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Hey everyone,
I know there are some amazing photogods on this site and I’ve really enjoyed learning from everyone. Now it’s my turn to throw some of my work out there for a critique. I’ve been taking “fish” shots since this last March and know that I have a long ways to go but I would appreciate any guidance that comes my way. Here are a few pictures from my trips this past summer…I tried to get a few different styles in here (GnG, fish shots, and just fishing pix). As always thank you for your input.1
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Well done !
#1 is a great portrait and shows enough of the water to give an indication of where you’re fishing – brilliant.
#2 is a great shot of the fish and angler – love the color.
#3 Awesome light & depth of field – my fave.
#4 A bit blown out – the background is nice however.
#5 Also a bit hot – that light tends to cook the tops of the hands and steal color – you need to expose so the highlights don’t flare.
Almost there..#6 Not quite, but close – the color is flat – a bit of punch through contrast and saturation in post will help.
#7 Better color – though the skin is a bit pink – you get that from the cold water and can remove it by adjusting the magenta/green balance .
#8 Very hard light, very hard to shoot in – a polarizer can help, but sometimes nothing will get you through that hard light on the water.
#9 The foreground is dark and cold – if you’re shooting in shadow you need to up the color temp to compensate.
#10 Stop laying down on the job.
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AAAWWWW you changed the orientation of # 10 and I was going to make some smart ass comment about how
Some really nice shots Lee.
Like David I really like #3 and also like David for future reference, Id suggest to keep an eye out for are blown highlights. Just a small thing here in a coupleJ
There’s no formula to shooting a fish IMHO – blast away and try to get something good and bugger the rules.. 😉
Raw will help you no end with hard lighting – you can set the contrast, color & saturation on each frame if you want.
In hard light if you have a WB set to daylight and then step into a shadow you’ll have a problem, but it’s easy to fix in post off a raw.PS has a lot of tools in raw conversion that will make your shots better.
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A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
Lee,
Thanks for posting….I learn as much or more from these threads as anyone.
Regarding critique…..I’m colorblind as a bat so I’ll refrain from that portion. Number 1 and 2 are my favorites. Number 3 has great color and composition but I find myself wincing at the death grip on the fish.
In my opinion number 5 would be fantastic if it had a big black leech hanging out of it’s mouth 🙂
Nice fish BTW…..Thanks again for posting.
Cool shots! I like them all , but #1, #5, and #8 jump out at me. I like #1! I’d be way happy if I took this shot! It looks very ‘natural’!
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