I built a special topdown photo box for Travis (TS on ReefCentral.com) today.
I'd post a picture of it, but he already has it! Anyway, it is similar to a
specimen box like the LFS use to hang a fish on the front of the tank.

However, all the walls are made of black acrylic, with only the base being clear
acrylic. I'm looking forward to Travis' new shots from above, as there is no
light reflection and you can bet he'll blow us away with some superior macros.

This is what a coral looks like from above, through the box. I tested it with
my Fuji S602Z today. You can see the left and bottom walls of acrylic in this
shot.

[ These are big images, give them time to download ]

http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1103/topdown_box.jpg

Electric Blue Maxima
http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1103/topdown_maxima.jpg

Macro of a branch of Acropora sp.
http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1103/...n_acrofrag.jpg

Top down shot of Montipora capricornis fraglet
http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1103/topdown_mcap.jpg

Top/ angled shot of Milleopora
http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1103/topdown_milli.jpg

Macro shot of Green Acropora
http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1103/..._greenacro.jpg

Top down shot of Blue Acropora
http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1103/...n_blueacro.jpg

Marc

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