On the Lookout Photograph by David Liittschwager and Susan Middleton
A Hawaiian native, the blacktail wrasse (Thalassoma ballieui) is especially abundant in the Northwest Hawaiian Islands around Midway Atoll and eats sea urchins, crabs, and small fish. Its Hawaiian name, hinalea luahine, means "old woman wrasse," perhaps because it swims in a slow curious fashion, idly snooping about the reef.
Camera: Hasselblad 553 ELX Film Type: Kodak Portra 160NC Lens: 135mm S-Planar Speed and F-Stop: 1/250 @ f/32
Weather Conditions: N/A Time of Day: N/A Lighting Techniques: Electronic flash, one for the subject and two for the background Special Equipment: An aquarium tank was our temporary studio on our boathouse.
