Imperial Palace Garden, Tokyo 2010

It's really surprising that the water is so still even though the fishes are moving about just a few inches below the surface.

Nice capture. Congrats.

Hi. Indeed, Kois are really "domesticated" fishes and swim very slowly. And this is a Japanese garden, not the wild. 

Cheers

This is an interesting application of "near-far" composition, and I like it very much.  Seldom do we see the "near" object that is a freely moving animal(s).  On my screen, I scrolled the image up so that the sky was eliminated, and I liked that version as well because the relatively bright sky wasn't pulling my eyes up and out (although I suspect that a black border would accomplish much of that as well, because the sky blends pretty well with the backdrop for the photo).

Dear Stephen. Thank you so much for your point of view. When I was taking this photo, and waiting to have fish in the point I was looking for, I took some preliminary photos with and without sky, because the grey day was not helping to the scene. Finally I decided to took it with sky because I didn't like how the trees were cropped. I used galen Rowell NDG filter to compensate the sky and I decided to present the photo as I tooked, without cropping. 

Cheers from Canary Islands

Beautiful presentation of difficult subject matter.  Congratulations!

A dreamlike photo perfectly captured.  We do not come across composition like this often.  Thanks.

     Bellísima estampa. Buen enfoque. Bonito colorido del otoño japonés. Preciosa de luminosidad.

     Besos, hijo.

Very unusual photo. Great composition. I love how everything is in focus so sharply. My favorite part of this photo is the Koi fish. I used to have a Koi fish, that would jump up to eat out of my hand.