Don't be Koi ;-) and a little more

[StellaG]

This is Robert Earl Koi, my favorite fish. We've had him for about 15 years or so. He's very tame, and will eat out of your hand. Here he is coming for dinner.



We get lots of pretty butterflies around here, but these seem to be the easiest to shoot. The pretty blue ones flit around too much LOL





And my favorite flower of them all, the Giant Sunflower. Wish I hadn't clipped the bottom just that smidge ;-( but Mr. Bee dosesn't seem to mind ;-)

[Shanna-Marie]

Oh my gosh, these are gorgeous ! -Love your fish.
Enjoy the rest of your day !
-Shanna

[fstopMike]

Robert Earl Koi is a handsome fella! Nicely done butterfly shots, and that is such a perfect sunflower! Your shots have brightened up my Monday.

[Fred flyfisher]

Wow, beautiful images Stella. I love the fish. Very cool...

[StellaG]

Thanks! Robert Earl is pretty cool ;-) Don't tell anyone, but I actually had to perform CPR on him one time We had him at our old house, in a smaller pond, my husband was cleaning the pond out, and we'd put REK in a bucket...gone a few minutes, and he'd jumped out of the bucket! I found him laying in the gravel thought he was a gonner...the husband said 'call it' LOL, but I wouldn't give up ;-) little mouth to mouth (I told him that didn't mean we were going to the prom together LOL ;-) pushed him through the water to get it coming through his gills ;-) 30 min. later he was as good as new, pshwew! Glad he made it ;-)

[Hayward Taylor]

Hi Betty - you are really fond of that fish - I can tell .. "not going to the prom with him.." that's a pretty funny story .. now I've completely lost my train of thought .. oh yeah .. very nice images here

[mpascal]

Beautiful shots, so bright and colourful, really brightened my morning.

Michael

[StellaG]

Yep Hayward I kinda like him ;-) Koi are really relaxing to watch, and they actually have personalities. That and if feels cool when they suck on your toes!

[Fred flyfisher]

Originally Posted by StellaG

Thanks! Robert Earl is pretty cool ;-) Don't tell anyone, but I actually had to perform CPR on him one time We had him at our old house, in a smaller pond, my husband was cleaning the pond out, and we'd put REK in a bucket...gone a few minutes, and he'd jumped out of the bucket! I found him laying in the gravel thought he was a gonner...the husband said 'call it' LOL, but I wouldn't give up ;-) little mouth to mouth (I told him that didn't mean we were going to the prom together LOL ;-) pushed him through the water to get it coming through his gills ;-) 30 min. later he was as good as new, pshwew! Glad he made it ;-)

Wow, that's quite a story. REK is a tough little guy. Glad you were able to save him!

[dizwold]

wow wow wow!! i just love fish shots. I have a pond here in the uk and keep yamabuki ogons orfes. shubunkins and goldies. like yours mine all have names. Try as i might i find fish challenging to capture but you caught this one great!!. Feeding times are my favourite times of the day same with the fish too lol!! Love the butterfly and the sunflower, my flowers have not come out yet, i cant wait as your shot has been inspiring
thanks so much
mike
fish keeper or waterkeeper i dunno cant decide lol!!