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Nice pic's Marc. It's been raining for the last week here so between the rain drops, all I could see was gray

Glad you liked it.

Still have some left and can mail them out First Class today.

Thanks Steve. I'll have to try those settings again in the next night or two simply to practice and get that memorized. I did late night photography with Jessy during the MACNA trip, but couldn't remember everything.

Btw, these images are basically right out of the camera. I cropped a couple of them, but didn't enhance them in any way.

Very nice Marc. I was pretty upset since it was cloudy here. Great shots and I am glad to see it vicarioulsy!

Just received mine in the mail the other day. Impressive! Can't wait to take it to work and hang it on the wall.

Nice! I had the same setting issues when i last shot the moon. The trouble is a mind set of it is dark, need the fastest lens we can get, and the slowest shutter speed possible. In reality it would be like taking pictures of the sun at night.

What I found when researching and what worked for me were the following settings. Set your ISO to 100 if you have a Canon DSLR and to 200 if you have a Nikon DSLR. Set your aperture to f/11. Set your shutter speed to 1/125 on cameras with base ISO 100, and to 1/250 on Nikon DSLRs with base ISO 200. You will be surprised at the results.

I didn't use any primer. Last time (6 years ago), I used Kilz on the wooden stand so it wouldn't rot but I'm pretty sure my white paint was just standard latex exterior house paint.

Did the same thing this time.

Nice job! I always hated having to mud sheetrock!

Originally Posted by Midnight

Hey Marc, I have resubscribed to your blog and I am still not getting email notifications when a new post has been made. I figure must be a problem with new server?

Same here.

Originally Posted by melev

With my last fishroom, I used greenrock. Six years later when I pulled it out, not one speck of it was damaged by moisture. I attributed that fact to the ventilation used as well as the paint. So this time I thought why am I going to that extra trouble with no signs of issues? The tank itself doesn't touch the rock at all, anywhere. It seemed unnecessary. Even where the sink is going, I'll put up something (acrylic probably) as a backsplash to keep that area dry.

Did you just end up using normal residential paint and primer last time and this time? I have to go buy those things this week and am thinking Kiltz for the primer and something glossy (easier to clean) for paint.

Perhaps we have another setting that needs to be corrected from the admin side. I'll try to figure it out.

ya no e mails here either.

Marc, this is looking really nice. All your efforts are starting to hit pay dirt again! Keep it up

Hey Marc, I have resubscribed to your blog and I am still not getting email notifications when a new post has been made. I figure must be a problem with new server?

Looks really good Marc! I see that you're using old-style light bulbs in the fishroom though... ;-)

Nice job Marc. I like the tape w/metal bead in it for the inside and outside corners...so much easier to install. Have you thought of using FRP (Fiberglass Reinforced Panels) to water proof the inside of the fish room ?

Jim

Originally Posted by thearchitekt

Maybe the gaps will have......woodwork?

I wanted to have a little space to clean around the tank, which with my last one was impossible. When I got a little salt creep in between the tank and the vertical end of the wall, even a steak knife wrapped with a single sheet of paper towel was too thick and annoying as hell to clean that spot.

The new woodwork will hide those areas.

With my last fishroom, I used greenrock. Six years later when I pulled it out, not one speck of it was damaged by moisture. I attributed that fact to the ventilation used as well as the paint. So this time I thought why am I going to that extra trouble with no signs of issues? The tank itself doesn't touch the rock at all, anywhere. It seemed unnecessary. Even where the sink is going, I'll put up something (acrylic probably) as a backsplash to keep that area dry.

Looks good. Wish I had thought about the texture stuff would have made my drywall job go easier. Any reason you didn't use the moisture resistant sheet rock?

I like the texture Marc. Its about the only kind I've never done.