A fishy tale

I was at the Lido market earlier today and my jaw just about dropped to the very wet and dirty floor when I came across this scene. It must be the season of the giant grouper fish locally known as karatong.
This one according to a fish monger tipped the scales at about 120kgs and came with a hefty price tag as well - RM4,000.
Believe or not this fish was already taken.


Earlier on, another fish monger cleaned a smaller karatong that weighed about 92kgs and cut it up and selling its filleted flesh at about RM58 per kg.

And this is the head. I wonder how many servings of fish head curry can be had from this one.


As I returned home I recalled the first fish monger's remark that this type of fish is becoming more difficult to come by. I wonder if pictures like these will one day be the only evidence that creatures this size swam in our seas.

Dragonfly

I was about to leave for the office one morning when I spotted this dragonfly perched on a mango leaf just outside my bedroom window.

I quickly grabbed my Canon S3IS camera to take some shots of it. Seeing me giving it some undue attention, the insect kept flying and perching from one leaf to another. I was finally able to grab a decent shot.

The experience made me appreciate the difficulties professional photographers experience just to get those excellent wildlife shots which we often take for granted. It made me also realise that I don't have to go far to get some pictures of nature as well.