by Tidal Gardens | Nov 2, 2019 | Industry, Video
A little while back I visited my college friends in Grand Rapids, Michigan and on the way back made it a little bit of a work trip by visiting Cherry Corals. Cherry Corals is one of the best online coral sellers as well as an active participant in the frag swap circuit so if you have attended a local trade show in the past several years, you may have seen their booth. I’ve known the guys at Cherry for well over ten years but this is my first ever visit to their coral farm. Let’s take a look! #tidalgardens #coral #cherrycorals Music: Tracks: “Music for Manatees” Artist: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) License Terms: Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Video: Camera Gear List on Amazon Canon C200 Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS macro Canon EF MP-E 65mm f/2.8 macro Sigma Art 18-35mm f/1.8 Free Fly Movi Pro Stabilizer Kessler Crane Motorized Slider Copyright Information: This video was shot and edited by Tidal Gardens. Tidal Gardens owns all intellectual property rights to this content. by Marcin Smok | Oct 28, 2019 | Corals, Eye Candy, MACNA, Photography
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