by Marcin Smok | Jun 19, 2023 | Eye Candy
As I was sorting through photographs to be featured in the second part of this series, which at this point is shaping up to be four-part strong, I was also contemplating how to accompany them with a side dish of meaningful... by Joe Rowlett | Jan 17, 2022 | Fish, Science
In the ocean, longer wavelengths of light (i.e. red) are quickly filtered out, so that with increasing depth the red pigmentation of marine life takes on increasingly inky tones. This provides excellent camouflage in the darkness and is why so many deeper-water... by Marcin Smok | Oct 28, 2019 | Corals, Eye Candy, MACNA, Photography
Fluorescence is an amazing natural phenomenon and one of the main reasons so many of us reef aquarists got hooked into keeping reef aquariums at home. When illuminated with black light, corals transform into these otherworldly creatures, glowing in the dark in a... by Marcin Smok | Oct 25, 2019 | Corals, Eye Candy, MACNA, Photography
In the last edition of Fluorescence Photography: MACNA Edition, I tried to shine some light on the topic of coral fluorescence- what it is, how does it manifest itself in corals and what’s the difference between this phenomenon and other forms of naturally occurring... 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...
