by Afishionado | Sep 11, 2019 | Eye Candy, MACNA, Tanks, Video
This MACNA – Marine Aquarium Conference of North America – 2019 had some of the BEST display tanks that I have seen in my years of covering many different shows for this industry. I was amazed at the lengths that the vendors went through to put up such an... by Marcin Smok | Aug 31, 2019 | Corals, Events, Eye Candy
I promised you I will make part II of the fluorescence photography sessions from 2019 Reefapalooza New York and despite the fact it took me some time to format them into the blog post, I managed to gather a good size gallery to share with... by Marcin Smok | Aug 30, 2019 | Corals, Events, Eye Candy, Photography
MACNA is here and since my mind will be occupied with the show’s coverage for the next couple of weeks, I felt obligated to close the Reefapalooza chapter with the last of the coral episodes, so here it is: Corals, part III Featured in this part: Gingerbread Tropical... by Afishionado | Aug 5, 2019 | Eye Candy, Fish, Video
Little advanced warning. Even after the heavy edit, (took out 10 mins of me drooling over this fish) I couldn’t keep my reef geeking under control. Â With that said, the Gramma dejongi has been on my list to see for very long... by Marcin Smok | Jul 29, 2019 | Corals, Events, Eye Candy, Photography
Photographing corals never gets old. They are like human irises in that each individual one is unique, unlike any other from the same species or, in many instances, even from the same colony. Take zoanthids for example- observe any colony of these beloved soft corals... by Marcin Smok | Jul 16, 2019 | Corals, Events, Eye Candy, Photography
I regard reef shows as an excellent practice ground for macro reef photography and when it comes to the abundance of photographic subjects, it can’t get better than Reefapalooza. The first day of the show, I took only straight up macro pictures, using a Nikon DSLR...