I did not say "photo shopped". Most photos taken are overexposed with too much light. I believe it to be dishonest to the consumer. I have seen your corals many times myself in person. The coral and its frag plug are positively glowing in the photo above. These kind of photos just seem to be an industry standard now. It is disappointing.
It's the exact opposite where the cameras actually aren't receiving enough light. Watch the Tidal Gardens video for Becca's explanation.
For example this is standard exposure here for my tank if I make zero adjustments:
This is if I take the shot in night sight:
The second is much more like what my eyes are, plus there's a downgrade when I upload here that shifts the colors slightly. Facebook probably distorts images even more. But exact same phone, no lens, no fillers.
Cos' website has high res photos that don't get scaled down, but they do have more contrast due to cropping them, and still have pretty accurate looking colors:
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Honestly every coral I've gotten from him looked good in the store and even better in my tank after a few months. Could be better husbandry, nutrition, or lighting (or a combination).
Not the best photos but you can see how much color the wilsonis have picked up in 8 months (both not taken in night sight mode):
Then the night sight photo with an orange lens, adjustments to force a macro image with night sight for a long exposure, cleaned front pane, pumps off, lights dropping violet channels down, and holding really still for 3 seconds. This is by far closest to me sticking my eyeball up to the acrylic:
End of the day, you're always taking a risk by buying from some rando on Facebook vs. a legit vendor like a LFS and/or a long time successful online vendor. But claiming it's dishonest to the customer is a bit of a stretch given how difficult it is to get proper color rendition with our lighting.