Not My Fish, But My Pics...

[jennybugs]

Hey peeps, thought you might like to see some pics I've taken recently. We've been to a couple of great aquariums lately on a holiday in our camper around the Lakes and Yorkshire. It was a good trial for me to get to know my camera a bit better with non flash photography, but I wish I'd had the hind sight to experiment with my ISO settings when I was there, but I was too impressed/excited at the time I still need to practice my settings one heck of alot but I enjoyed it I have to say!

Firstly, The Deep in Hull

The scale of the exhibits here is stunning...a 10 metre deep shark pool with a walk-thru tunnel and 4 storeys to view it from, along with loads of different angles to check out...
you're greeted by this chap on your way in

then it's on to the pool of light

vast shoals of yellowfin tuna

sharks

you could climb some steps and stick your head into the coral reef

my fave shot

I could have happily moved in and lived there!

 

[jennybugs]

Then there was the Aquarium By the Lakes at Newby Bridge, Lake District. A totally different experience scale wise but still superbly displayed...it took you through a journey from river to seashore...

Great use of an unwanted Biorb?

I found the exhibits to be wonderfully creative and an imaginative way to display the inhabitants

this one made me wonder who was watching whom

Can you guess what this is?

beautiful seahorse colony with the most minute babies that my camera just couldn't focus on

the beachcombing bit was so beautifully arranged and you could just lean right over it to look

Hope you enjoy the pics and that they encourage you to visit these places.

 

[england]

wow thoses pictures are great!!!!!WELDONE
that place does look worth a visit

 

[lilfishie]

Great pictures, love the clown fish one

 

[angelmouse]

fantastic photo's, looks a great place to visit.
Thanks for sharing them with us
regards Angel

 

[FeroX]

Shame they didn't have any really nice looking freshwater tanks =\

That pic where you have to guess what it is is a frog btw. Some sort of tree frog.

 

[paul_219]

Very nice pics superb fish. What a gr8 tank lol its like 4000000 gal.

 

[GobyMaster]

Looks great!

Where did you say that was?

 

[ALEXF]

Wow very nice pictures. But what was the thing that you said can you guess what this is? I dont know alot about marine life.???

 

[jennybugs]

Shame they didn't have any really nice looking freshwater tanks =\

That pic where you have to guess what it is is a frog btw. Some sort of tree frog.

The Deep is an aquarium for saltwater fish but the Aquarium By the Lake did have some freshwater fish indigenous to our country as well as some black widow tetras and such.

Yep, it's a tree frog I was fascinated by the way they clung to the glass like that!

 

[pinkdolphin_113]

thats amazing! i wish there was something like that around here

i love the fresh water tank

 

[kpintheshed]

awesome pics