Bill
On 3/30/06, Bob Bock <bockhouse-in-earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> How are the spiral strips working out? I had a plan to do that myself.
> Unfortunately, though, we can't get daylight spirals around here, only the
> standard warm white.
>
> Thanks, Bill
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Bill Flowers <billflower-in-gmail.com>
> > To: <nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org>
> > Date: 3/29/2006 5:26:37 PM
> > Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- Photograph and Release
> >
> > The bulb is one of the 60 watt screw-in compact flourescent that can be
> > bought-in-Menards, Meijers, or Lowes for about $4.00 US. The specific
> > company that makes the ones I use is Fiet Electric and it is called
> Daylight
> > 60. The bulbs use 13 watts to give you 60 watts of light. It is the
> daylight
> > variety and not the warm white. The warm white tends to have a more
> yellow
> > coloration. I have actually been slowly building strip lights for all my
> > tanks and installing these bulbs. I actually have 400 watts on a 125
> gallon
> > tank.
> >
> > Bill Flowers
> >
> > On 3/29/06, Bob Bock <bockhouse-in-earthlink.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hey, Bill, what kind of bulb is in the overhead light in your first
> link?
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > >From: Bill Flowers <billflower-in-gmail.com>
> > > >Sent: Mar 29, 2006 3:16 PM
> > > >To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
> > > >Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- Photograph and Release
> > > >
> > > >Dennis,
> > > >
> > > > Here is a picture of a simple photo tank that I came up with from
> > > seenig
> > > >what others have done. It is a 2.5 gallon tank with the back covered
> in
> > > >black. I have also took some acrylic sheets and painted them with a
> paint
> > > >called Fusion. The acrylic sheets are slightly bigger than the tank
> and I
> > > >bow them so that it creates a smaller pocket for the fish to lay in.
> I
> > > have
> > > >also attached some pictures taken in this tank. I haven't taken it
> out
> > > into
> > > >the field, yet. I am hoping to later on this spring and early summer.
> > > >
> > > >http://www.nanfa.org/members/flowers/phototank2.jpg
> > > >
> > > >http://www.nanfa.org/members/flowers/orangethroat.jpg
> > > >
> > > >http://www.nanfa.org/members/flowers/m_stone2.jpg
> > > >
> > > >http://www.nanfa.org/members/flowers/greenside.jpg
> > > >
> > > >Bill Flowers
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >On 3/29/06, Dennis Burnette <deburnette-in-triad.rr.com> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> NANFA Folks,
> > > >>
> > > >> I am seeking advice on photographing fish in the field before
> releasing
> > > >> them.
> > > >>
> > > >> I am a native fish newbie. I have a good bit of experience with
> other
> > > >> wildlife, but have only recently gotten hooked on native fish. What
> I
> > > plan
> > > >> to do is collect local fish (and invertebrates), hold them briefly
> in
> > > some
> > > >> type of enclosure on site, photograph them, and then release them
> back
> > > >> into
> > > >> the place where I collected them.
> > > >>
> > > >> The photographic enclosure that I am visualizing is some sort of
> small
> > > >> glass/plastic container or aquarium that will allow me to isolate a
> > > fish
> > > >> and
> > > >> keep it relatively still while I photograph it. (I prefer not to
> shoot
> > > >> photos of a fish out of water in a net or someone's hands.) I
> haven't
> > > been
> > > >> successful in finding anything about this kind of photography on
> the
> > > >> Internet.
> > > >>
> > > >> I would be grateful for any advice I can get from you folks who
> have
> > > >> successfully photographed fish in the field.
> > > >>
> > > >> Thanks in advance,
> > > >>
> > > >> Dennis
> > > >>
> > > >> --
> > > >> Dennis Burnette
> > > >> Greensboro, NC
> > > >> deburnette-in-triad.rr.com
> > > >>
> > >
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