I never use my 200 mm lens..broke it out..

because I could....cleaned of the front glass of the Reef tank last night,,so whatever..

iso 400
shutter speed 250
wb 10000 k,,

uhm,,,Ok,,forgot the rest,,,,

My last Gold Redspot Severum...

Months later,,when trying to purchase more of these...the wholesaler told me they had a 75% mortality rate,,,my mortality rate was worse...One of the six I purchased is still with me ,,,"sigh"..

Sending this one out too Mom...the only worthy

and deserving recipient..on my email list ,who would not be embarrassed or fidgety after receiving it,LOL..

worked with bulb setting and aperture..and an LED light..came up with this,,,,yes many are better..none done by me...

                                                               

My "garden path"...and the goon's I hired to keep

the riff-raff away....

go ahead...knock on MY door..

Fireworks..At Brandon and Debi's July 7 gala..

Some maintenance on the 265 gallon...

150 gallon water change.....easy..

almost spilled my chosen beverage..NOT...

Bored,,once more..

Jack Blenny,,,another attempt...

Scooter Blenny..

a much under appreciated reef tank inhabitant ...I think I will get better captures eventually , but not tonight.. 

This months BARS photo of the month contest..

does not allow photo editing...so as to "even the playing field". Nothing else in life works this way...OK, maybe six year old T-ball....other than that nothing else...Oh well..

guppys in pond redux

This one is entitled H2O...

Eric to the rescue...

 

More "around the yard"...

wasp nest..

Bromeliad

Guppys 

bougainvillea

click HD 1080, and full screen...

My Scopas tang just up a disappeared..

this mimic tang is his replacement..

Someday I will leave my yard to take pictures,but not today..

The sun shines through my front window..the fig tree

greatly appreciates it...a leaf of  "said" tree,,,

the web,,,

experimenting...with nikon d7000 HD video,,

another zoanthid...

These are called "Orange Oxides" by those "in the know"..

working...

Gold palys

galaxea

ok..right after you start this video,,

go to the lower left corner of the picture and set the "quality" icon to 10810p,,then click the "full screen" icon. this is closer to what i was going for...i will keep trying..

My contribution to this months BARS photo competition ..

the theme is "Blue"...

Springer's damsel

EDIT

I won! yaaaaa! a gift certificate worth $50 to a local LFS .

Sometimes dreams do come true..lol

super moon redux

Super Moon.....

Euphyllia divisa

video works again,,,,

just sort of excited..... my video camera is no longer a dusty paper weight,,

A complete waste of time?..yes perhaps..but it works...

Ricordia

Sunburst anthias..

I entitled this contribution,,,

I am a leaf fish..not a reef fish....

another,,,

yea...I choose this kind of thing...

instead of clean living,food,and sleep....

This Aprils' BARS "Pic of the month" contest contribution...the theme is "PINK"

edit..2nd place...LOOSER,,LOL

Full Monty shot of reef tank...

working with new camera , Old computer,,and out of date software,,,,

My room mate, helps with crowd control,,,,

My roomie does not help much with the Bright House bill...