Messing around once again with Photoshop,

                                                     came up with this.

 

I think a smokier boarder would be better, it's going to take some practice...

I thought this was nice.

                                                                

This video will probably not be up for very long...

Youtube does not approve of the musical additions to my videos.  That said , here is another video of my 265 gallon tank ,,,with "my Pops" playing "Round midnight"
by Thelonious Monk .

set the player to 480p..and go to wide screen mode ,for better resolution....

Some things come easy, most things do not.

This photo was in the "do not' category. 

                                          Neolamprologus brichardi

Warriors,,,

      How does the dominant male maintain his hard won hierarchal dominance..

                             Claiming all that he inhabits as his own domain..

                                             And end up looking like this?

                     Torn and tattered....tired and nearly, but not quit ,defeated.

                                                   I have an answer.....

                                                       Body shots...

Inflicting permanent physical damage , and receiving punishment in kind.

"Living the Dream"

Photo of the month debacle...

The local reef club decided to add some new forums . One of the new additions is a photography forum. One of our more generous sponsors volunteered  to give $50 gift certificate to the winner of a photo contest .

I guess some people always have to nudge, fudge or make the rules so they have a chance. It was decided for a brief time that "NO Photoshop would be allowed".

This of course roused my anger,

OK,,honestly,

It aroused some  minor frustration on my part.  In a photography forum that in essence would be perused by people who know a thing or two about photography or are trying to learn as much as they can about photography,,,,why would you deny the use of Photoshop?.

And why PS specifically? Any semi-decent camera you purchase comes with a disk, That disk usually has some sort of photo editing software.

If your cell phone takes great pictures , enter them. If your point and shoot captures a great shot...enter it.

If the "reef tank of the month" on Reef Central, the largest web site dedicated to reef  hobbyist's in the world , had its admission's dictated by the kind of "lets all play fair and equal".....folks would just find ways to get around the set limitations..its human nature...common sense says setting limits  just can't be...

In a photography forum, should not the best picture win?

I made a small fuss about this, as I understand a few other folks did as well.

"We made  difference",,,,Because we bravely stood up to "the man" and his unwise dictates to us,,,

Whatever..

I'm not going to enter the contest,,but here is the photo I would have entered...

The monthly theme was "your favorite LPS " (large polyp stony coral)

Another picture of my Galaxia..

Not horrible,,,,but not wonderful....

Time for some Gratitude...

I would like to thank my friend Eric .

 He has  graciously and unselfishly contributed  to my self imposed  bad habit of taking pictures of my resident  aquarium inhabitants, friends , family and assorted crapola ...and spending hours trying to make the photo's look presentable.

For that I give him a hearty thanks.

Thank You Eric!

He has given me the tools.....to be a bigger tool...

And many more late nights of trying to figure out...."what the hell am I doing here?"

Once again.....

Eric your contribution will not be ignored , unused or forgotten.

 Your addition to the exercising  of the one last creative braincell  that I have  left,may not always be fully utilized or successful in its application .  I will however, never stop trying to figure it out.

I promise .

Friday nights brain CON..fusion...

Favites Brain Coral

Late night time killing, with my fish and camera

So ......Mr. "Tropheus duboisi"  is swimming around lake Tanganyika. He's  a rowdy  juvenile , looking for several  future Miss's  too fight or spawn with.

What could possibly go wrong?

"Mr. Ornate Bicher"

Overwhelming hunger and predatory adaption , personified.

....he has not eaten for days..

And has no sympathy..or regret...