Fish

[julsoph]

A very large goldfish...also at the lake.

[Lava Lamp]

A very large goldfish...also at the lake.

Is that a wild goldfish? The picture is flawed, IMHO, in that the fish isn't very clear. The composition is nice and the circular ripples nicely balance the half-circle of the fish, but I think it has to be clearer to work.

[Chunk]

Nice timing. I like the balance between the fish, ripple and reflection. I'm not worried by the murky water.

[drg]

I'd like to see something for scale included in the picture. There's no indication for me how large this fish might be.

[Overbeyond]

Who would have thought of taking a picture like this?
Well you did and it works wonderfully well for me.
Colours great and the nice circular movement of the water combined with the little reflection gives a great result. A simple and very attractive picture.
Tom

[jar_e]

I enjoy everything minus the out of focus/blurryness of it. Nice shot,

Jared

[dbutler]

I think it's awesome Emily. I like the circular motion that Tom referred to. And the fish looks less blurry to me than glowing.

[swmdrayfan]

I also noticed the 'glow' around the fish. The picture seems to have some noise, but maybe that's my view. As far as the composition of the shot, it was excellent.

[payn817]

I have tried this before, and that is some great timing. If you want to do something like this, try to find a friend or neighbor with a small pond with some Koi in it. It is usually clearer water, and you can actually get some serious detail in it.

This was at a park or similar, correct?

[SmartWombat]

Difficult shot, because of the murky water.
I like the glow effect you get in that brown water and the splash from the tail.
It's not so much a picture of a fish, more a picture of the essence of fishiness - without the distracting detail.

[Chunk]

I'd like to see something for scale included in the picture. There's no indication for me how large this fish might be.

Fish.. Scale...

that's great - Wish I'd thought of that.

[julsoph]

Again, thank you guys for taking the time to comment on this...I'm so sorry I didn't respond to the posts sooner. The feedback and critiques are always appreciated!
I'll try to answer everyone: This was taken at a pond at a business center, and these goldfish were HUGE. Bigger than the ducks that were also swimming there...lol. I understand that the blurriness is not ideal, but my goal was to catch the tail swirling the water a bit...and I almost got it, just a split second late, heh.
Thanks again for all the comments!
Emily