That second picture. It is just so proud and knows how good it looks.
I really like its embroidered tentacles.
What a nice-looking fella! Ready to party all night, I bet.
Did the artist say whether this was with a UV flash?
I don’t think it’s specified. I don’t know much about photography. Here’s the exif :
Canon PowerShot G9 ƒ/3.2 14.8 mm 1/60 200 Flash (activé, déclenché)
Compression - JPEG (old-style) Make - Canon Orientation - Horizontal (normal) X-Resolution - 180 dpi Y-Resolution - 180 dpi Software - PictureProject 1.5.2 W Date and Time (Modified) - 2009:06:18 06:16:07 YCbCr Positioning - Centered ISO Speed - 200 Exif Version - 0220 Date and Time (Original) - 2009:06:18 01:16:52 Date and Time (Digitized) - 2009:06:18 01:16:52 Components Configuration - Y, Cb, Cr, - Exposure Bias - 0 EV Max Aperture Value - 3.2 Metering Mode - Multi-segment Flashpix Version - 0100 Color Space - sRGB Focal Plane X-Resolution - 13745.70455 Focal Plane Y-Resolution - 13698.63014 Focal Plane Resolution Unit - inches Sensing Method - One-chip color area File Source - Digital Camera Camera ID - 72157601586583928 Camera Type - Point and Shoot
Hmm. That wouldn’t tell us about the flash, though.
I’m thinking about all those photos of the brilliant oyster eyes, which it turns out IRL are pretty dull in the wavelengths we can see. I think the mantis shrimp are similar: they’re only that glorious if you can see in UV, and I’m wondering if these are the same.
