It’s so awesome to be a part of a hobby that lends itself so well to artistic interpretation. Photography, macro photography, timelapses – all of these techniques can reveal some unique insights into what our corals are doing. But you really…
Friday Smorgasbord: Corals, eels, cuttles and whales
We can’t believe another month has passed us by! Summer is now in full swing and we aren’t taking a vacation from our Friday Smorgasbord, so slather on the sun screen and lets go. Macro photography in the aquarium is…
Cherry Corals’ latest crop of extreme zoanthid closeups will melt your face
There are coral macros and then there are coral extreme closeups! Long known for their fancy photography, Cherry Corals has a track record of producing wild, popping images of some of the hottest corals. The use of flattering photo settings…
Fascinating footage of fluorescent corals under confocal microscope will leave you mesmerized
Chances are you are spending your Easter Sunday morning contemplating why it is still snowing outside, and how you are going to find all those eggs in a half a foot of snow. What’s a better way to escape the…
Avast Marine Top-Down Portal gives you a great new way to take pics
The new Avast Marine Top-Down Portal photo box is a simple gadget that attaches to the lens of your DSLR camera allowing you to get great top-down photographs of your corals. Unlike traditional top-down photo boxes where manipulating a manual zoom…
From the Archive: Cnidarian Lifeforms, another masterpiece from the creator of Montipora Movie
The following was first published just a little over a year ago. We think you’ll agree is deserves another go around. [vimeo width=”670″ height=”502″]http://vimeo.com/6079680[/vimeo] Cnidarian Lifeforms is another film by Ben Wiggins, creator of the Montipora Movie. We can’t give…
Dancing Montipora polyps are a preview of forthcoming coral film by Delrious
We don’t know whether to be more impressed by the quality of the superman montipora coral or the time lapse macro-photography video. The video above starts out innocuous enough but once you get to the halfway mark, you’ll get a…
