We all admire bright pics of colorful fish, but too often I see photoshopped pictures, with exaggerated colors. First I think, “wow, gorgeous”, but then I see the background is colored, or the fry are pink! Or photos with the color appearing to bleed off the fish at the margins. (Losing trust here.)
Even if the photo is published just exactly as taken, the lighting may have been manipulated—dial in some extra red or whatever. And if you don’t have variable led lights, you can just put colored cellophane over a flashlight.
Yes, naturally people want their fish to look great, but how about honesty in advertising, speaking figuratively. Those color-jammed pics give others an unrealistic expectation, creating envy for something that might not even exist.
Plus, years later, you might look at your pics and wonder why you ever got rid of those. To me, self-honesty seems particularly important. Just my two bits.
Here are some examples from online. I took screenshots and cropped, but didn’t modify saturation or color, etc.
The last 2 are the same picture of one of my female Motaguense, cropped only, then “color-amped“, (though not maxed out like some I’ve seen). OK, maybe that looks good, but no thanks.
Even if the photo is published just exactly as taken, the lighting may have been manipulated—dial in some extra red or whatever. And if you don’t have variable led lights, you can just put colored cellophane over a flashlight.
Yes, naturally people want their fish to look great, but how about honesty in advertising, speaking figuratively. Those color-jammed pics give others an unrealistic expectation, creating envy for something that might not even exist.
Plus, years later, you might look at your pics and wonder why you ever got rid of those. To me, self-honesty seems particularly important. Just my two bits.
Here are some examples from online. I took screenshots and cropped, but didn’t modify saturation or color, etc.
The last 2 are the same picture of one of my female Motaguense, cropped only, then “color-amped“, (though not maxed out like some I’ve seen). OK, maybe that looks good, but no thanks.
