This episode shows you how we take pictures of our planted tanks. The subject of the day is the 450 liters (150x60x50 cm) contest tank. So today’s video will show you the basics of contest tank photography. You’ll learn about the lighting, camera setups, lens, and many other useful tips. Join us!
NOTE: At 3.55 we mixed up the two graphics. The first image is 16 mm, the second is 50mm. Wider lens stretch out the space, things in the background will look smaller.
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PREVIOUS CONTEST TANK SETUP VIDEOS:
PART 1: MY BEST CONTEST AQUASCAPE YET? THE ULTIMATE IDEA – CONCEPT ART TUTORIAL – https://youtu.be/Ny-2ifix588
PART 2: BUILD A CONTEST AQUASCAPE – THE HARDSCAPE & GLUING ROCKS TOGETHER – https://youtu.be/SL75_PH4Zlg
PART 3: TOP-NOTCH IAPLC CONTEST AQUASCAPE? ‘SANCTUARY’ – A DREAM COME TRUE – https://youtu.be/D_EHiFXwN-4
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CAMERAS THAT WE USE:
SONY a6500
CANON 5D MARK IV
LENS THAT WE USE:
SONY 50 MM 1.4f
SIGMA 16 MM 1.8f
CANON 17-40 MM 4f
CANON 24-105 MM 4f
CANON 24 MM 1.4f
CANON 100 MM 2.8f
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UPCOMING GREEN AQUA EVENTS
FEBRUARY 1 14:00 CET – ADA Workshop with Daichi Araki (please register for access in an email: info@greenaqua.hu)
FEBRUARY-MARCH (Dates not yet set) – Tokyo Aquascaping Union Workshops with Takayuki Fukada, Masashi Ono, Steven Chong
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Camera Operators: Csaba Viczián, Sebastian Dudok, Balazs Farkas
Post-Production by Sebastian Dudok, Péter Hajdu, Balazs Farkas
Social media: Viktor Lantos
Subtitles: Tamás Demeter
Graphics, editing and color grading made in DaVinci Resolve Studio 16
MUSIC: “Departing” by Luwaks, “Gelatin Nature” by Ooyy, “White Gold” by Tommy Ljungberg, “The Bayou” by Tigerblood Jewel, “Liability” by Tape Machines, “Hordes” by Jo Wandrini, “Get Thru the Night” by Killrude, “Drifting Away” by Mama Zula
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Beautiful tank even with the issue of foreground and background blending together. Have you thought about using submersible led lights within the planting on the tree for color vibrancy and to help with improving the separation of foreground or is that against competition rules?
Seeing all your videos has shown me a hobby I will come to enjoy even though it will create some difficulties considering I live in Australia and alot of items wont ship and require in store pickup… often meaning a 400-600 kilometer drive for supplies, so forgetting a single item can be enough to drive you crazy. Sadly aquascaping isnt that popular in Australia yet so wider tanks (for better depth of vision) and variety of plants are harder to source. You should open a branch store here (or maybe ship to Australia xD)
What should I do before going on vacation? Just stop dosing ferts and leave the tank?
Very educational video! Beautiful tank. Thank you.
Nice aquascape..
I have a question outside the contest tank, ?, is monte carlo can grow in low tech tank? Or need CO2 regularly? And what do you think about CO2 tablet? If you can maybe you can make a video about CO2 tablet or any substitute of CO2 (like sugar+yeast or baking soda+citric acid) review.. Because when i watch your tutorial about CO2, its only about CO2 tank setup.. Thank you..
awesome inspiring stuff guys ! thank you for your passion and more inspiration 2 likes of me ! 🙂
This video perfectly shows why you need a professional camera for this. I'm pretty satisfied with my phone pictures shot at ISO 250, 1/250 shutter, f1.8, the grain is easy enough to remove if I go crazy with the ISO, but the depth perception is just not there. With a phone lens everything looks flat.
Like a pro guys. I can understand the importance of one picture capturing the total feeling. Isn't it more honoust for the tank to be on a short video, like a judge would look at the tank from different angles?
Great work, stunning tank, a winner for me
Guys what is your opinion on Chihiros Doctor And Twinstar Sterilizer? Do they work? Is it true that they can kill fish?
I just wanted to ask that white setting up a new tank shoud we first pour the soil or do hardscape before it
Amazing scapes as always, keep up the great work!
Great video and info, but not everyone has $1000 lens and equipment
Have you ever tried bracketing your exposure for better depth separation?
Loved the video as always!
Awesome, 🙂 love your professional work with so much fun and humour in all your videos. You are simple the best 🙂 Thank you for all your hard work you always share here 🙂
Thanks again for the great video, very interesting! I know nearly nothing about photography and in somehow it is scary how much equipment and knowledge some professional aquascapers (not only you) need to shoot these great contest pictures.
To me it seams nearly impossible to make a perfekt photo of this tank because the tree is so dominant and shades the plants as well as it's own tree trunk so it has a black colour. The trunk needs some light from the front to show a vivid colour, but this would cause reflexions in the glass. You need a lot of light to illuminate the plants in the front, but then most leaves in the tree reflect the light so that they appear white instead of showing there beautyfull red… Anyway great job!
That red plant isn't a Alternanthera reineckii Mini? She grown slow and regenerate low after replanting to my white sand, best buffor for my torfed soil base. Should I try to plant it into my vulcanic stone? Anubias petite fills great inside 😉
That's one beautiful tank?
Hello, Can you ship your products in France ?
Awesome as usual guys…just a question, I guess you have an error in this part (3:47)…both examples are different when you compared few seconds later in the same video
Bravo
Where art and technology meets.. magic happens..wow?
? Come on guys! You sure you manage a Green Aquarium shop? Not a photo-video shop??? Maybe both‼️? Thanks for sharing, the quality of your works is a huge publicity for the hobby ? … Just a question… When you find the time for all of this⁉️?
There are two things more, the monitor that are used for work, the calibration of contrast, tint, etc… and my monitor (or yours, dear viewer) and the results may vary. But, it´s an amazing aquarium! greetings from Mexico!
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Very informative. I'm a full-time photographer…for many years. A few suggestions. If you can try using lights that offer you more power (maybe rent for the day). That way you can keep the ISO at a minimum and get DOF and a fast shutter speed. I would not want to go above 800ISO especially since the aquascape is quite contrasty between the lights and darks. Also, check out Exposure 5 by Alien Skin. It is a software that has many "film" looks that you can select and then alter the intensity as it is applied as a separate layer. Capture One is a great software for, well capturing files, and it has a very strong processing element too. It works really well for altering the highlights and shadows when processing the files. And you might want to try the Canon 24mm T/S lens (tilt / shift). Look forward to more photo process videos.
Wonderful tutorial. As a person who has worked in commercial photography, you have my seal of approval. Excellent!
Team work = Dream work #ProductionPros ?
Happy Thanksgiving Guys! THANK YOU FOR THE INSPIRATION HERE'S MY TANK! ? https://youtu.be/Cc-noqObKu0
The quality of your videos is superb! Thank you
Great video, most people don’t realise what goes into taking a great photo. Especially if it’s for competitions.
Any chance that we can get access to downloads of photos of your tanks? They make a more interesting screen saver or background for pc/phone/tablets….pretty please ?
Wow, a lot of work but the result is amazing, beautiful photo you did guys. Congrats ??????? Tomi is a real treasure, what would you do without him ???
Love your videos as always, have a good night guys.