Aio Nano Reefs

[David Caplan]

After a brief foray into M4/3 with Olympus EM5 MKII, I traded it in for a Canon 70D. Amazing camera. First reel I got to take with it:

 

[sunnykita]

simply stunning photos ! great tank !

 

[Kevin Tran]

Love it! I find taking pictures just as relax as watching my fish tank. Take pictures in general beside the tank lol

 

[David Caplan]

All of my Canon gear is gone, and I know I am going to miss it. On the upside, I am loving my new body, the Olympus E M1. I now need to get the Sigma 105, 150 or 180 for 4/3 mount so I can get a solid working distance for macro work. Today I got the Olympus 60mm Macro and took a few shots:

 

[yveterinarian]

Absolutely fabulous!

 

[David Caplan]

Absolutely fabulous!

Thanks!

I was cleaning my apartment and found a screw-on teleconverter that came in a kit I bought when I first started. It would only fit on my Olympus 35mm 4/3 macro, so I tried it on. I strained out some extra zooplankton after filling this week's orders and have had it on my desk in a white box waiting for extension tubes. Hopefully the extension tubes with the 60mm will do a better job than this.

This is the concentration that goes into the bottles I produce, but I put it into a mason jar so I could shoot through the glass instead of plastic. The thickness makes it hard to focus all the way to the back.

The pods that are very visible are Tiger, Pseudodiaptomus and you can probably make out some Acartia. The little specs of white are Tisbe copepods and Rotifers.

 

[David Caplan]

Getting the hang of the new macro lens. Got another on the way, a 180mm Sigma macro. Very excited to try it, as I have never had that focal length before.

 

[David Caplan]

Woke up to a griessingeri goby at the very front of my tank. If you've had one of these guys you know how rare it is to spot them, let alone catch them in the light. I managed to take some handheld shots and I even got to full 1:1 macro on it!:

 

[David Caplan]

Paid Marsh a visit @ FragBox. He has some awesome stuff on a great sale while he renovates. Can't wait to see what he does with his display!

Some gems:




I picked up a Sigma 105mm macro for Canon EF with broken autofocus, and I attached it with a dumb adapter to my E M1. Works fantastic

 

[David Caplan]

Playing around with the Sigma 180mm. The over the tank shots and fish shots are with the Olympus 60mm.












With the 180mm, I can use a lot of extension tubes and still go quite deep into the tank at maximum magnification, but it looks rather silly.

 

[heath]

the pictures are beautiful and that some bad ass camera equipment, wow...

 

[David Caplan]

the pictures are beautiful and that some bad ass camera equipment, wow...

Thanks! The equipment is not my typical setup. That is for rare occasions when I need to take a picture at a high magnification deep into the tank. I am excited to get an underwater housing for the camera to take some pictures/video underwater.

New inhabitant! Also visited the Frag Cave for their awesome sale this weekend.

 

[heath]

very,very nice..

 

[unibob]

Nice shots. Very well composed.


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[David Caplan]

Thanks guys! Working on the whole composition thing, I have found it very difficult as I am so used to framing my pictures to highlight the detail of what I am shooting it, so it can be analysed.

Been trying to get this first shot right for some time. I love the depth of field you can get with this sensor.

 

[David Caplan]

 

[David Caplan]

 

[David Caplan]

I am now able to go underwater, which is lots of fun. Going to take some practice through. Its amazing how much easier it is to photograph than through glass.

 

[David Caplan]

The whole family seems to get together when the pumps go off:

 

[David Caplan]