Pictures of my NC 12

[seminoleranch]

This is great! I am about to take the "walk to the dark side" my self with a 15 gallon. If mine turns out even half as nice as yours has I will be trilled.

[cichlidtx]

New camera and corals

I got a new toy for Father's Day, Nikon D5000. I'm still messing around trying different settings so images are not that great. I see a new lens in the future as the lens that came with isn't that great. I'm looking for a decent starter lens so lets hear your recommendations. All corals were purchased locally. Ok, enough talk on to the pics.

Acan from FJW


New frags from RockNReef






Existing Corals

[soymilk]

nikkor 60mm macro is a nice start. although i like the tamron 100mm macro though. But imo flash + tripod is the way to go. Since you can use those for family pictures as well.

great pics btw

[myjohnson]

I got a new toy for Father's Day, Nikon D5000. I'm still messing around trying different settings so images are not that great. I see a new lens in the future as the lens that came with isn't that great. I'm looking for a decent starter lens so lets hear your recommendations. All corals were purchased locally. Ok, enough talk on to the pics.

Very nice camera work so far!

If you want a cheap lens that can take all around shots and not just corals. The nikkor 50mm/1.8f is a great lens. It's cheap, pictures are very sharp, and you can take good family pictures with it.

But if you got the cash and looking for exactly what the 50mm/1.8f does then go with the older nikkor 60mm/2.8f macro. Your camera should have a built in auto focus in the body so the lens will work with auto focus. You will most like save 100-200 bucks buying this lens over the newer 60mm/2.8f. The main change is the new lens has an AF motor built in it so that lens will AF on older model Nikons. Another change but minor is the fact that you can actually get closer with the new macro lens. It's only like 1'' closer and both lens are 1:1 reproduction so it's not going to matter much. I hate being super close to my tanks when I take pictures always b/c I'm scared of damaging the lens.

Regarding the corals, I LOVE those rics man! Keep up the good work. All the corals look very health.

[dthang8]

Very nice tank.

[cichlidtx]

Thanks all for the complements and lens recommendations. I think I will look at the 50mm as it is low cost.

[aldatar]

Your sw tank looks awesome. I wanted to try doing sw tank, i recently bought a 14 gallon oceanic biocube.

[DustinB]

The D5000 does not have a built in focus motor, you have to step to the D90 for that. From everything I've read, you would do better with the 35mm f1.8 lens over the 50mm. The way the D5000 crops images you are pretty much getting a 50mm lens anyway. I can take some pretty decent pics with mine and my D90, at $199 it's a great second lens. For close-up macro you will need a good macro lens. The Tamron 90mm 1:1 f2.8 is a very highly recommended lens for those that don't want to spend $1000+. Should run you $479-$550 or so.