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Fantastic Fish Fotos

Sharksbaja - 5-25-2006 at 11:44 AM

Post yer beauty here!

"Buck-toothed Beauty" :lol:

[Edited on 5-25-2006 by Sharksbaja]

jerry - 5-25-2006 at 12:06 PM

thats a hog fish

Sharksbaja - 5-25-2006 at 12:11 PM

Yep! Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

[Edited on 5-25-2006 by Sharksbaja]

Don Alley - 5-25-2006 at 12:55 PM

My friend Bob catches Fantastic Fish:

Paulina - 5-25-2006 at 01:22 PM

Beautiful photos, all of them! How do you get them to post so big?
We have a Chino Mera (Hawkfish in your photo) above our fireplace in Ensenada. I'd like to catch one like the one you pictured some day...

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[Edited on 25-5-2006 by Paulina]

Don Alley - 5-25-2006 at 01:59 PM

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Originally posted by Paulina
How do you get them to post so big?

I use a 4 megapixel camera. The photos are cropped, then reduced (in this case by 1/3, I think). Then the photo is uploaded to a photo hosting site, and my post here contains a link to that site. Linking to a photo hosting site allows larger photo files, but I still crop and reduce so the page will load faster, and so that the viewer does not have to scroll across the page for all messages in that thread.

Sallysouth - 5-25-2006 at 02:22 PM

Gosh Paulina, No offence but your fish on your fireplace looks nothing like a China Meru to me!Hmmmm....

Big Photos

Sharksbaja - 5-25-2006 at 02:23 PM

Depending on which software/program you use determines the ease of use for sizing, cropping and saving quality pics.

The below pic was saved with a lower dpi which reduces resolution. The original was 1.3 megs before cropping etc.

[Edited on 5-25-2006 by Sharksbaja]

[Edited on 5-26-2006 by Sharksbaja]

Paulina - 5-25-2006 at 02:31 PM

It's not a very close up photo, as you can tell. Maybe it's the holiday scarf and elf hat that it's sporting that has you doubting....
Or maybe the frog band playing in the back ground? Jajaja

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Cardon - 5-25-2006 at 02:35 PM

Take your pick.

Ken Bondy - 5-25-2006 at 02:52 PM

Toadfish:

Skipjack Joe - 5-25-2006 at 02:59 PM

Ken,

I swear I saw on of those on our Chinese New Year's parade this year.

Natalie Ann - 5-25-2006 at 03:05 PM

What a cool photo, Ken.

And Skipjack - you're right; it looks much like the head/face mask of the lion dancers.

Ken Bondy - 5-25-2006 at 03:30 PM

Ohmigod he does look like one of those things

Isn't camouflage amazing?

Skipjack Joe - 5-25-2006 at 03:46 PM

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Ohmigod he does look like one of those things

Either that or Edward G Robinson. He has Edward G Robinson's mouth. Only lacks the cigar.

I've been looking at this image and what's peculiar about it are the eyes. They look as though they somehow don't belong. It looks as though you can see through the skin to the eyes below it. Then I realized that the irises where so perfectly camouflaged that they contained the coloration and design of the skin surrounding them. So you can't tell where the head ends and the eye starts.

Amazing.

Ken Bondy - 5-25-2006 at 04:05 PM

He is an amazing animal. They are closely related to scorpionfishes, of course, but with the E.G. Robinson mouth. I like the bluish tint of the irises, I could actually see that underwater when I was harassing him.

[Edited on 5-26-2006 by Ken Bondy]

Skipjack Joe - 5-25-2006 at 04:15 PM

"Yoooooooou dirty rat! You ... You gave it to my sistah".

Oh wait.... That's James Cagney. I don't remember any Robinson expressions. What can I say? It's a slow day at work.

Paulina - 5-25-2006 at 05:24 PM

Cardon,
I want that wall at my house!!! We have skin mount "Bob Marlin" caught in La Paz in 1958 living with us here in the states. "Mr. Marlin", a 350 lb, 14ft. Blue Marlin from Hawaii, his friend the dorado and the C.M. live together in Ens. as well as the "Pirate Wolf" and the Jackolope. Who doesn't have one of those? I keep trying to add more to the collection, but Dern won't let me...(insert tiny violin here). He needs to stop looking over my shoulder when I'm cruising Ebay.

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Diver - 5-25-2006 at 06:18 PM

Sharks,

It's so big it hurts !! :wow:

Your photo size that is ! :biggrin:

Beautiful photos but I have to pan back and forth to see the whole thing.
Maybe it's just me ?

Really Diver

Sharksbaja - 5-25-2006 at 06:57 PM

It must be the resolution I have set for my monitor.

Which is 1280X1024

I would recommend this to Nomads whose video card will support it. That is one of the luxuries of a newer computer. Sorry, I forgot how it used to be.

Try increasing your monitor resolution. You may be surprised, and never go back!!

Ok, I made em dinkier. :lol:

[Edited on 5-26-2006 by Sharksbaja]

Natalie Ann - 5-25-2006 at 07:12 PM

Old eyes, Sharks... it's all I can do to read my screen now - I'd have to give up at that resolution. Old eyes. :yes:

Sharksbaja - 5-25-2006 at 07:44 PM

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Originally posted by Natalie Ann
Old eyes, Sharks... it's all I can do to read my screen now - I'd have to give up at that resolution. Old eyes. :yes:

What do you use? Please don't say 640X480 :lol:

Natalie Ann - 5-25-2006 at 08:16 PM

1024 x 768... and my photos fit on the screen. :biggrin:

See............

Sharksbaja - 5-25-2006 at 08:31 PM

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Originally posted by Natalie Ann
1024 x 768... and my photos fit on the screen. :biggrin:

change is good!

Back to the fish fotos

Tomas Tierra - 5-25-2006 at 08:38 PM

Tomas Tierra - 5-25-2006 at 08:39 PM

Como se llama....

Tomas Tierra - 5-25-2006 at 08:41 PM

Este pez en Espanol??

Surf flatty

Tomas Tierra - 5-25-2006 at 08:42 PM

Paulina - 5-25-2006 at 09:10 PM

punta banda red rock cod.

Paulina - 5-25-2006 at 09:11 PM

Another view.

Paulina - 5-25-2006 at 09:12 PM

Calico before...

Paulina - 5-25-2006 at 09:13 PM

...and after.

Really nice photos

Sharksbaja - 5-26-2006 at 11:06 AM

Thanx to you all! I'm impressed!!

Marinero - 5-26-2006 at 11:39 AM

Many of you probably know this, but in fish pictures: iris centered in eyeball equals dead fish; iris looking down equal live fish. This is helpful in evaluating "catch and release" photos, which are sometimes
"eat and release".

Roberto - 5-26-2006 at 12:17 PM

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Originally posted by Tomas Tierra
Este pez en Espanol??

According to Gene Kira, it's Epromar: http://www.mexfish.com/fish/opah/opah.htm .

Thank you Roberto!!

Tomas Tierra - 5-26-2006 at 01:23 PM

and by the way,all of my fish were released directly into the ice chest after photo..

[Edited on 5-26-2006 by Tomas Tierra]

Don Alley - 5-26-2006 at 02:40 PM

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Originally posted by Marinero
Many of you probably know this, but in fish pictures: iris centered in eyeball equals dead fish; iris looking down equal live fish. This is helpful in evaluating "catch and release" photos, which are sometimes
"eat and release".

Years ago a "famous flyfisherman" from Idaho was pictured in a magazine "releasing" a mounted rainbow trout. Yes, the hardest part about professionally writing about catching big fish is supplying the pictures.

His effort got by the editor, but not the readers. :lol:

Sharksbaja - 5-26-2006 at 02:44 PM

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Originally posted by Don Alley

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Hmmm, I wonder if he was looking up? The fish that is.

Ken Bondy - 5-26-2006 at 04:50 PM

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Originally posted by Tomas Tierra
and by the way,all of my fish were released directly into the ice chest after photo..

Tomas sounds like you practice catch, filet, and release!

Diver - 5-26-2006 at 05:47 PM

Ken,

I saw your name on this post and said "OH BOY", expecting another set of your amazing photos. Don't be shy !

Tomas Tierra - 5-26-2006 at 09:56 PM

"catch, filet, and release" the head and bones to my Philipino neighbors for soup!!!

PabloS - 5-26-2006 at 10:01 PM

Caught.....hugged....released.........

Ken Bondy - 5-27-2006 at 09:07 AM

Thanks Diver. Here's another one:

Diver - 5-27-2006 at 09:21 AM

I love my fish !! For dineer ! :lol: