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Leaf scorpion fish, Wakaya, Fiji

When you take pictures of these fish from the side, they look mostly like a leaf.  After you look closely, they look like a leaf with eyes.  I've made several pictures from the standard angle, and never printed any of them. This seems to be the trip for head shots, so I thought I'd try the leaf fish from the front.  Because of limited depth of field (this is a tiny animal -- maybe an inch and a half long, and thus slightly larger than life on the negative), I had the choice of getting the eyes in focus or the mouth, and I went for the mouth.  I shot from a slightly high angle so you could see his back, blurry though it is.

Nikon F4, 105mm f/2.8 AF Auto Micro Nikkor, TC-14 tele-extender, 2 PK-14 (28mm total) extension tubes, Aquatica Housing, 2 Ikelite 200 strobes, f/32, Fuji Reala 100.

 

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