#Fish 🐟 🐠

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Creative inspiration is all around us, says photographer Visarute Angkatavanich. He found his muse in a fish tank. From his home in Bangkok, he captures the colors, shapes, and beauty of bettas.

See The Flamboyant Grandeur Of The Common Betta Fish

A Twirling Dancer, a Bird in Flight? Through a Photographer’s Lens, this Popular Pet, also Known as the Siamese Fighting Fish, Becomes a Fantasy in Fins.

— By Jason Bittel | Photographs By Visarute Angkatavanich | April 4, 2023

For as long as he can remember, Visarute Angkatavanich has been fascinated by fish. At age seven he took up photography, first with a disposable Kodak camera and later with his father’s Nikon FM. But it wasn’t until he became a dad and started spending more time at his home in Bangkok that he merged the two passions.

Left: This dark green male was a challenge to photograph, says Angkatavanich, because its coloration is dull compared with other varieties. But the combination of spectacularly flamboyant fins and high activity made the image work. Right: With a fast shutter speed and a strobe flash, photography can reveal flourishes of these animals that are too subtle for the human eye, Angkatavanich says. In this shot, a red betta appears to become a bird of paradise.

Left: Siamese fighting fish evolved to tolerate stagnant or slow-moving water systems, where the oxygen is low. As a result, they can supplement their oxygen intake by gulping air at the water’s surface, as this yellow half-moon betta is about to do. Right: The flowing fins and vibrant colors of the Siamese fighting fish we know today result from centuries of selective breeding. Scientists believe it’s one of the oldest domesticated fish, with records in Thailand dating back to the 14th century.

Angkatavanich studied the traits and care of Siamese fighting fish, also known by the apt scientific name Betta splendens. Then he procured some from a pet store in the city’s Chatuchak Market and began photographing them, experimenting with different enclosures and lighting. “I can’t ask the fish to act like people,” he says, so he learned to coax them into various positions by changing the size and shape of the tanks. A tall tank, for instance, encourages a betta to dive down dramatically. Angkatavanich, who’s now been focusing on fish for years, has a pretty good idea of what to expect next. But capturing the magic moment is still a challenge. He has to “press the shutter and hope for a miracle.”

Left: The photographs above, taken two years apart, portray different fish in the same position, something that Angkatavanich says almost never happens. He was stunned by his good fortune. Right: The photographer believes that each image also contains a hidden visage of sorts. On the left, for example, he sees a white-clad woman in the fish’s fins; on the right, he sees a man in a dark robe.

Siamese fighting fish come in many shapes and colors, but this half-moon variety, named for the contour of its tail, is Angkatavanich’s favorite.

Left: These fish are popular pets, but experts warn that they require more care than people may think, including a minimum five-gallon tank with a few plants to mimic the animals’ natural environment. Right: In the wild, Siamese fighting fish are native to the countries of Southeast Asia, including Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.

To Angkatavanich, this gold betta looks like a baroque-era ornament. He likes when viewers use their imagination and see something entirely different. “That’s the best part of this work,” he says.

Angkatavanich understands the appeal of photographing creatures in far-flung places, such as birds in the Amazon rainforest. But he finds inspiration in his own home where, in the right light, the fish look like “moving color” in the frame of a painting, he says. Best of all, his subjects become part of his family.

“This is the traditional pose for betta,” says Angkatavanich. “Simple and elegant.”

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Fish Tie

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Anetta fish and some, well fish

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Aquaria

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A cute ocean scene from the book 📖 the Stephasocks coloring book from Stephanie Hazel Evans

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Defeating all the aquarium fish 🐟 🐠 👍

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