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I know we've not talked about this on R.A. since it isn't reef-related, but I just have to say that I'm deeply saddened by the continuing news coming from Japan regarding the massive earthquake (biggest they've ever had), the tsunami, and now the nuclear reactor plants that are basically melting down for all intents and purposes. A volcano even blew out in the past day.

I've been watching the news on CNN, and seen some videos shared via Facebook. It's frightening how quickly nature ...

I was shooting some macro pictures this evening, and liked how this one came out. I call it "Ghostly Hammers".




EDIT: I have a few more I'd like to add. I was editing images in Lightroom and Photoshop, comparing the results between the two. I tend to feel I have better control and get a better crisp image in Photoshop over Lightroom.

Bartlett Anthias (edited in Photoshop CS5) ...

I don't know, but based upon the response of my clean up crew, it must be fantastic. I've had this Six Line since early 2006, and during the livestock transfer, it injured itself darting out of a piece of live rock. For the past month, he's been swimming funny and was looking more and more tattered.

I decided to let things play out naturally, and didn't have much hope of its recovery. When Matt Pedersen was here, he felt that it was old and probably near the end of its life. ...

Every few months, I like to take top down pictures of my corals. Using a Top Down Photo Box, I'm able to penetrate the surface of the water and avoid any reflections from the lighting above.

I decided to get a bunch of pictures of the frags that were added last month as well as some of my corals that survived the ordeal of the tank breakdown and rebuild.



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When the third MH is the only light on, the bommie has a very pretty dusk look to it. It's one of my favorite times to view my reef from the kitchen-side. I tried to capture that look and feel recently.









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