C&C Goldentail moray

[TwoBitTxn]

Last one.

 

[Larry C]

Excellent picture. Leave it alone. This one is closer and better composed. Only thing I'd suggest is again, smaller aperture. Your focus on the mouth and the sponges on the hole is perfect, but usually you want the eyes to be sharp. This pic has really nice shallow depth of field (the amount of distance in front of and behind the focal point that is in focus), and many photographers purposely open the aperture to achieve that. One way to get the focus where you want it is to change the camera focus mode to spot focus, and put the focus marker right on the eye if that's where you want it.

 

[TwoBitTxn]

Thanks for the feedback.

 

[jaybombs25]

spotted moray btw

 

[Fastmarc]

Yep, agree with Larry again. Only thing I would change is again the aperture.
Good shot.

Marc

 

[TwoBitTxn]

spotted moray btw

I don't agree (obviously). From the head and portion of the body it is difficult in my mind to tell the difference. If you look real close to the tail, you can see a yellow tinge to it. That's why I called it a golden tail. I didn't ID it until I zoomed in and could see the yellow.

TwoBit

 

[Fastmarc]

I also think that is a Spotted Moray.
See example of Goldentail below.

"removed"

 

[TwoBitTxn]

Ok, I'm wrong and Jay is right. It's a spotted.

Someday I'll learn the difference.

 

[Fastmarc]

No worries.
I go through the same thing.
If I can't find it through google, I post it and ask, "What the heck is this?"