sharks and rays

The ginormous leopard-print Honeycomb Whiptail rays pretty much kept to the far side of the tank, where the water was deeper and there was more room to play.

Coral catshark, swimming around the shark and ray petting tank at the new england aquarium.

Coral Catsharks. They spent a lot of time hiding under the rocks, but I did eventually get to pet them. :D

Cownose rays.

Shark swimming around near the surface of the Giant Ocean Tank.

Lots of rays swimming around the shark and ray petting tank.

TSC: textures I started with the Coral Catshark swimming in the shark- and ray-petting tank (yes, I still have all my fingers ;) ) and the outside wall of the aquarium (I got there twenty minutes before the event started, and used the time to collect potential textures for the challenge ;) ). The koi are a bit of street art I found in New Orleans when I drove through last month on my way to Houston; I finished it off with a night shot of flowering trees reflecting on the pond in the Public Garden back in the spring. (original images are in the notes) [ETA: the koi were done by Jeremy Novy, and they can be found all over New Orleans :) ]