A Ray-Finned under the Ray Photo

Photographer’s Note

I took that image at around 10-12 meters down in the sea on the reef side opened to the Indian Ocean just outside an ocean pass.
It was cloudy but with a strong wind that sometimes opened the way to some sunbeams that enters in the water as swords.
All that was illuminated changed immediately and became colorful.
That Ray-finned Fish was swimming around a big coral formation, exactley in the middle of a ray of light.

Don't ask me the name of that type of Ray-finned Fish...there were some thousands of different species!

I used a normal waterproof camera of 20 Us$

*Scanned image*

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The Actinopterygii are the ray-finned fish. They are the dominant group of vertebrates, with over 27,000 species ubiquitous throughout fresh water and marine environments.

Traditionally three grades of Actinopterygii have been recognized: the Chondrostei, Holostei, and Teleostei. The second is paraphyletic and tends to be abandoned, however, while the first is now restricted to those forms closer to extant Chondrostei than to the other groups. Nearly all fish alive today are teleosts.

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tjanze (5674) 2006-05-18 3:58

Hi Paolo!
Nice deep blue color.Sun rays lines gives a lot of beauty to photo.Lovely underwater motive. Regards!

Gerrit (35661) 2006-05-18 4:12

Hi Paolo,
fine colours. I don't sea many under water exposures here,
thanks and regards, GErrit

delkoo (34274) 2006-05-18 5:22

hi paolo
trés belle photo sous marine avec une bonne note explicative

amicalement

didier

andante (7092) 2006-05-18 6:19

Well, Paolo, you are out on the real 'aquarium', a little un-fair to me... just kidding, wish I could scuba, lots of great photo oportunities. Love the composition and the deep-blue, specially those ray of light.

jinju (14265) 2006-05-18 6:37

Hi Paolo,

cool underwater shot with vivid colors. The fish is nicely offcenter, swimming towards the deep blue open water. A neat image without much clutter.

oochappan (22032) 2006-05-18 6:41

Not to often seen underwater photos, I like the deep blue colored see contrasting this colorfull fish good framed with the coral on the side.
Henk

AiresSantos (42010) 2006-05-18 8:46

Hi Paolo,
I like the blue background. Lovely and beautiful fish. Interesting note,
Well done.
Greetings and have a nice weekend, Aires

veronika (6022) 2006-05-18 9:03

Hi Paolo im always happy to see picture from the other world - underwater world, it keeps me relaxed, very nice capture bravo!
Vero

ALIRIZA (16197) 2006-05-18 9:55

Hello Paolo,
Great shot, beautiful blue tone. I like the fine POV in your composition a lot. Nice colors too!
Regards...
Ali Rıza

capthaddock (28640) 2006-05-18 10:49

Hi Paolo - OK it's not your best, the cheap camera lens is obvious on trhe coral at right, but the fish came out quite nice, and the blue tones are beautiful.

sergecross (3438) 2006-05-18 12:03

Paolo, beautiful color tone. I like the several tones of the blue color and the contrast to take more shadows.
Excellent
Sergio

Fis2 (45725) 2006-05-18 14:02

Witaj Paolo!
Your photo is nicely. I like the colours and contrast. Good work.
Regards
Krzysztof

Graal (57821) 2006-05-18 14:05

Hi Paolo,
unusual photo because taken underwater. Fantastic colours of fish, good shot. I like it.
Rgs Aleksander

Amirsun (2114) 2006-05-18 15:19

Hi Paolo!
Very nice shot from this nice fish in very special situation, I like the sunbeams and nice tones of blue in your shot. Excellent use of golden spot.
Tanks for posting.
Regards, Amir

ajcsousa (1804) 2006-05-18 17:42

Ciao Paolo,
Excelent underwater picture with a $20 camera. Who knows, ever knows :D
Be well,
António

PixelTerror (86060) 2006-05-19 4:03

Ciao Paolo,
A nice dive into the underwater world, scan came out fine and the crop results in a good placement. I think the impact of such a view lies for a good part in strong colors and punchy contrasts so I tried to increase them in the attached WS.
Have a nice day,
Jean-Yves

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david (3972) 2006-05-20 8:28

i've discovered how difficult photographing fish can be. so i'm impressed by your shot very much.

i like the minimal approach and the fish is perfectly framed.

i think the image could be sharper, but this is still much better than anything i could have done! :)

sebinho342 (18740) 2006-06-01 5:23

Hi Paolo, how majestic is this pirahna ! ;)) I love those sea pictures, there are few one here on TE, i don't remember but there is a guy whose it's the speciality .... yours is excellent and i would love to make this clown fish or ray-finned fish a hello :))
Great Paolo :)

fijiphil (1343) 2006-06-03 16:31

36 points so far and not one person has pointed out that this is a butterfly fish, namely Chaetodon lineolatus, Lined Butterfly fish.

Personally I find the photo a bit empty, but you have captured a nice shimmering light effect in the blue of the water so I'll give you 2 points. Well done!