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Some spiked fish I can not remember the name so if you know please enlighten me.Similar images:
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I saw this one swimming in the Red Sea.
Awesome bright colours.
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;O I want to eat it.
That's how good this photograph is, and I don't eat seafood. Be proud. Be very proud.
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With those wonderful words I"m more than proud! Thanks so much!
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this looks like an imperial lionfish - Pterois imperator
(and an awesome photo)
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Thansk for the awesomephoto comment!!! 
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my pleasure - i used to work in an aquarium - i know how hard it is to get decent shots like this
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lol yeah it was my first time i really wish i had an image stabilizer lens to fix some of the basic blurry issues on some that i didn't post.
What was it like working in a sweet place like an aquarium?
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haha forget the image stabiliser - biggest con ever; and even when they are useful they trick you into thinking you're a better photographer. probably not useful in an aquarium anyway. (sorry, i have a personal hatred of the 3x the price cost that having one on a lens adds on)
aquarium = every bit as awesome as you'd imagine. it was only a summer job, and sadly i've moved on to bigger and better things but it was magical at the time and i'd highly recommend it to anyone who has it in mind
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Really? about the image stabilizer. I never had one ... so you suggest not to get one? I just think it would be more convenient i know it wont make me any better at anything.
As for the aquarium that's so sweet! I got stuck into media and have yet to leave it's fun but sometimes i feel i miss stuff like loook at your summer job that had to be soo sweet! I assume it didn't pay the greatest!
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absolute waste of money - the big camera companies make a lot of unnecessary money out of them; just ask any photographer how they got good, focussed pictuers before IS was available!
Here in the UK Canon charge £180 for their standard 70-300mm lens - an essential for wildlife photography. For the Image Stabilised version it's £450, and you do notice a difference at maximum zoom BUT only if you're holding the camera by hand, and if you're doing that at 300mm you're doing something wrong anyway! (you should be using a tripod/beanbag - a lot cheaper).
The better alternative - the one I chose - get a Sigma 70-300mm, unstabilised. The glass quality in the lens is better than the Canon, it's about £20 cheaper and you don't fall into the trap of wasting money on IS. the only downside is the autofocus at 200-300mm is slow unless you have very bright light conditions, but if your manual focus skills are good, then don't worry.
Sorry for that two cents (more like two dollars with the length!).
As for the aquarium - well, who needs loads of money? all you need is enough to live if you have a job you like.
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First off I'd like to thank you for your 2 cent or dollars
I have heard some bad things from the sigma lens now working well with the canon 20d but i haven't tried yet. so that's just word of mouth from someone close to my family.
I never use auto focus I just don't like it I have the tamron 18-200mm maybe it's just slow in with that lens too.
and no one needs a hole loads of money, I"m not the one to be greedy and do think one should do a job they love regardless of money.
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ha ha no problem - just tell me if i'm sticking my oar in though! i get quite het up about people wasting money on camera stuff as it's so expensive you need to chose wisely.
i'm looking to upgrade to the 20D, or maybe 40 depending on the budget. i've never used the tamron, but i think it's probably equivalent to the sigma. unless you can get one on ebay or something cheap i think the proprietary lenses are just not worth it.
p.s. i love your new Opened Hideaway shot.
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Well I'm still to new to take any real direction due to the cost so I love getting input. I ended up getting a steal of a deal on my 20d with a 35-55mm lens and my tamron 18-200m. I thought the tamron was good with the canon but it seems to error out every other shot when the lens isn't locked in place. Still takes great shots and can get it to work in other zoom levels, however it takes a while sometimes. What do you work with now?
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wow that sounds like a good deal; and the lens range there is really unusual but covers some pretty interesting depths - is the 18-200mm wide angle?
i keep meaning to try the tamron lenses, as they are slightly cheaper than the sigma ones in the uk, so they might make a sensible investment.
Currently, i use an aging EOS 400D (Rebel Xti in the USA i think?), with a canon 18-55mm lens and a sigma 70-300mm lens. i'm a fan of filters as well, because i think they're harder to use properly compared to tweaking photos on photoshop later.
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Nice, I think its a Lion Fish.
The spines contain venom.
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Yeah it was in the deadly section of the place we went to! I love how the cool fishes are so deadly!
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fish are quite awesome in their variations! I love thinking of them as more than just food or cute tank fillers
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they are complex tooo. so much we don't know about them!
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HEE HEE thanks much! Looking through this stuff I'm starting to think their is more then luck here but still 80% is luck! lol
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you have a natural eye for it, its all wonderful stuff..
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Thanks Zig... Hopefull you like the next few I put up too!
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