gnob

Thanks.. Aaron, ultimbow
Aaron,
I totally agree with your suggestion, thats exactly my observation also.
actually
The path wasnt there before..
foreground was fully covered with riccias.
its just one night.. while I was looking at it..felt it need something.. to add emotion (btw i also paint) and the path came to be.. with the poem..

again thanks

Quantronghoang

3 months..well, I wonder what happened to your moss? I think they'renot looked so well?
Why dun you try a black or white background? with a black, I think this tank will be so much better

gnob

reaching 4 mos now..

moss is trimmed and proper..
i tried black background prior to this.. looks flat to me..
so i changed this with the current background its adds more to the dreamy effect..
white? i dont know if it would bring the greens on white background..

here it is when setting up and I used a black background..

Steven_Chong

In a PM, Gnob asked me to give him feedback on his aquascape, so of course I'll ablige.

First of all, let me say that there is a lot of good in this aquascape. I relaly like lines in it, the general flow of the composition. It's pretty damn good.

So what I'll offer are some smaller suggestions I think would help.

-Pick some places to thicken the moss, and some places where there will be none at all. Right now there seems to be a thin layer of moss all over the wood, and this doesn't get as good an impact as some places thick, some none at all. I'd suggest covering end of the wood on the left side-- it looks too cleanly cut.
-I'd ditch the rotala wallichi altogether. It's too thin, and it's distracting.
-I'd try a tall grassy plant like val nana or eleocharis vivipara on the left side and especially left back corner.
-Try a white background. This layout has a nice open feel which should be taken advantage of.

Other than those minor suggestions, I think it looks good. Time to go pick up some Camera skills to compliment it.

gnob

Thanks Steven..

The moss is pretty thick now....
Tried white background before when I was starting this layout too bright..and does not contrast well with the greens.. I'll try it again..

We have the same observation on the Walichii ditched it 3 days after the pictorial..
Yeah Im investing on a good camera.. my current has lots of limitation..

again thanks steven..

Steven_Chong

Nah, I wasn't that much help. But, that's because the scape is already really good.