Always had to be different, but met the same end. :-)
Fishies for sale at the fresh fish market in Doha, Qatar. The boats pull up to steps that go down into the water at a park. The vendors line up their fish on the wet steps, the patrons inspect and buy. The wealthier patrons bring their household help to carry the bags home. It wasn't easy finding a pile o' fish where one was different! The vendors had them sorted by type.
Processing - crop, rotate 180, levels, curves, hue/sat, sharpen, selective color, resize, sharpen again, add border, save for web.
Thanks for all the comments and constructive suggestions! I really didn't have the opportunity for a different angle on these guys - agree that it would have been a good option to pursue, though!
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Great idea for this challenge, for making the best of the opportunities around you at the time. Weird how the fish almost look not quite real, as if you made a collage out of a lot of fish pictures - good weird, I like it! :)
Dead fish always kind of freak me out, lol. The "alone" one looks like he had some kind of weird radiation treatment. ROFL! Overall, I think this was a great find!
Terrific catch Deb. That yellow really zings out against the blue. At first I thought it might not be good with the blue negative space in there, but now I understand how well it works with the yellow.
I like it, i think shooting from a lower angle may have helped, I get the sense I am going to fall into the fish. I like the yellow fish is on the blue background.
I think this would work better if the different fish was either in the center. The mass of fish to the right draws the eye away from the different fish, and it took me a few seconds to see where he was.
really like this shot, interesting composition, good use of colors to stand out. top left fish is a bit distracting as it looks closer to the camera than the rest. light a bit strong as shadows are thick. perhaps a sqaure crop using the yellow fish would enhance it. 7
Deb, this shows really well. Especially against the competition. I wish I could vote - would give you a high score. Hope it's doing well for you, and voters aren't turned off by the "icky dead fish" factor. Very cool. Nicely seen.
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