This is one of 4 fish in our aquarium - this one is by far the dimmest!
Post challenge:
I was really surprised how well this did and how many lovely comments. For me though, I think the image is technically quite poor and in retrospect it all looks too over-processed to me. I'm going to make a conscious effort to go easier with the post-processing from now on.
Same fish, better shot:
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This should have taken at least 2nd; I don't think people realize how hard it is to shoot fish, especially macro. Nice composition and crisp detail where it matters.
Holy shit! This stopped me in my tracks. After slogging through so many boring dog & cat snapshots this is a delight to the senses. I love everything about it. I'm not quite done voting yet, but there's no doubt that this is the best in the challenge for me. 10
I wish I had a dollar for every photo with this title on this site. Or "What are you looking at?" *grin*
Perfectly framed and great sharp focus on the face, especially through water. I wish there weren't so much noise (I think Neat Image would have cleared up most of it) in the background... and I'm sure some will ask for more contrast or brightness. Still it's a 7 from me.
I think this would be even better if it were a bit brighter. That being said, I love this shot and I'm marking it as a favorite! Trying to get a fish to cooperate for posing can't be easy!
my only ten in this challenge so far. The reason, not cute and furry but the clarity, the colour , the details, the background fins, this is an excellent shot imo
Very nice fish shot; wonderfully clear and nice DOF. Also rather pleasing shape to his body here, and the purplish hue gets you a bonus point from me ;-)
Awesome shot, I love the fact that it isn't a cat or dog. I don't know what it is but something about the background color is keeping me from giving you a ten. 8
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