Bryan Gregson
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Bryan I don’t know if I have shots with absolutely no glare but two things.
1) I leave my CP glued to the lens
2) When flashing I try to remember to angle the head so its not directed at the fish. A diffsuer helps with this.This was shot right around noon or 1pm. Cant recal if I angled the flash or not but it is flashed
And as Morsie said as long as the glare isnt overpowerin or a large hot spot I wouldnt sweat it. What I worry more about is not blowing the whites of their bellies/mouths tc.
Great suggestions! Do you recommend a specific type of diffuser? Will a ghetto rigged salsa container work for this?
Great point about blowing the whites of the belly and mouth. That is my next project ; ) It sits a tad lower on the list than the glare, one thing at a time I suppose.
Thanks for taking the time to reply. I’m very grateful!
Bryan I can’t see a problem with the glare you have there, no detail has been lost and the fish are wet so a viewer would expect to see some kind of glare. I’ve stopped using a polariser because they can be such a pain in the butt.
Alternatively shoot the fish in shadow or get an assistant to hold a scrim ;D
The last shot is excellent, I find the top two shots to be over contrasty and over saturated but it works on the last on.
These queenfish can be a terrible fish to photograph because they are so silver but they do have some subtle detail in their skin, easy to blow your metering to pieces with them. I get whoever’s holding them to roll them so I get the least flare.
Morsie
Thanks for the honest feedback! I really appreciate it!
Yeah, the contrast boost bumped the saturation a bit. These fish are “blood” red, some appear to look like they are bleeding… almost look fake. I’ll try and turn down the saturation a notch.
It seems to me that most of you guys don’t have the same problem as I, I always capture bad glare….know time and practice ; ) Your “rolling the fish” tactic is very interesting. I will try it!
I’m curious now reading that you don’t use a polorizer. My thoughts were this was my problem, but perhaps its just me ; )
thanks again Morsie
WOW.. what a great opportunity! I’ll attempt to play. Copied John’s great idea, 3 shots all different.
Thanks guys, this is a great way to get constructive criticism… regardless of who’s pics you might use.
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Thanks Cam!
Cor killed it behind the lens! Good job Cor!
It was a fun project, it definitely got the brain churning. Keep an eye out for more stuff like this in the future 😉
Great article! Enjoyable and unique…. I agree 100% with your thoughts about “personal records”, very useful down the road. I’ve kept a log since I was a kid, its a great treasure map for me now..errr… more like a riddle as I can’t really make out the sentences and words on most entry’s… somethings never change I guess ; )
Thanks for czeching em guys!
Bill H – Utah loves stocking test tube babies around here. More and more of our Brood stock is being contaminated with Tiger Trout, is a shame really. The egg count has gone down and the eggs from last year the DWR accidentally “lost” them..er.. killed them on accident, oops. The Tiger Musky, Splake, and Wipers are stocked to keep the chub population down in waters where Cutts don’t do so well. They are however very fun to target in the spring. But now that run-off is almost over, its back to the Cutts and the dirty Germans ; ) and where are those Salmonflies!
Thanks for the kind words fellas… hope your all fishing. As son as the holiday is over, I’ll be back out there.
David K – we use a smaller version of a flashtail to get the TM (permit fly?) Fun stuff. Wee Little guys compared to the Eastern boys but fun nonetheless ; )
Dave Z- yep, that’s me. AA ran the story, Greg Thomas did an interview for FF&R. One to remember ha ha
Cor – Yeah, you know how it is with all the mutants out here eh ; ) But scientists have made them easy to catch, lucky us : ) You back yet? Looking forward to your trip report!! Lets hit the water soon.
Nice work Aaron!!… I’m too poor to take all those awesome trips so I’ll just live happily through you!
Looking forward to seeing the Roosters
Thanks for the constructive help, y’all are too kind!
There’s a lot of great stuff here, it gives me many areas and ideas to work towards. I have not spent much time shooting with a light box, it been an interesting learning experience…and I have had a fun time along the way.
I really appreciate all the helpful comments. thanks again!
OK… Test run #2
Thoughts? Better? Worse?
(Please note I did not see the chip in the bead until after I shot it…oops!!!… and I don’t know enough about photoshop to fix it.)
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THANK YOU ALL!! I really appreciate the feedback!
Dusty – I did shoot on a reflective surface, the mirror thing was too much, the reflective light blew everything out. I used (2) lights.
Steve & Cole  – Thanks for the helpful honest feedback! It’s tuff to get sometimes.
John B – Great ideas, thank you….Yes, I added a bit of vignetting. I was hoping to tone it down enough that the focus was on the center without making it too obvious. Guess that failed ; )
Overall.. what for I am hearing, is the “out of focus” flies are very distracting. I do like John Bennett’s “cookie crumb” thought, I tried a slight variation of that but I my result sucked (user error).
Back to the drawing board…er..light box ; )
