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

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

One fish, two fish
Brown fish, cobalt fish?

[rysmiel.livejournal.com]

I had been thinking of low on the left side of your torso as something that could be shown people just by an untucking at the waist, which is not that much more awkward than rolling up a sleeve or a leg to show your existing ones, no ?

[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.

[nancylebov.livejournal.com]

I realize it's your tattoo, but I find myself with very strong opinions about those images. The brown one is graphically gorgeous, but if it isn't blue, hardly anyone will know it's a coelacanth. Does that matter? Would it be cheating/unsatisfying to use the cobalt colors on the brown coelacanth?

When I look at the tails, I guess at a lot of muscle under that wide base. Are coelacanths fast swimmers?