id recommend doing them during your water change when the water is lower so you can get a bit closer.

I use the orphek lenses too. They’re perfect in my opinion.

any particular settings you default to? i’m not too familiar with the more specific settings you can fiddle with. i just focus, stay still, and capture.

 

[billyocean]

Flow off for top down unless you have a viewer than can see below the surface. Flow off helps from side shots bit not necessary if it's kind of close to the glass. Put the lens right up to the glass and rest your hand to keep it steady...

 

[Baby_Shark]

This one was taken during a water change, allowed me to get up close to see those polyps. I do have a photo viewer that helps with glare

@shakacuz

 

[shakacuz]

Flow off for top down unless you have a viewer than can see below the surface. Put the lens right up to the glass and rest your hand to keep it steady...

i ordered the flipper cleaner coral viewer box since the eshopps one i have isn’t big enough for my iphone lol. and yeah, i put the lens right up to the glass. especially for macro shots

This one was taken during a water change, allowed me to get up close to see those polyps. I do have a photo viewer that helps with glare

@shakacuz

garf bonsai?

 

[Baby_Shark]

any particular settings you default to? i’m not too familiar with the more specific settings you can fiddle with. i just focus, stay still, and capture.

The iphone does a great job at auto adjusting. Ive found that its not always the phone settings to get that pop but your lights sometimes need to be adjusted like i did in the photo of the bonsai above. I cranked up the blue light while still using the orange filter.

That photo had no other color adjustments

 

[billyocean]

Cheshire Cat...

 

[Baby_Shark]

i ordered the flipper cleaner coral viewer box since the eshopps one i have isn’t big enough for my iphone lol. and yeah, i put the lens right up to the glass. especially for macro shots


garf bonsai?

Thats the one I use, fits the iPhone perfectly to lay it flat inside. I almost always turn the flow off to help with distortion and noise but sometimes the flow looks awesome.

I dont take photos to show off, sometimes i share but mainly to document growth.

 

[billyocean]

Strawberry lotus.

Showing the difference between this and the Cheshire because it's easier to focus on something smaller with less depth...parts of the Cheshire are a little blurry due to the size of the coral

 

[Thuan]

This one was taken during a water change, allowed me to get up close to see those polyps. I do have a photo viewer that helps with glare

@shakacuz

I'll try taking a shot of my garf tomorrow. Grew it from a frag, now a mini colony

 

[Baby_Shark]

Strawberry lotus.

Showing the difference between this and the Cheshire because it's easier to focus on something smaller with less depth...parts of the Cheshire are a little blurry due to the size of the coral

Wow this one is something special! That mini colony is about to be nasty

 

[billyocean]

For some reason it says garf in the quote....on the page it doesnt...lol