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Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
For some reason unknown to me she never bothered these 3 inch giant danios.
Ron,
This I like, especially considering the explosive power of a voracious eater in an enclosed space that might be tripped at some unexpected moment. Perhaps she knows she can eat them later. for now, you keep her well fed. So it would be an advantage for her to keep her reserve food untouched and even perhaps they might multiply. This might be a not insignificant part of animal physiology to not to hunt their food supply out of existence. So when they keep seeing the same fish, they instinctively know not to destroy it.
I wonder whether or not such mechanisms exist. does the lion eat the last mating deer pair if there's other food?
Asher
Ron,
This I like, especially considering the explosive power of a voracious eater in an enclosed space that might be tripped at some unexpected moment. Perhaps she knows she can eat them later. for now, you keep her well fed. So it would be an advantage for her to keep her reserve food untouched and even perhaps they might multiply. This might be a not insignificant part of animal physiology to not to hunt their food supply out of existence. So when they keep seeing the same fish, they instinctively know not to destroy it.
I wonder whether or not such mechanisms exist. does the lion eat the last mating deer pair if there's other food?
Asher
John Angulat
pro member
Hi Ron,
These are breathtaking! The detail is so intriguing.
How were these lit, or maybe better said how were these illuminated?
These are breathtaking! The detail is so intriguing.
How were these lit, or maybe better said how were these illuminated?
For some reason unknown to me she never bothered these 3 inch giant danios.
Ron,
This I like, especially considering the explosive power of a voracious eater in an enclosed space that might be tripped at some unexpected moment. Perhaps she knows she can eat them later. for now, you keep her well fed. So it would be an advantage for her to keep her reserve food untouched and even perhaps they might multiply. This might be a not insignificant part of animal physiology to not to hunt their food supply out of existence. So when they keep seeing the same fish, they instinctively know not to destroy it.
I wonder whether or not such mechanisms exist. does the lion eat the last mating deer pair if there's other food?
Asher
Thanks Asher.
I think the reason she doesn't inhale them is because from the time she was little she has never had live food although that has never stopped others. I use the giant danios because they always seem to survive with this type of fish.
She gets large dried fish pellets. fresh shrimp, beef and turkey. She is a messy eater and the danios often shoot down within an inch of her mouth to get scraps where she could just inhale them but she ignores them even though she is a very aggressive fish.
Thank you John.
Two 580EX in a home made aquarium softbox fired with PWs (pws that I just sold to get the new flex system that I am holding off on because I've heard of problems with them) above the aquarium.
fahim mohammed
Well-known member
Ron, these are magnificent photos. more so because of your skill in illuminating them so wonderfully.
As John mentioned, the details are superb.
As to the ' monster' I can only think of ' there are more things in heaven and earth...'
Excellent work Ron.
Regards.
As John mentioned, the details are superb.
As to the ' monster' I can only think of ' there are more things in heaven and earth...'
Excellent work Ron.
Regards.
Paul Abbott
New member
I second what Fahim has said, these are clear, sharp and wonderfully exposed. It looks like your in there with 'em. 
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
I second what Fahim has said, these are clear, sharp and wonderfully exposed. It looks like your in there with 'em.
Paul and Fahim,
There's an additional set of features. Ron's definite compositions seem to reflect ideas of "Returning" "Passing by", "Exploring," "Leisure", " A patrol" and the like. It's as if they together cover human experience. By lighting and compositing well, Ron's work on fish differs distinctively from pictures of animals that merely show detail and identity. An example of such surgical presentation would be the fantastic illustrations of Audubon's, often dead, birds. Likenesses of birds, (even with them staged to appear to be doing things) represent much more of Audubon's skill in hunting them down, flair for drawing and coloring them but little life force that Ron's images seem to bring to me. Another contrast is that while Ron nurtures these creatures but gives them fanciful names, Audubon, on the other hand removed them from their safe anonymity, butchered them and presented his efforts as "works of beauty" for the fawning salons of Europe!
Asher
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Ken Tanaka
pro member
Ron,
These are fabulous images! (I don't know how I've missed them so long...perhaps because I don't visit the pets area.) Your practice and experience sure shows here.
I've kept an aquarium (marine) for 23 years. When I first entered the hobby I was, typically, fanatical about every aspect. I took several runs at photographing my former "reef" tank way back when but failed miserably. So I appreciate what you've accomplished here.
Well done!
p.s. That's one healthy-looking cichlid! Clear fins, clear eyes, HUGE size!
These are fabulous images! (I don't know how I've missed them so long...perhaps because I don't visit the pets area.) Your practice and experience sure shows here.
I've kept an aquarium (marine) for 23 years. When I first entered the hobby I was, typically, fanatical about every aspect. I took several runs at photographing my former "reef" tank way back when but failed miserably. So I appreciate what you've accomplished here.
Well done!
p.s. That's one healthy-looking cichlid! Clear fins, clear eyes, HUGE size!
Thank you very much Paul.I second what Fahim has said, these are clear, sharp and wonderfully exposed. It looks like your in there with 'em.
Sorry to be late getting back to everyone but I am having severe back problems again. I meet with a surgeon tomorrow. I can't take much more of this.
Thank you so much Asher. You actually make me blush reading this.