Juvenile Spadefish


Posted by SMB on Thu Nov 12, 2015 4:00 pm

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Platax pinnatus. The juvenile is black with an orange outline, 3-4 inches. It can lay flat and mimic dead leaves. The 15 inch adult is a somewhat boring flat silver and black fish (but they can be very photo worthy in large schools).
Exposing for the outline leaves a pretty dark background. I completed the BG in LR with an exposure brush and also accented the outlines. The fish adds the art as it swims with a fluttering motion and it can be hard to get the whole body in the frame.
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by Gary Briney on Sat Nov 14, 2015 7:32 pm
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Very interesting image Stan -- thanks for the background information!
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by Cynthia Crawford on Sat Nov 14, 2015 8:56 pm
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This makes a wild abstract-I really appreciate how you describe this and the great results. I would never have guessed what it is. Quite surreal.
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by SMB on Sat Nov 14, 2015 10:15 pm
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This is what the juvenile looks like. 3 inches at the most.
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by Gary Briney on Sat Nov 14, 2015 10:32 pm
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Stan,

Thanks for the additional image!

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by Cynthia Crawford on Sun Nov 15, 2015 9:01 am
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SMB wrote:
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This is what the juvenile looks like. 3 inches at the most.
Wow- that's an amazing fish! Thanks for the additional info.
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