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November 9th 03, 08:23 AM
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Top down photography
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 aspecimen 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 -- Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com 
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November 10th 03, 07:08 PM
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"Marc Levenson" wrote in message ... 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 similarto 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 -- Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com Marc, Your new group of photos taken with your 'magic box' are very good. Thanks for sharing. I also like the way you identify the major subject in each pic you post. For those of us that save them to our HD's it makes them easy to ID month or years from now. I also look forward to seeing many more examples on your website. Thanks again, Terry
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November 11th 03, 12:45 AM
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I will give you some credit... you can take some awesome pictures, but I
know that most, if not all, of the credit goes to the manufacturer of the camera. I wonder what kind of camera Tif ever bought? I'll give you a hint... the Canon EOS 10D. I have taken quite a few pictures for the county coroner's office. Maybe I should start taking pictures of "Ryan's" tank too  .DaTroll "Marc Levenson" wrote in message ... 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 similarto 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 -- Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com
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November 11th 03, 06:35 AM
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Marc,
Try gluing a magnifying lens to the bottom either by silicone on the perimeter or by UV cured glue. If the top remains clear and dry - it'll float too  James
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November 11th 03, 11:22 AM
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What do you call a Troll with a spade in its head?...............DOUG !!!!!
"Doug" wrote in message news:2jWrb.13695$62.12750@lakeread04... I will give you some credit... you can take some awesome pictures, but I know that most, if not all, of the credit goes to the manufacturer of the camera. I wonder what kind of camera Tif ever bought? I'll give you a hint... the Canon EOS 10D. I have taken quite a few pictures for the county coroner's office. Maybe I should start taking pictures of "Ryan's" tank too .DaTroll "Marc Levenson" wrote in message ... 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 similarto 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 -- Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com
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November 11th 03, 02:43 PM
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Top down photography
Hey James, thanks for the idea. I may try that some time, just to see what kind
of distortion I might be dealing with. Marc Acrylics wrote: Marc, Try gluing a magnifying lens to the bottom either by silicone on the perimeter or by UV cured glue. If the top remains clear and dry - it'll float too James -- Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com
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November 12th 03, 05:49 AM
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Top down photography
Back in the day
we did a lot of these for public aquariums' touch tanks soyou could get a close look at starfish, etc... Works fairly well, though it will obviously mess with focal lengths for photographic puposes. James
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November 18th 03, 07:18 AM
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Top down photography
Terry wrote: Marc, Your new group of photos taken with your 'magic box' are very good. Thanks for sharing. I also like the way you identify the major subject in each pic you post. For those of us that save them to our HD's it makes them easy to ID month or years from now. I also look forward to seeing many more examples on your website. Thanks again, Terry You are very welcome. Be sure to take some time to check out this page for a bunch of ID's and descriptions. Just click on the small image to see more detail. http://www.melevsreef.com/id/ Marc -- Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com
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