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    This is a unique fish around southern Australia's coastline. The Red Indianfish (Pataecus fronto) sits quietly among sponges,
    some that even look similar to it and feeds on small crustaceans and other morsels. A very cool fish that I encountered many
    times diving in very specific locations around Sydney.

    Taken with a Nikonos III, 35mm lens and 1:3 extension tube, external strobe, Fujichrome Sensia II sometime in 1998 or '99.
    Settings were around f/22 and 1/60th in manual mode. The Nikonos III only did manual mode. Taken in portrait format too with hardly any crop.

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    Gret shot Akos. I love fish stuff(as an avid Discus keeper !) Just that rear section a t the base is a little eye catching. No big deal - Looks easy from the old armchair.
    John

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    Quite interesting image, I like the composition and colors, Nicely done. Thank you for sharing, Akos.
    Joe Przybyla

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    Hi Akos i very much like this frame , for the given techs it does look great !!
    I might be tempted to give the subject a bit more tonal variation without overdoing stuff and leave the colors as they are .
    The red stuff in the BG is this the sponge they live in ? i guess so as these fishes will be very territorial and will not accept another individual i think !
    Like the award framing !!

    It is so interesting what is living under the surface in the oceans , great stuff mate .

    TFS Andreas

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    i Akos, nice rich colours and good composition. Thanks for sharing this unique species with us. Nice work.

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    Hello Akos,

    Love the title and I find the image very interesting, also well presented, well framed, and "in your face", with lovely detail and lots of character from the subject.

    I like the colours, just curious whether you can "extract more tonal variation" as per Andreas's comment, overall a very unique frame I truly enjoyed viewing, thank you so much!

    Kind regards,
    Gabriela Plesea

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    Hi Akos - Nice to see something different and the image detail has held up well from a scan. Nice colors and details. The comp works though I agree it would be even better without the coral.

    TFS,
    Rachel

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    Hey Akos, diving too, how cool. It's a wonderful feeling and a whole new world, totally different to above the water and a great buzz.

    If you go back to when it was taken IQ was still developing, however Andreas has added along the lines of what I would have said, plus a few more rounds of selective sharpening would help, if possible.

    Great stuff matey .

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    Very interesting, mate! Love seeing the aquatic stuff.
    Agree with some of the points raised above...
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