The Power of Colour Photo

Photographer’s Note

I thought of taking this picture because of the striking colours of the fish here, I also wanted to capture them moving too in the picture and it worked, especially with the shutter mode set to 1/10.

Yes, yet again this is the aquarium

This kind of fish is quite unique because if you see these kinds of fish in a particular angle they glow another kind of colour, but they are purple mostly.

The background I thought was unique and it was a photo opportunity of a life time!!

I thought it would be like some kind of art.

I hope you like it.

Zanni, cmartos, ChrisJ, Burnham, davecall, nwoehnl, jrj, summer89, pamastro has marked this note useful

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Zanni (5893) 2004-05-26 9:10

A magic colour scene like an abstract painting. The little fishes seem masterly brush-strokes. Monet? Very well seen, Daniel.

Burnham (2426) 2004-05-26 9:56

I'm beginning to really want to see that aquarium myself, every shot you've posted from there has been spectacular in it's own way, and this is no exception - and since as we've seen on the other shots we know that shooting through glass makes the image a bit blurry, it was very wise to keep a long shutterspeed, to use the blurryness as an advantage. Good work.

davecall (575) 2004-05-26 10:25

Ah, this is a unique angle on what could have been a colourful but run-of-the-mill shot. Usually people strive to get fishes in an aquarium as sharply in focus as possible; the fact that you've made blurring them work for you is a clever tactic. Very good visual effect.

nwoehnl (120) 2004-05-26 14:17

Another interesting shot from the aquarium, Dan, almost looking like an abstract painting. Very good how the fish create those blue spreckles all over your photo. Good result of another one of your experiments.

JudyH (700) 2004-05-26 15:11

Wow Daniel - you're right. When i saw the thumbnail, I almost thought it was a processed shot! A piece of art! this is beautiful, and the colours are stunning. Great shot - I like the movement. Well done.

Spoony (3539) 2004-05-26 15:37

Powerful! Strong!
That´s the words.
Well done.

cmartos (6086) 2004-05-27 3:06

I agree with Gae, colours are magic, mood too. Excellent movement feeling with some fishes slightly blured. It could be a painting. Excellent work and very good eye Daniel. Well seen and done!

jrj (34779) 2004-05-27 5:56

Interesting this aquarium pix, almost into the nonfigurative shot from another world. Well seen details, well done

ChrisJ (70443) 2004-05-27 6:38

Colourful, but needs more red. Well composed & great pov

summer89 (5414) 2004-05-27 10:01

Great photo, Daniel.

I like the blue tones in your photo.

Well done

pamastro (7213) 2004-05-27 12:35

This is really neat. Very abstract. A lot like throwing paint onto a wall mixed with a more formal arrangement. You had a really good idea here and you carried it out very nicely. It really is a great mixture of color and motion. Great job.

purplelights (0) 2004-12-20 9:07

this is such a nice shot, as the purple and blue hues dominates the entire view...as I love the color this is quite noticeable...tfs!