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> From: peter.unmack at ASU.Edu
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: Re: Fish on pins?!! (was Re: [RML] Intro)
> Date: Tuesday, January 28, 1997 8:40 AM
>
> On Tue, 28 Jan 1997, Greg Williamson wrote:
>
> > > wanted to resort to Herbert Axelrod techniques and stick them on
> > > pins, more than once.
> >
> > I mean - can someone elaborate on the technique? Sounds awful!
>
> Catch the fish, kill it (take your pick how, probably not in formaldehyde
> as the fish can die with extended gills and plus it stinks when you pull
> it out), while the fins and body are still soft place the fish on a board
> with the desired background colour, pin out the fish (like you would an
> insect) so that all the fins are straight and extended. Paint the fish
> with formaldehyde, let dry (this hardens the fins so they don't move)
> remove the pins, take the photo. BTW: formaldehyde does not preserve
> colour or help it even persist as far as I am aware. I remember being
> told that Hamar Midgley had some really nasty chemical that he used to
> put them into and they would show the most brilliant colours and die very
> quickly. Then you can get a colourful photo. :-) Anyone who tries to
> take photos of rainbows and get them in focus (forget colour) has either
> or both too much time and money to waste. Get a goby. They just sit
> there, you have time to focus and adjust so that it is just right and one
> click and you have an excellent slide. None of this one good picture per
> roll of film crap. :-)
>
> Tootles
>
> Peter Unmack
>
> Confusius says "put Rooster in freezer to get hard cock"