Steelhead Photo Essay
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I love them all! But that third one is my favorite too.
Eric, would you mind if I posted that on my blog? Occasionally I’ve been doing a ‘photo of the week.’ Let me know, and where you’d like me to link to you. Thanks. Ed.
Zach….that last “grip and grin” photo is the style I wanted to see from your 12 – 24mm Nikkor. Eric ….was that a Cannon lens? I saw the exif data listing it at 12mm. I’m seriously considering the Tokina 12-24mm.
Great photos and thanks for posting!
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Eric- I agree on the “grip and grin” being tired . I’ll preface all that is to come with- I have no where near the experience or skill of
Zach, and others, i really appreciate the criticism. Discussions like this is how we all learn and get better. Let me say, i spent 6 years in architectural school, getting critted every week by professors and preofessionals that, at times, brought some of the students to tears. I have learned to really like the a constructive crit, and know not to take anything to personally. So, don’t anyone worry about offending anyone – this is some great feedback for everyone interested in capturing moments on a trout stream, and especially for those interested in getting better at it!
Picture 1 – zach and matt, i agree wtih all the comments. The ones you mentioned zach were pretty much what i was thinking as i editied it. The situaiton on the river that moring was that we had fish on gravel, the sun was coming up, and other boats were coming down behind which would probalbly push them off once the light got on the water. I saw the shot, but couldn’t get any lower in the water to get some more skylight behind – i really wanted to get the reel and hands in the shot, and not in the trees. It probably would have helped to take a couple steps in, but that may have hurt the tree skyline. I am going have to give this one another shot. I agree with you Will about working through a idea or concept, sometimes i think it takes quite a few tries to get the shot right.
How often does the sitution above happen to others? Stuck between getting the shot, and getting the fish? Sometimes i have a hard time knowing which one to go after.
Picture 2 – Agreed, and net thing really bothers me. I liked the scales on the back.
Picture 3 – Send it on out zach, i would love to hear what they have to say.
Picture 4 – Here is another shot from that series. Better composition with fish coming towards the camera, but the fish should probably been an inch higher to get eye out of the water.
Picture 5 – You are right about the colors zach. The fish should be a bit more balanced. I haven’t quite figured out fill flash with the canon’s, and i think nikons seem to do a much better job with it – but that is for another post i’ll do later. I re-edited it (on my laptop, so the colors aren’t 100% perfect) and it looks better. The skintones maybe need to be brought back up a bit, probably a job for
Great post guys, very informative. Eric, I like the images, especially #3. The last one just reminds me of something I see people complain about on fishing boards and that is when fish are held out from the body to make them look bigger. Although #5 is different it just reminds me of those types of images. Good work (and it looks like good fishing) nonetheless! Thanks for sharing.
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