Notorious Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Hi guys! After much looking and shopping around for some nice fighters, I bought 3 boys today! My first Bettas in 6-7 years and they are all so pretty! 3 halfmoons from my LFS will post pictures tonight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghengis Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 will post pictures tonight! Quit teasing, already! :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divy Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Congrats Notorious cant wait to see some pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Yeah, that's pretty cruel. You could have waited till you actually had the photos. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notorious Posted November 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Okies, im having trouble capturing them is there a 'best' setting on ur camera or a secret in taking the perfect shot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 What kind of camera are you using? Find your macro setting. The icon looks like a tulip. Try to get as much lighting on them as possible. You might need to get your camera manual out to figure out the optimum distance you need to hold the camera when you're using the macro setting. Some cameras get confused when you try to use zoom with macro. If you're having trouble getting in focus just zoom right out and let the macro do the work. Depending on your camera you might be able to get quite close eg. a few centimetres. See if you have a setting that takes multiple shots. If you try take one shot at a time chances are the fish will move just before the camera reacts. If you don't have the multiple shot setting you'll have to anticipate. What I often do is to keep the fish carded while I'm fiddling with camera settings and checking lighting and focus. Once I'm ready I take the cards away and start snapping straight away. You want to capture the moment he reaches full flare but before he goes nuts and starts doing the waggling thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notorious Posted November 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 ha cheers for the tips! thats great so dont use flash? jus natural tank light? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notorious Posted November 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Boy #1 Boy #2 This guy is my fav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peta Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 wow some great boys there - mind me asking how much they set you back??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notorious Posted November 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Boy #3 This guy was almost impossible to capture! i musta took 50 shots lol ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Nice boys. The aren't too bad either given it's your first time photographing bettas. You can use the flash but try to get right up to the glass to minimise the glare. The best way to photograph them is to get a small photograph tank. I use a 10 cm cube. That way they're confined to a small area and you don't have to chase them around the tank with the camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notorious Posted November 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 They were $22.50 each What are the technical terms for their colours/patterns? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notorious Posted November 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Any help with the colours please? Also are they good quality fish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luv_my_fish Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Congrats on your boys! Boy #2 is my fav too , but they are all lovely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara_01 Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 the colours seem a bit off for the first guy, he seems to be a multi, orange and copper? I can't tell properly. number 2 is a black lace, seems to have some red wash in the caudal. Number 3 seems to be a lavender Butterfly. for thast price I wuold say they are great quality. If you want a proper reveiw of them pop them over into the Critique forum. I do think they have a lot of potential and seem to be better than a lot of LPS HMs I've seen. They are all lovely, Nice find :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notorious Posted November 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Thanks Sara Re the red wash, i dont think he has as previous owner of tank painted the back of tank with Red paint (why i dont know) i defo wana breed #2 asap......i jus gotta find him a nice black female (which will almost be impossible here) :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara_01 Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 red paint? really? how odd! In one of the photos he seems clean of it so yeah I'll agree that he doesn't have red wash .... red paint I just... wow the mind boggles. He'd be welcome to come and stay with me, that's for sure I have some girls he might like :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 You can use a steel female with No.2 or even royal blue if you're short of choices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peta Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 wow great price - and fishies LOVE the first one!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notorious Posted November 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Thanks guys Im going up to the city to check out some females today....I dont like my chances of finding halfmoon females tho.....only deltas......would a delta mum still give me a chance of some halfmon offspring? im afraid im not a full bottle on genetics boy #1 is a VERY strange colour, almost chamelion like and changes colour, at times he seems like a cooper, then on another angle like a coopery green then on another looks cooper purple....interesting but #2 still my fav they have been getting fed mosquito larvae these last couple days and are very happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kchadwick Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Hi Notorious Just wondering where you got these in Perth? I live in Kalg but come to Perth often, I did a scout last time I was down but couldn't find any decent half moons. sorry to can't help you with the breeding question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notorious Posted November 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 I live in Rockingham my HM's were bought @ Vebas in freo......they dont often stock HM but got a big shipment in recently.....will go back there soon to see if i can grab some more also, pices in willeton and pet magic in cannington are worth a look too......both stock HM stock......guy at pices is a betta breeder and has 100's of fish....but not show quality im afraid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kchadwick Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Cheers! I hadn't tried any of these.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anasfire Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Ahh u mean Vebas in O'Connor, near the cemetery. Never been there, what's it like? #2 fish looks a lot like the one we had and he was called a black blue devil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notorious Posted November 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 Yeah thats the one! u got a good memory missy I rate Vebas as one of the best fish stores in the state very large, big range, cheaper fish and quality products (eheim etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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