These photos were actually taken a few weeks ago. I posted other photos from this series. I took quite a few photos in this session...close to a hundred. For one reason or another I didn't post these. Either the fish's "position" wasn't right with fins pinched, or the background was distracting...but going through them again last night I thought some of them looked better than I thought first time around. Go figure.
Here's a close up of mom and dad. Mom has the upper hand...or lip.
The fish that roared!
Mom roars back:
Originally I didn't like this shot because her caudal fin was twisted. I got quite a few of her "all puffed up":
Here's a shot of mom and dad doing side shimmies:
Distracting background:
I really like these last three shots. Hindsight I would have posted them previously:
OUCH!
The male literally has her entire mouth in his:
Here's a close up of mom and dad. Mom has the upper hand...or lip.
The fish that roared!
Mom roars back:
Originally I didn't like this shot because her caudal fin was twisted. I got quite a few of her "all puffed up":
Here's a shot of mom and dad doing side shimmies:
Distracting background:
I really like these last three shots. Hindsight I would have posted them previously:
OUCH!
The male literally has her entire mouth in his:
