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Gold Over Pink, Koi in Deep Blue Water

Several koi swim close to the surface of a deep blue pond. A glowing yellow-gold fish sits at the top, a pink, white and black fish points toward the lower right, and an orange and white fish appears at the right edge. Dark, wavy reflections ripple across the upper right of the water.

A koi picture where the colour does the work: a glowing gold fish above a vivid pink, white and black one, all on a deep blue water field. The dark, wavy reflections in the upper right keep it from reading as a plain fish portrait. Someone wants this over ten other koi images because the palette is bold and specific, the fish glide diagonally across the frame, and the surface looks brushed rather than slick.

Artwork by Omaste Witkowski