An interesting camera effect I noticed when taking a pic of a bigtooth river stingray at Shedd Aquarium: from a distance their creamy-white spots look normal, but when you zoom in there's this crazy blue and orange halo. Is this a camera effect to make the spots pop? Or something else?
Thank you for the answer! That's very interesting
Another version of the same concept:
These have a very storybook feel to them, not like his more grounded/detailed Ice Age scenes. The lack of underwater photography to reference, &/or inability to do "plein air" studies underwater, probably played a role in the overall look
Another tell is the curvature/outline of the body (mainly the trunk/midsection) looks a bit stiff/rectangular. Real, living goblin sharks have interesting slopes and curves that give their form a lot of character