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the auspicious koi

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22" x 28" acrylic on canvasboard.

ichtymancy, the divining of the future by the movements of fish, is a very tricky form of fortune-telling. you have to find just the right fish, and you have to keep it happy. unhappy fish give you false answers.

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Image size
467x600px 214.38 KB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon PowerShot G2
Shutter Speed
1/8 second
Aperture
F/2.2
Focal Length
11 mm
Date Taken
Dec 8, 2004, 2:31:02 PM
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ladythistle's avatar
haha you are funny. That is a happy fish. The coloring on the fish is beautiful and shiny, but the water is what's really impressive. The shimmery reflections seem to be shifting with movement, the mossy bits bring a bit of the world to the water. I can almost see shapes just outside of the canvas that would hang over the water or brighten it. It's the kind of realism you can't appreciate without having looked at pond'y water. I love that orange fish.