Michael Troung's Fish Pictures

Michael Truong, January 7, 2006
Here’s some nice pics of my fish. Many of which include my 12-inch Siamese tiger datnioid as well as some brackish.

A: Since you asked earlier if I’d like to run them on my site, here’s the deal. I’ll set up a page for your pix (which are mostly pretty good) if I can add my comments to them. Let me know. LA

Michael Truong, January 8, 2006
Yes, please add your comments. What makes your website so great is your insight, experience as well as humor through your commentary. I have some more pics too, but I don’t know if you have the time to process all these pics. Thanks.

Nice fish. Fairly good cropping job -- except at top. Nice background. Flash washed out the pattern on the scat. Keep shooting until he gets that dorsal fin erect. B.

Better fish picture. Cropping amputated his tail. Background distracting but not bad. Shows the pattern and lateral line very well. Get that dorsal fin up. B.

Pangassus are hard to photograph. Background distracting and make tail hard to see. Very good picture of 80% of the fish -- including the whiskers. B.

Pangassius WILL NOT stop moving unless they catch ich. Good fish which the photo shows well. Too many distractions in the background. How did you get three flash reflections? C.

Choice fish. Posterior not shown. Flash reflection and the water spots are too distracting. You've got some much better examples in your portfolio. Ditch this one. D.

Good erect fins. Posterior missing. Is that a reflection of the photographer on the front glass? The three tank mates are distracting. C.

No need for all that stuff in the background. Crop it. Tail still hard to see. Dorsal not erect. Does he have a frontosa beard. B-.

Best of the lot. Shows fish the best. B+ due to the two distractors in the back. I love all datnioides. Wait a minute. There's only about four fish that I don't like. Maybe five.

Choice fish. A+ on the fish. Just a B on the photo. Get that dorsal up. Get the distractions out of the back. D+ on the distractions.

Nice mono. Dorsal could be more uppity. Anal is trucated. No need to mention the reflection on the front glass is there? D.

Good detail. Still a young looking red shoulder. Herr Baensch would like to see more red in the shoulder, more blue in the body, and more white atop the dorsal. C.

Another quick crop. Yours are really good photos or I couldn't amputate them this easily. If this is a female, all bets are off on the color comments.

I haven't seen enough Placidochromis to judge them, but this is an impressive fish. You could crop the photo to make it pop out more. I can't see a lot of detail on this guy, but I like him. B.

"Feed me, Seymour." This Calvus needs some live California blackworms to get his belly pooched out a bit. At four inches, he could be over the hill. Crop, crop, crop. D-.

Every cichlid nut loves these guys. Crop him. Too many distractions in back. B-.

I like this guy even better. Good belly and dorsal on him. I'd like to see longer pecs. Way too many distractions in back. C on photo. A- on the fish.

On a six-inch archer, I want to see FINS. He seems withdrawn. Crop. Crud on glass makes his eye look cloudy. C.

Last Words: Michael told me he’s a graphic designer. He didn’t say so, but I know he’s used to being edited by people much higher up on the food chain than me. Anyway, this was a fun experiment and gave me a chance to look at some choice fish. Thanks, Michael LA

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What makes your website so great is your insight, experience as well as humor through your commentary. I have some more pics too, but I don’t know if you have the time to process all these pics. Thanks. Nice fish. Fairly good cropping job -- except at top. Nice background. Flash washed out the pattern on the scat. Keep shooting until he gets that dorsal fin erect. B. Better fish picture. Cropping amputated his tail. Background distracting but not bad. Shows the pattern and lateral line very well. Get that dorsal fin up. B. Pangassus are hard to photograph. Background distracting and make tail hard to see. Very good picture of 80% of the fish -- including the whiskers. B. Just a quick crop job. Pangassius WILL NOT stop moving unless they catch ich. Good fish which the photo shows well. Too many distractions in the background. How did you get three flash reflections? C. Choice fish. Posterior not shown. Flash reflection and the water spots are too distracting. You've got some much better examples in your portfolio. Ditch this one. D. Good erect fins. Posterior missing. Is that a reflection of the photographer on the front glass? The three tank mates are distracting. C. Just a quick crop. No need for all that stuff in the background. Crop it. Tail still hard to see. Dorsal not erect. Does he have a frontosa beard. B-. Best of the lot. Shows fish the best. B+ due to the two distractors in the back. I love all datnioides. Wait a minute. There's only about four fish that I don't like. Maybe five. Choice fish. A+ on the fish. Just a B on the photo. Get that dorsal up. Get the distractions out of the back. D+ on the distractions. Just a quick crop. This is one good looking scat. Nice mono. Dorsal could be more uppity. Anal is trucated. No need to mention the reflection on the front glass is there? D. Another quick crop. Ditch this photo. A seven-inch red empress should look better than this. D-. Good detail. Still a young looking red shoulder. Herr Baensch would like to see more red in the shoulder, more blue in the body, and more white atop the dorsal. C. Another quick crop. Yours are really good photos or I couldn't amputate them this easily. If this is a female, all bets are off on the color comments. I haven't seen enough Placidochromis to judge them, but this is an impressive fish. You could crop the photo to make it pop out more. I can't see a lot of detail on this guy, but I like him. B. I'd like him better if his dorsal were more erect. "Feed me, Seymour." This Calvus needs some live California blackworms to get his belly pooched out a bit. At four inches, he could be over the hill. Crop, crop, crop. D-. Every cichlid nut loves these guys. Crop him. Too many distractions in back. B-. Quick crop. He does look a little hungry. Still a good looking fish. I like this guy even better. Good belly and dorsal on him. I'd like to see longer pecs. Way too many distractions in back. C on photo. A- on the fish. Still a lot of junk in background. Much better Frontosa than the first one. On a six-inch archer, I want to see FINS. He seems withdrawn. Crop. Crud on glass makes his eye look cloudy. C. Even cropped, he's anti-climactic. You just get a C on the fish. Last Words: Michael told me he’s a graphic designer. He didn’t say so, but I know he’s used to being edited by people much higher up on the food chain than me. Anyway, this was a fun experiment and gave me a chance to look at some choice fish. Thanks, Michael LA © 2006 LA Productions aqualandpetsplus.com 3600 Sixth Avenue Corner of Sixth & Euclid Avenues Des Moines, IA 50313 515 283-0300 Home Fish Other Stuff	Anabantids Betta Leaf Betta Breed 1 Betta Breed II Betta Info Betta Housing Betta Pla Kat Choc Gourami Climbing Perch Gourami Pix Kiss. 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