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The camouflaged upperparts of a Ray, lying on the bottom of its tank in Newquay Aquarium, Cornwall; 6 Nov 2007.
This picture is not completely sharp because it was taken looking down through moving water. But with this wonderful colouration and patterning, I don’t think that matters at all – in fact the whole hazy blueness of the image adds to its atmosphere.
Technique: F6 with 24mm-85mm Nikkor lens; Fuji Provia 400X colour slide, rated at 1600 ISO.
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I agree, it’s lovely.
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Thank you, my friend. A 🙂
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Marvellous, myself…great fan of rays.
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So am I – years ago, a sealife aquarium on Weston sea front had a large open tank with rays swimming around near the surface – and they obviously took pleasure in having their chins/throats tickled by the people around the tank – they would come up and stick their heads out of the water for this.
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oh wow, I wonder if it is still there…that would make my day/month!
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Well, the screen after the Google search does mention a “touch pool”, which may be where we used to tickle the rays’ chins, but that was a long time ago. However, here is a link:
https://www.seaquarium.co.uk/weston-index.php
You could phone them to ask re the touch pool. A 🙂
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