One of my many frustrations with reef keeping is photography and comparing coral via photos online. There are those with LEDS, T5, MH lighting and all combinations of the above and they lead to different "looks" to a tank. Then complicating that issue is photography. Some use dslr's and others use iPhones. Some photos are then either photo corrected or photoshopped. Most people strive for accuracy, others, well they have different motivations so to speak.
A pretty picture is a pretty picture. But I am really referring to something else, more about objective comparisons of coral coloration.
This debate is interesting because there are proponents that view an"uncorrected" photo shot under whatever native coral lighting the photographer's tank is blessed with, taken with any kind of camera is both accurate and honest. Others believe that unless a photo is color corrected for "temperature" and "exposure", it is neither an accurate representation nor honest.
I am not referring to enhanced photos that may be utilized for sales, that is not really what I want to talk about at all.
I got started on this thought process because I took a bunch of chalice shots, my favorite part of reefkeepiing is taking pictures, and I was color correcting for temperature and exposure in an attempt to accurately reflect as best as I could of what my chalices look like in my tank under t5s and metal halides. So I have included the before and after, "as shot" vs "temperature and exposure" corrected.
A pretty picture is a pretty picture. But I am really referring to something else, more about objective comparisons of coral coloration.
This debate is interesting because there are proponents that view an"uncorrected" photo shot under whatever native coral lighting the photographer's tank is blessed with, taken with any kind of camera is both accurate and honest. Others believe that unless a photo is color corrected for "temperature" and "exposure", it is neither an accurate representation nor honest.
I am not referring to enhanced photos that may be utilized for sales, that is not really what I want to talk about at all.
I got started on this thought process because I took a bunch of chalice shots, my favorite part of reefkeepiing is taking pictures, and I was color correcting for temperature and exposure in an attempt to accurately reflect as best as I could of what my chalices look like in my tank under t5s and metal halides. So I have included the before and after, "as shot" vs "temperature and exposure" corrected.
