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❓Which online store sells coral with least photoshop / more wysiwyg ❓

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There are so many, I've only had experience with 2 but I am curious which online store you guys recommend. Any coral is fine but I am looking for either hammers, zoas or some monti/birdsnest
 

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I say sunnysidecorals.com. They should have auctions up in a day or so and they show very true colors. Not smurf village blue everything.
 

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Most of what you call Photoshopping

Is merely a lens filter and lighting settings and white balance settings

Tidal Gardens specifically says their 10K to 20K videos are software. Complete transparency with regard to 'Photoshopping'. Rendering that 1 hour video costs 4-5 hours on a computer designed for that process

Imagine the amount of labor involved with fake editing every image, of every coral for sale, as a coral vendor

Kenny at POTO has a video of how to take photos of corals, for you to take photos of yours. That's what most of them are doing
 

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Hellfire frags is almost all WYSIWYG. They label non WYSIWYG otherwise their whole selection is what you see
 

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Check out the auctions that sunnysidecorals.com posted yesterday. Very real colors
 

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Cherry corals. Best representation of what you recieve.
 

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I’d like to know how many corals even revert to the original depicted color given all the individual variables ….basically is it even realistic to expect you will duplicate that photo however it was shot
…heck as many bleached sticks I get, no telling what colors I’ve ended up with
 

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