The Joy of Koi #16 by goodoleboy
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Captured 7/1/10, at the beautiful Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden on the beautiful campus of California State University Long Beach in beautiful Long Beach, California.
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I named the big white guy in pics 2 and 4, Moby Dick, after the legendary whale of the same name. It always had an entourage of smaller folk following it around the pond as if it were a mother duck or goose.
More information in yesterday's posting of the pretty koi.
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Comments (18)
Wow, these are wonderful captures of all the Koi and I love your Moby Dick with all his attendants, he really must be head boy. I love how clear all your captures are and the lovely colours and the water has come out well too.
SPLENDID shot of these fishes !!! SPLENDID scenes !
Wow! What a blast of bold colors!
they are a joy to watch. cool shots
I could set and watch these guys for long periods of time just to relax, these captures have a relaxing draw to them, awesome captures!
Needless to say Moby Dick did jump out as I scanned down this beautiful collage. S/he is huge and well caught. Dana
Hehe... so funny - when I looked at the white one (before reading your narrative) that is exactly what I thought... Moby Dick!!! Wonderful collage of these beauties Harry!
Fantastic series of excellent shots. Great details and beautiful colors.
More like Moby Jane, I feel...she looks gravid.
If she is gravid that would explain the popularity indeed! Fantastic collage of these koi once again, Harry; love the details and colour!
Wow! How did I miss this series? I've got to visit your gallery! Oh, these pics make me LONG for spring...our koi are now under a thin layer of ice and it will only be getting thicker...at least right now it is thin enough so that it's like looking at our beloved koi through glass. I would have to say by the looks that Moby Dick is a female, as the female koi are round, almost torpedo shaped, as opposed to the koi in the third pic who is facing left who is more 'triangle' shaped. A koi usually has to be a foot long to be able to determine the sex by the shape...even then they CAN fool you and DNA sexing is the really reliable way, LOL.
wonderful images... Looks like quite a few families living there.
I love your Koi shots! These all have excellent color and detail. I like the crisscrossing of the Koi in #1 and the sense that there is quite a crowd there. The detail and light in the second one is superb. I love the eyes on the top two and shimmering effect of the light on the water. Moby Dick may rule the pond, but I think the three in the third picture are trying to form a coup. It looks like they are making the mark of Zorro, maybe to illicit aid. Moby Dick looks supremely unconcerned. I like her shadow in the forth one. Beautiful motion and ripples in the last one. Excellent shots!
Beautiful...love them Harry!
another beautiful group, and "Moby" is quite commanding in the group. Nice that you spaced him out between 2 & 4. I didn't know koi had this much variety. And here, not only are there fine water patterns, but you got reflections on the water, and it adds a whole other dimension, looking almost like someone painted the water by hand. In the 3d & last shots, we really see the tension lines because of that reflected light, and it makes for very rich shots filled with energy and movement as well as the serenity the fish give off. More fine work. (And you know, you mentioned the difficulty of sizing-down several panels to 512 kb: It must be hard to get all these as vivid as they are, given that you have appr 102 kb per image. You must walk a delicate line all the time, boosting the original, but not losing the original's tone, and going back & forth until the upload version is just right. Commendations, it can't be easy. 100 kb is not a lot for a vivid image. The jpg people should put you on the board, this is why they developed the format to begin with.) ("Joint Experts Photographers Group," I think. To get small-sized photos for the web that are vivid at the same time...)
LOVELY KOIS !!!!
Ah your beautiful Koi shots! You are so good at these Harry.. An exceptional collage, well done.. Rob