Covershot?
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Patrick,
A few things to consider….
1) Get lower for more of an eye-to-eye angle.
2) Fill flash
3) A little more breathing room on the ride side.
4) Angler needs to remove sunglasses
5) Where’s the rod and reel?Then, maybe a cover shot.
Nice fish!
How wouldn’t you implement fill flash on this shot and not overexpose the fish?
Aim the flash towards the fisherman’s face, snoot the flash or zoom the head if you have that option.
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http://instagram.com/chad_simcox InstagramNo need to do the treatment of the flash. Sorry Chad, I usually not. (maybe it is just my way, your method is good though… I usually use them when I use super wide angle lens… and see more dramatic effect…)
Pat. you might want to take a look of Zach’s brown series/ Morsie’s saltwater series. They have fill flash and they do not over expose the fish…
The reson you feel you will over expose the chromer is you already over expose a bit (because of the dark background… maybe)… I would tune the camera to normal exposure, and fill in the flash about 1/3 or 1/2 stop. and that sould be turns out right…I do think set the flash light -1/3 or -2/3 stop would work just fine to reduce the fisherman’s shadow…
A good way of using a flash… use them lightly!
Another thing to consider: with the light coming in from the photographer’s left, if you had the fisherman angle the head of the fish a little more towards the camera you could probably eliminate the reflection just behind the gill plate causing blown highlights in that spot.
The only other thing I like to see that hasn’t been mentioned is to have the angler lift the fish just as you’re ready to shoot, so you still have water dripping off the fish – better for the fish and better for the photo.
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