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xen
06-06-2004, 12:48 PM
Hallo discus affectionados,

I've done my usual monthly batch of photos of my first juveniles.

I've had them about 5 months now, and they're still growing like mad things.

The complete, less compressed set of piccies is up on webshots here: http://community.webshots.com/album/149948748CjFebb

Here are a few favourites. I hope you guys enjoy them.

*All* comments welcome ;D

Cheers!
John
xen
06-06-2004, 12:50 PM
Columbia (SW), with Beefcake (RT) lurking ;D
xen
06-06-2004, 12:52 PM
Big closeup of Beefcake. What a big, handsome bugger he is :-)
xen
06-06-2004, 12:54 PM
Columbia (SW), with Punky (PB) and Bootsy's (BT) back end ;-)
xen
06-06-2004, 12:55 PM
Bootsy (BT). I just love the colour on this guy!
xen
06-06-2004, 12:56 PM
Small group shot
xen
06-06-2004, 12:58 PM
Sparky (S/S). His markings just look better by the day.
xen
06-06-2004, 01:02 PM
Columbia (SW) in front of Bootsy (BT)

What's Bootsy doin'? 8)

Cheers for now,
John
Carol_Roberts
06-06-2004, 01:54 PM
Great pictures ;D
United21Soccer
06-06-2004, 05:04 PM
I LOVE the coloring on "Bootsy"
lol
Discus_Newbie19
06-06-2004, 05:19 PM
Awesome colors on your discus!
Barb Newell
06-06-2004, 05:30 PM
Hi Xen, fantastic pics and beautiful fish. I love "Columbia", I need to get one of those sw's.

Barb :)

How do you get your close-ups (Beefcake)?

Oh yeah.... very creative names. I've had a Julie and a Henry.
xen
06-07-2004, 09:11 AM
Heya guys,

Thanks very much, guys.

Barb, I was never crazy about snow whites either. But they were such pretty babies when I saw them in Rod's tanks, and boy am I glad I did. Columbia is just getting prettier by the day, and I'm mad keen to see what kind of adult she grows up into ;-)

I don't do anything special to get the closeups of their faces. The camera I use has a 6x optical zoom (forget those digital things.. waste of time). I zoom right in, get fairly close, and snap lots of piccies. I don't use a flash, and I use a lot of light over the tank (4x fluros when I'm taking photos). Taking a whole lot of photos and just picking the best also improves your results immensely, I find ;-)

Spot (my RSG) is back in the tank after a spell in isolation for flagellettes. He's settled right back in - eating again, and pushing his way back into the pecking order. Thanks again for the advice, Carol and Rod :-)

Cheers!
John