Our C. Earlei

Mike&Terry · May 12, 2012

Now that our C. earlei has settled into the DT, we thought we'd share some pics:

:beauty:

M&T

revhtree · May 12, 2012

Beautiful! I love that wrasse!

BarbH · May 12, 2012

Beautiful looking fish, looks like he has settled right on in.

revsgirl · May 12, 2012

Simply gorgeous!!

Aquaph8 · May 12, 2012

Wow, he is amazing. I think Im in love:love:. Really great pic skill too!!!

reefknight · May 12, 2012

Stunning wrasse, congrats!

ctxmonitor · May 12, 2012

Wow, that is one stunning wrasse!! Great capture, how u manage to capture that?

evolved · May 14, 2012

Gorgeous and surreal photos!

uall8up · May 14, 2012

Very nice!!! :tongue:

MarvinsReef · May 14, 2012

so awesome! hopefully, you can take some vids when he starts flashing. :)

Mike&Terry · May 14, 2012

revhtree said:
Beautiful! I love that wrasse!

BarbH said:
Beautiful looking fish, looks like he has settled right on in.

revsgirl said:
Simply gorgeous!!

reefknight said:
Stunning wrasse, congrats!

uall8up said:
Very nice!!! :tongue:

Thanks so much everyone!

Aquaph8 said:
Wow, he is amazing. I think Im in love:love:. Really great pic skill too!!!

Brett, thanks for the compliment on the pics - I was lucky to get a few good shots of him. I must admit that I am completely besotted! :adore:.

ctxmonitor said:
Wow, that is one stunning wrasse!! Great capture, how u manage to capture that?

Thank you! As for capturing the shots, It takes lots of practice and patience, lol. Over time, I've learned to anticipate the movement of the fish and move with them. I am not a photographer and probably do things much differently from a professional, they just work for me. I shoot in raw, normally set my camera to manual and use manual focus or at least semi-manual where I can override the camera. My best fish pics are taken with my macro lens. I love the details you see w/a macro lens and the nice bokeh it can produce.

evolved said:
Gorgeous and surreal photos!

Thank you! Hope your Earlei is continuing to do well!

MarvinsReef said:
so awesome! hopefully, you can take some vids when he starts flashing. :)

You know, my fish are so mellow that they rarely display, LOL. The C. rubrisquamis does display some, but we're talking a few seconds at most. Usually by the time I grab the camera, the moment is gone. Maybe the Earlei will surprise me and I can capture some video. :bigsmile:

-Terry