Sleep well.. Photo

Photographer’s Note

During a night dive in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, I found this guy sleeping with his face behind this wonderful soft corals.
"BLUEBARRED PARROTFISH, 'Scarus ghobban', commom in coral reefs, seagrass beds and weedy areas, also deeper offshore, penetrating silty environments more readily than other parrotfishes". (Red Sea Reef Guide, Helmut Debelius).
Its a male. Parrotfishes use to sleep in the rocks or between the corals. Sometimes we see some inside their cocoons.
Regards,
Zeca

muscovado, pasternak, lucasdasilva, xuaxo, Silke, sabyasachi1212, axiotea, pboehringer has marked this note useful

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muscovado (1530) 2006-09-12 21:21

Hi Zeca,
Superb composition and you captured the parrot fish in fine details. Bravo!
Czaldy

bazal (7898) 2006-09-13 3:24

Hi Jose.
Incredible colors for this sleeping guy... The sharpness is amazing and the level of details available in this shot is amazing. Just as if water was perfectly transparent (it must be the case in this place). Furthermore, you've manage to compose the shot a great way, by combining the fish and the bryozoair animal.
Thanks for sharing!

AiresSantos (43270) 2006-09-13 4:12

Ola Jose,
Belissima composição com cores fantasticas. Gosto do enquadramento e da definição.
Um abraço Amigo,
Aires

pasternak (13796) 2006-09-13 10:51

Excellent portrait of the fish, Jose, the colours are simply fantastic against this black background. As good as can be.

Cheers
Alexander

lucasdasilva (557) 2006-09-13 12:24

After Steve Irwin, be safe Jose. But you bring some good pictures from the unknown world.
Lucas

xuaxo (5911) 2006-09-13 12:47

Magníficos detalhes, principalmente no coral.
F

agbonavita (0) 2006-09-13 13:00

ótima foto Zeca, e engraçada, parece que o peixe enfiou a cabeça debaixo do "travesseiro"!

Belas cores, o fundo do mar é um mar de cores não acha? Você usa a caixa estanque da nikon para essas fotos?

Abraço
Andre

Silke (3023) 2006-09-15 7:01

A superb capture of this sleepy-head, with amazing colours and sharpness. TFS
Silke

sabyasachi1212 (19546) 2006-09-16 5:01

Hi Jose,
I am a great fan of your under-water photography skills. I really like the way you bring professional images and sher thm with us. This is one is simply wonderful with all those vibrant colours.
With Greetings from India
Sabyasachi

axiotea (16359) 2006-09-19 0:36

Hi jose,
Your work underwater is just incredible and I'm fond of it...Incredible colors/details of parrotfish and coral which are well framed...Well done!
Cheers,
Marilyn

pboehringer (770) 2006-10-19 23:42

Zeca, voce realmente bom em tudo, mesmo debaixo da agua e durante a noite voce teria fotos incriveis. Esta composicao com estas cores esta demais. A minha viagem ao Egyto foi para ver a parte velha - piramides, templos, etc. Nada de mergulho. Parece que eu perdi uma boa ocasiao.
Um grande abraco, Peter

Emiel_Skyfreak (2976) 2006-10-26 7:34

Another super underwater shot from you.
Again the sharpness is very good. I like that red coral, it seems as if it is on fire, which gives a nice effect on this shot.
Also like the very blue colours of this parrotfish, well detailed.
Would have been just that bit nicer if it's whole eye was clearly visible, but okay..things like that are difficult underwater I think...isn't it ?
Thanks for sharing!

miumiu (3868) 2007-09-26 5:00

Hello Jose!
Amazing view!!! Title is lovely!
Colours and sharpness is excellent!!
I like your underwater pics so much!
(I can give you smile tomorrow!)
Greetings
Agnes