lionfish43

Forum username: lionfish43 Total posts: ~872 Threads started: 0 Active years: 2002—2013

Community Role

lionfish43 was a long-standing Wetpixel community member whose primary contribution was in Photo/Video Showcase (441 posts) — nearly half of all their posts. This makes them one of the community’s most dedicated photo-sharing participants. They also contributed to Photography Gear and Technique (233 posts) and General Chat (89 posts).

Their activity spanned from 2002 through 2013, with peak years in 2004—2006 (169, 181, and 199 posts respectively). Despite never starting a thread, their consistent engagement as a commenter and photo contributor sustained community discussion.

Notable Contributions

lionfish43 was most active in showcase and critique discussions:

• My new web (8 posts) — web portfolio discussion
• Rumored D200 announcement Sept 1 (8 posts) — Nikon DSLR speculation
• Wetpixel Bahamas shark trip (8 posts) — community dive trip participation
• Beneath the Sea photo competition winners (8 posts) — competition results and discussion
• Cozumel update (7 posts) — trip reporting
• Photo contests and sharpening (7 posts) — post-processing technique for competitions
• Ikelite DS-160 (6 posts) — strobe discussion
• Flame lobster (5 posts) — macro subject showcase
• Is there an i-TTL option (5 posts) — Nikon TTL flash discussion
• BTS contest results (5 posts) — Beneath the Sea competition follow-up

Their overwhelming concentration in Photo/Video Showcase suggests someone who was primarily a practitioner sharing their underwater images and providing feedback to other photographers, rather than a gear-discussion-focused contributor.

Activity Profile

References

• Forum post data from Wetpixel forum archive (posts table, author_name = ‘lionfish43’)