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I've had good luck with ladybugs- especially on roses. They also seem to stick around pretty good in our so cal climate... never tried Green Lacewing- but please post if they work- very curious...

Another HDR attempt- from the boardwalk near the Long Beach aquarium. This is more of an extreme HDR rendering but I think its kind of cool:

http://www.austinanna.com/Images/BB/HDR/palm2.jpg

http://www.austinanna.com/Images/BB/longbeach/cocoworm.jpg

http://www.austinanna.com/Images/BB/longbeach/austinleather.jpg

http://www.austinanna.com/Images/BB/longbeach/leatherclose.jpg
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Gotta love the Long Beach aquarium!

http://www.austinanna.com/Images/BB/longbeach/seafans.jpg

http://www.austinanna.com/Images/BB/longbeach/seabass.jpg
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sorry for the graininess- I had to shoot strange settings w/o a tripod to bring the colors out!

We just got back from a trip the Aquarium of the Pacific (Long Beach)... here's some updated shots of their azoo tank...
http://www.austinanna.com/Images/BB/longbeach/ftsgorg.jpg...

http://www.austinanna.com/Images/BB/HDR/mud.jpg
http://www.austinanna.com/Images/BB/HDR/rust.jpg
http://www.austinanna.com/Images/BB/HDR/junk.jpg

OK... so I've been inspired by this thread to try out HDR for myself. Here's a few of my first tries!

http://www.austinanna.com/Images/BB/HDR/bike.jpg...

http://www.austinanna.com/Images/BB/pics09/up2.jpg
http://www.austinanna.com/Images/BB/pics09/down2.jpg

Just for you Minh-

http://www.austinanna.com/Images/BB/pics09/tongue2.jpg
http://www.austinanna.com/Images/BB/pics09/mudnose2.jpg
http://www.austinanna.com/Images/BB/pics09/field2.jpg...

http://www.austinanna.com/Images/BB/pics09/bottles.jpg
http://www.austinanna.com/Images/BB/pics09/hot_tin_roof.jpg
http://www.austinanna.com/Images/BB/pics09/tractor2.jpg

A few shots of the Bernardo Winery from this weekend... still checking out new features on my Nikon D-80 as well as the new Photoshop (CS4). Enjoy!
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I got some nice looking blue zoas from Kelly (kjsreef)... he might frag some more if you're interested...

saw those kryptonites today- they look amazing and would be a killer deal for anyone interested!

btw Jeff- the toadstools are looking great in our tank and the montipora/mystery little guy is...

I never feed the fishies... but ajn81 (my live-in fish-keeper aka hubby) does it multiple times a day ;)

*washed through spin cycle* might be a better description...

he really just likes having a new toy to play with... but nice meeting you last night Minh!

beautiful acans... looks like your clam is getting lost in the xenia!

1 tiger pistol-- with his friend the goby

I am concerned about my yellow watchman goby. He's been living quite happily (so it appears) with a pistol shrimp in my 10 gallon nano for about a month. We've fed him mysis and a flake food and...

Don't you guys think he should forget this freshwater business and focus on his reef tank? He doesn't even have any fish in there yet...

noooooooooooooooooo!

Calumet in Escondido has pretty much everything- but the prices are higher than you would find online...

here :)