"Floundering about with Paralichthys lethostigma "

Since moving to Florida, I have caught two in three years...until yesterday. This one was worth the wait. I prayed, I read, I cussed... Oh yeah, one of them was caught in a cast net. (lame) Flounder are one of those things in nature which are quite hard to wrap your fragile eggshell mind around. They are truly a strange fish. Flounder are crazy...they begin life like a normal fish, but start to change as they mature. (just like we do). They eventually start to hang out on their side, watching to much TV, eating lots of mud minnows and shrimps. They live a somewhat sedentary lifestyle. An ambush predator; they lie in wait for little sea-snacks and BAM! As they move into the juvenile stage, a metamorphosis unlike most any other in the animal world takes place. Much of the fishes skeletal system changes dramatically as it morphs into a electric doormat. Okay, that was stupid.  Additionally, the eye on the side which faces the mud begins to migrate up top. Instant Flounder. To learn more about flounder...buy a fishing rod, bug spray, hang out in the salt marsh, and pray. Pray you'll get to experience catching a fish that looks like a doormat, fights like a bulldog, and has teeth like one too. Oh yeah...(My wife grabbed it and pulled it in the boat.) I AINT Grabbin' THAT CRAZY THING! © CHECK OUT http://www.wildwoollyphotos.com/ for more fun stuff.

" G e t S o m e ! "

Did you ever so something really, really, REALLY stupid? Did you ever do it and then "somewhat recover" the issue? How about catching a shot like this? Then I realized...ISO 800. For those of you who don't speak "techie" camera stuff that means...CARELESS. If your going to be prepared, if your going to shoot wildlife, if your going to be GOOD, then you have to be smart. So my Wild & Woolly photography TIP OF THE DAY is this; Reset you're camera every time you're done shooting. I am sure there are cameras that do this automatically. Heck, mine might even do it. These things are so advanced today, even I have trouble keeping track of it all. So again, don't shoot in broad daylight with your ISO set at 800. If you like this photo and its quality, or in my opinion lack thereof...you should know that I have applied the Orton effect. This is my attempt at recovering this shot to make it 'mo betta. The moral of this story. Pay attention and be prepared, your next shot maybe the "money shot". Check out more about the Orton Effect here: http://http://www.naturephotographers.net/articles0106/dw0106-1.html