Feeding Frenzie…
We are outside of the fabulous fun restaurant I shared with you last week here.
Koi and Tilapia competing for food at “Razzos the CajunRestaurant’s” pond outside the restaurant. It was gorgeous…this restaurant sure knows how to entertain…while you wait for your table.
Koi ponds are ponds used for holding koi, usually as part of a landscape. Koi ponds can be designed specifically to promote health and growth of the Nishikigoi or Japanese Ornamental Carp.
The architecture of the koi pond can have a great effect on the health and wellbeing of the koi.
The definition of frenzy [ˈfrɛnzɪ]
I couldn’t help thinking as I observed the fish…how many of us sometimes get ourselves in a frenzy over the silliest things too?
It is so much easier seeing someones else’s behavior acting irrational…but can we see ourselves not behaving rationally?
We live in a very tourism city, to say the least! The traffic has tripled in the last few months…would you like to ask me… if I am acting rationally when I am on the road, trying to drive home from a long day of work? Sigh…how silly of me! This too shall pass.
Tip of the Day for Photographers/Bloggers:
Part 2 – Collages for portrait images.
When using portrait orientation images, meaning vertical, going from top to bottom. It is best to use them in a collage of two or four.
We have talked in the past to size your photos for the templates format…BUT in portrait mode…it makes the vertical image SO huge to view. You have to keep scrolling to view the whole picture. It starts losing its meaning. The mind forgets already what it has already seen to complete the composition.
This is a great solution to a too small of a photo problem for your blog.
Make your template the width of your blog, and drop in your gorgeous photos.
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Can you promise not to get into a frenzie today♥ I will if you will…
Laurie
XXOO
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Fantastic combination of colour, texture and text!! Great series!! Thanks for sharing on Mandarin Orange Monday:)
Beautiful shots. Visiting late for MoM. Happy Tuesday.
Liz (mlc)
Liz (yacb)
Great tip! Also lovely photos of the koi! Thanks for linking up with inspired Tuesday again
you did capture the moment!beautifully.
Water shots make such interesting photos.
Wow, amazing! Thank you for joining in ‘Rurality Blog Hop #6’ Hope to see you next Wednesday for #7…
Wonderful shots, such a fantastic colors
Laurie,
Thank you for linking up this week. Wow, I love your pictures. I pinned this! Hope to see you back at Tuesday Trivia next week.
Hugs,
Wanda Ann @ Memories by the Mile
Interesting series of images. I love the color of that blue water! Visiting from Walk & Click.
Love your Koi images, Laurie … and your choice of font is perfect for “feeding frenzy”!
Wow this is so cool! Thanks for sharing with Inspired Tuesday this week 🙂
And I thought my hawk pictures today were cool. This beats mine by a mile, as shooting water is so difficult (at least making it look good in the end is hard). 😀 Thank you for linking to the GRAND Social! Great post!
Fun restaurant to visit. Great tip of the day as always.
Your photos makes me miss KOrea. We used to feed the Kois and other fish in the pond when we were still living there.
Trying to catch up with Camera Critters entries. Hope you’d stop by and post a comment on my BUTTERFLY entry.
Beautiful photography ~ amazing color to the water ~ ^_^
Hi Laurie, what a movement under the water – I’ve never seen Tilapia fish before!
I love your tips – making those collages is a bit tricky every now and then – to get the harmonious and balanced look.
These are awesome shots! They almost look unreal. And you’re right about how frantic we get (raising my hand here!).
Visiting from The Grand Social. I’ll be back soon. I’m always looking for photography tips. We love the Razoo’s in Houston. Our Granddaughters love to see those fish.
Sure is a feeding frenzy! A little different than the Koi pond in my cousin’s back yard, which is small and calm. I could use more of the latter in my life. As we all can!
How crazy to see all those fish in a frenzy that way.. Out at Lake Mead here near Las Vegas the carp are the same way. People will bring bags of pop corn and just watch them go crazy.. I always enjoy my stay here on your blog…
Koi are such a grateful subject to photograph! And I love the kind of blue you captured or edited:)
I just love the color of the water!
You really captured the feeling of a “frenzy” here! And I love the blue/orange colour combo – a real fave!
Great photos, and some good insights, too!
=)
Wow! Love the colors in those shots. Great images which had to be hard to catch with such a frenzy!–worse than moving kids or pets ;0)
Fab photos I bet it was noisy during that feed frenzy heheh! the colour of the water is a lovely blue 🙂
Have a fishtastic week 🙂
I wish I had any clue what you are talking about regarding the pictures and photo colages. I would love to be able to do that but can’t figure it out. I am very tech UNsavvy!!! XO, Pinky
Koi fish add some interest to many venues, don’t they? : )
Thanks for your photo tip.
I do not think I want to get in the middle of that even if they do not have teeth.
hi Laurie,
Your photos are gorgeous, I am just learning and finding out how complicated good photography is, I am going to follow you so hopefully some of your talent will rub off!
Jenna
Wonderful a new friendship begins!! Welcome!
Love your “tip of the day”. You took many digital photo classes online, didn’t you? Will you share your favorite class sites for those of us who need ALOT more training 🙂
There are SO many good ones out there. I would start with Kim Klausens or Jessica Spragues.
Beautiful shots. Must have been fun to watch them feed.
My entries:
Liz (mcn)
Liz (mot)
Koi is another word for ornamental Carp. Your photo reminded me of a news topic of recent, the Bighead Carp and Silver Carp, both introduced from Asia have found their way into domestic waterways and are taking over…they eat everything in site. Millions are being spent by both American and Canadian governments to save the fisheries industries and battle the infiltration of this fish…just thought that was interesting to these koi being such aggressive eaters.
Goodness…you are so knowledgable on this subject…I should of consulted you before I wrote this post♥
Oh no no, just thought about it when I saw your photo, I’m certain these are a non-invasive type. I loved your post! xK
I love your feeding frenzie photos, as much as i love playing feeding frenzy as well!
great pictures of the koi.
Annie
I love to watch koi! Great shots and tips!!
There is definitely a “wild excitement” evident in these photos!
This picture was perfect for the first day of 2nd term classes! I love it!! It was a frenzy of a day.
All kidding aside, your photography is gorgeous. I love the colours of the fish and the water ripples!
Oh I once witnessed a feeding frenzy in Galveston with catfish…it was not a pretty sight. And I do have a dilemma when it comes to posting vertical images.
Love your photos and the way you wonderfully use them to make great points. So true, how we can get all worked up over things. If anything will get one in a frenzy, it is traffic and all the ‘creative’ driving maneuvers! 🙂
That photo so well made. It’s a great job, I love fish.
Gorgeous shots!
Great series, Laurie. The color of the water is amazing.
Excellent tip on the vertical portrait, I find myself trying to avoid posting vertical shots because like you said, they come out really huge.
That water is such a pretty colour! Nice shots.
Kois are terrible ! they are always hungry !
How fun, Laurie. Love those colors!
awesome shots of the koi–the water is such an appealing color, too–and I know that type of stuff is way dynamic ’cause of silt and wind and whatnot–also dug that you addressed the size of jpeg to use!! Yes, by all means fill up your blog post when posting photographs you own–matching text and picture margins are so polished looking, I think, and if I am looking at a picture, I want to see it, not squint at it!!
Exactly…squinting causes wrinkles anyway☺
These are beautiful. We had a koi pond just outside our kitchen window but as we got old it became too much work to maintain. We had it removed and I miss them so. We had 2 of our original for 13 years. Started out with 5 and of course they multiplied, but lost 3 of the original.Photos are very good. Over from Grand Social
That is an amazing story!! Thank you for sharing it.
Great tip! I need to do this for my vertical portraits which are huge. It really irritates me. I may have to ask you about a step by step on that later. I avoid using vertical orientation pictures on my blog because they are so huge!
I love watching Koi. They make me feel relaxed.
Kim, I would be glad to help you!
that certainly is a feeding frenzy! Have a wonderful week.
looks like they are very hungry 🙂
That first picture is awesome! What a cool series of shots!
so exciting to watch the fish isn’t it? i want to share with you my own experience, hope you’ll click the link and you’ll see lots and lots of koi on feeding frenzy http://starlight427.wordpress.com/2012/09/25/the-koi-and-us/
Love this set of pictures and they look great in a collage! It’s funny I just published a post on how to create your own collage/storyboard in Photoshop! It must be a popular topic (either that, or great minds think alike) :o)
I just learned this in class about vertical pics, so I wanted to share it.
LOVE how you captured the rippling effect of the “feeding frenzie …….!”
Did you get to feed the fish too?
No I was too worried about capturing the moment☺