I spent a good part of the weekend at the Rosemond Gifford Zoo. They have a winter photo contest on that is open to everyone from the age of 4 (!) and up. There were a quite a few people there taking pictures of the incredibly cute tiger babies, the lions who were being particularly photogenic and in an area where the reflection wasn’t too bad on the glass, and the monkeys who were being their usual silly selves. I decided that I needed to try a different animal… something that most people wouldn’t try to take pictures of. Don’t get me wrong – I couldn’t help but take pictures of the tiger cubs and other cute fuzzy animals – but for the contest I think I’m going for the fish! I think in some ways it will be a numbers game and I want to stand out from the cute or stately furry creatures. So this post is for my friend AMY who works for an aquarium store and knows more about how to take care of an aquarium and it’s occupants than anyone else I know. Plus maybe she can tell me what kind of fish this blue fish is (I know it’s not “Dory”…). I won’t be submitting these two particular photographs for various technical reasons – mostly those darned fish wouldn’t hold still so the focus is always somewhere where the fish was not – but I know Nemo wanted to say hi to his pal Amy.
Fish in aquarium at Rosamond Gifford Zoo - Clown fish
This whole post is fishy, if you ask me 🙂
I am so touched that you mentioned me in this post!!! The blue fish is a Blue Hippo Tang. Though it is not Dory’s coloration exactly, I believe it is the same species. Paracanthurus hepatus. Love the pics, I hope you win! 🙂