Regal Queen
The queen angelfish rules...
(Holacanthus ciliaris) Bonaire, Netherland Antilles - BIGGER is better.
This photo was taken on July 18, 2006 in Bonaire, AN.
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pauldub, LA Lassie, amaury.gravy, Paul Grand, and 29 other people added this photo to their favorites.
pauldub (71 months ago | reply)
Wow, brilliant!
LA Lassie (71 months ago | reply)
Beautiful photo.......so colorful
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holacanthus
JennyHuang (71 months ago | reply)
Wow!!! Gorgeous colours!!
Great capture Laz!!
curlyson (71 months ago | reply)
Beautiful coloring and patterns !
Felipe Abreu 2010 [deleted] (71 months ago | reply)
Great shot....learning portuguese Laz??? so here´s my comment :
Coisa mais linda esse peixe!!!!!!! abraço pra você!!!!
laszlo-photo (71 months ago | reply)
Thanks for the visits, comments, and faves!
I'm glad you like it Paul. This one was from the Antilles!
Hey Judy! Thanks for the kindness and the Wikipedia link. I see they have not yet written the article on the Queen Angelfish. I think I know where they can find a picture. :-D
Jenny, you're too sweet! I see that your "spinecheek" is very popular on flickr!
Thank You Roger. Angelfish make such nice photography subjects because of their color, but unfortunately, they rarely sit still enough for you to compose the frame very well.
Hi Felipe! I think that you are saying, "This fish is such a pretty thing!!!! A hug for you!!! Is that right?? I want to visit Brazil... maybe Foz de Iguaçu. It is a beautiful country and the people are so nice!! Dois abraços pra você!
FUJIJEN (71 months ago | reply)
Sweet!
Pixel Packing Mama (71 months ago | reply)
I really enjoy this gorgeous fish picture.
Steve Vetter (71 months ago | reply)
Great shot!!
Anikó (71 months ago | reply)
Spectacular!
laszlo-photo (71 months ago | reply)
Thanks Jen! Angelfish are always sweet!
Glad you like it "P² Mama." Hey did you get your 50,000th view yet?
I'm much obliged N Knee Deep! You may have visited this very one when you were in Bonaire :-)
Thanks Anikó - almost as spectacular as your frog. :-D
Michael™ (71 months ago | reply)
Woah! Such great colors (as usual)...you mean you have to travel to the Netherlands to shoot these? None in Lake Erie?! ;)
Fanny Reno (71 months ago | reply)
catchy colors, perfect crop.
What type of camera did you use ?
laszlo-photo (71 months ago | reply)
Thanks Michael. The only way you'd find one of these in Lake Erie now is if an aquarium was swept in during the Grand River flood! :-D
Hi ~Steph~! This was shot on 35mm film using an old Canon Rebel II inside an Ikelite acrylic SLR housing with dome style port. I used a 35-80mm zoom lens with added B+W +4.0 diopter. The exposure was set at f/5.6 using a 100 Watt·sec strobe on TTL with synch speed 1/90th seconds. The film was ISO 50 slide film. The slide was scanned to digital using a Nikon Coolscan IV ED. And there it is, through the miracle of Flickr!
Compare to a similar fish shot on an overcast day with the same equipment, only using f/8.0
cowgirlrightup (71 months ago | reply)
WOW!!!!!! You outdid yourself and me. This is perfect....such superb and vibrant colors. The beauty of this fish lives on 4-ever in your photo and on my fav page.
Sorry trying to catch-up had Puter bummer.
cowgirlrightup (71 months ago | reply)
Oh and your invited to post this image to
"Spectacular Nature, invite only
www.flickr,com/groups/spectacular nature/
laszlo-photo (71 months ago | reply)
Hi Marilyn! Welcome back sweetie! Flickr has been so dreary without you :-)
Thanks so kindly for the visit, compliment, fave, comment, tag, and invite! It seems you're back with a vengence! :-D
takau99 (71 months ago | reply)
very nice underwater shot.
cowgirlrightup (71 months ago | reply)
Good morning!!!Came back to see how my Regal Queen is doing.
So needed a laugh today.Pouring rain outside...can't ride the horses.
Vengence....ha ha....like that.
Hey wheres our good friend Ale. Did he drop off the face of the earth. Hope not. LOL
Janice LeBlanc (71 months ago | reply)
This is so beautiful. I love everything about it. Well done!
CountryGuys (71 months ago | reply)
Wow! Yes, this is definately spectacular! I like fish, but this one is one of the prettiest I've seen. Syl
Spectacular Nature
laszlo-photo (71 months ago | reply)
Thank you takau99. I see you have some pretty special underwater photos yourself! :-)
Hi Marilyn! Hope the rain stops so you can get back to enjoying your summer. I hear it's the best two weeks of the year in Alberta! LOL. I haven't heard from Ale in a couple of weeks. The last I read, he was away on vacation using his uncle's notebook computer. He'll probably be uploading vacation photos soon, that's my guess.
Your so nice Jan! I'm glad this one caught your fancy. You've inspired me to try my luck at some backyard bugs. I have no idea how I'm doin' yet... darn film cameras!!! If you see some in the coming weeks, you'll know they came out :-D
Thanks CountryGuys! I'm blushing... I see you have some great nature shots, but that circuitboard stingray is top-notch!
cowgirlrightup (71 months ago | reply)
Hi Laszlo.....i see you don't have any new shots so i came back to my fav the Regal Queen. She's a tough one to beat. Love looking at her. Thought you might be on vacation....havn't seen you in awhile. Thanks for your meaningful comment (really liked it) and the invite....thats quite a group....i added it but don't imagine i'll be in that group often. LOL
Wish you and your wife the best!!!!
Take care my friend.
laszlo-photo (71 months ago | reply)
Hi Marilyn! So nice of you to drop by. ...hardly vacation... a couple of demanding projects at work and home have really tied me up the past several weeks. I've shot quite a few frames this summer, but until I get that digital SLR, I still have to develop and scan to share on flickr (ughhh).
I'll put up a few oldies I just scanned so that y'all don't think I drowned! :-D
aolima (70 months ago | reply)
Super photo, congratulation !!!
immerglimmer (68 months ago | reply)
would like to invite you to post this photo in my group: www.flickr.com/groups/greenyellow/ :)
Caro's Lines (63 months ago | reply)
Thank you very much for making this photo available with a cc license that allows remixing. If you are interested in seeing what I've done with it, please see here:
Relax in Green
Caro's Lines (63 months ago | reply)
And also:
The Shaman
Thank you so much!
Mickle Huang (55 months ago | reply)
Excellent capture !!
mason_morrison (44 months ago | reply)
i am a fish taxidermist a i am planning on mounting a reproduction for a friends queen angel that died. i like this pic plz let me know if you have more
laszlo-photo (44 months ago | reply)
That's all I have posted right now Mason. I have some more but not as good as this. for more angelfish, you can browse through this GROUP.
sharmphotography (43 months ago | reply)
nice colours!
queen angelfish lover (20 months ago | reply)
wow! you're great.. i really really love this fish!
Caribbean REEF Magazine (20 months ago | reply)
I thought I would let you know that I added this photo to my
Deep Sea Fish Pictures page on my website.
Thanks for the great photo!
Ife
nashworld (8 months ago | reply)
Awesome shot... there are certainly a few in the slideshow here as well: sjsd.schoolwires.net/seannash
[bestphotos] (2 months ago | reply)
Thank you for the beautiful picture. It is featured on Beautiful Marine Life Pictures.