[FireEater]

I'm still learning my camera and need a tri pod, but here are a few I just took.

A type of coral that comes on the TBS rock.


These Cup Corals also come on the rock.


Fire Coral I really need to control from spreading.


Murulina Coral


Porcilian Crab

[FireEater]

Queen Conch, one of the best cleaners to have.


Scooter Blennie mugging for the camera. I clean all of the glass and what happens? He puts his face right on a dirty spot I missed!


Green polyp Toadstool


Yellow Cucumber, another great cleaner to have.

[Reefland]

These pictures look great to me! You'll see a big difference when you get a tripod.

[zhenya]

Good work overall, Mark.

In the last set you said that the first picture is of the queen conch ( Strombus gigas). Are you sure you didn;t mean to say fighting conch (Strombus alatus)? It has something to do with the size differences between the two species, hence my question.

Also, if your camera has ability to choose focus points I would selct center point for close up work. This way you can assure not to miss you focus ( dragonette picture).

[FireEater]

Yes the camera has the ability to focus points. I am learning where to place the focus point as to get a good picture. In the dragonette picture there was a algae spot on the glass right in front of it's face.

I've always called the two I have Queen Conchs just because I purchased them that way. After two years they have grown quite a bit. I had no idea one species grew bigger than the other.

[zhenya]

Originally Posted by FireEater

Yes the camera has the ability to focus points. I am learning where to place the focus point as to get a good picture. In the dragonette picture there was a algae spot on the glass right in front of it's face.

I've always called the two I have Queen Conchs just because I purchased them that way. After two years they have grown quite a bit. I had no idea one species grew bigger than the other.

I see what you mean about the dragonettes fase being out of focus, happens to me now and then but now I try hard to pay attention and clean glass before any shooting sessions.

As far as those two species of Strombus the difference in size is tremendous. If S.alatus gets to about 4 inches in length the counterpart gets to roughly 12-16 inches. I've seen some humangous S.gigas shells down in the Keys and in the Caribbean islands that are offered for sale. I;ve seen piles of them behind the restaurants in Bermuda that made my eyes pop.