Three coelacanth pictures

[redbird]

I've been looking around the Web for coelacanth pictures. These three together might be good to take to my tattoo artist. I still need to decide on location--I like rysmiel's suggestion of low on the left side of my torso, but that would be harder to show people than the tattoos I already have--and whether I want one fish or more than one.

Brown coelacanth A good picture of a coelacanth. From the colors, I suspect this one is of the species found at the eastern end of the Indian Ocean, not the Comoros species.

Approaching coelacanth This coelacanth is swimming toward the viewer. This is the orientation I think I want for my tattoo.

Cobalt coelacanth This may be slightly brighter than the natural color of the coelacanth, but if the inks exist, I want her in these colors.

Comments

[brithistorian.livejournal.com]

I like the cobalt coelacanth picture best. I think the approaching coelecanth doesn't show well enough what it is, a shortcoming which I think would be magnified once it's translated into a tattoo.

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

*nod*. yes, that's my feeling too. i like the approaching c. the best from a dynamic point of view, but i wouldn't have recognised it as one from that particular image, and it might not be possible to make it clearer.