Corey Kruitbosch
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Ben: I love that shot! I do wish the eye were a bit more in focus, but it rocks! The shadow / beam of light really works and is def something to put in the bag-of-tricks for bright sunny days!
John: Nice shots all. Super crisp and clear! I really dig the example shot you posted later with the spey rod and spinning reel.
Aaron: I realized I didn’t comment on your bass shot and meant to… Its a sweet shot. I really like seeing the guy in the background. Nice job.
Man, this is a great forum and the conversations are already [s:1bi5nm9q]influencing[/s:1bi5nm9q] helping the way I am approaching my photography. Thanks!
Thanks Zach! All of your suggestions were great. It was a good exercise to implement them and I appreciate how they changed the feel of the photo. Along with its sellability!
Carter: I like the second shot .. I do think that maybe it could benefit from a soft background. It might breakup all of the lines from the branches and help to focus the viewer on the fisherman.
John: I LOVE how sharp the fish is in that first shot!
I dunno .. I do think the GnG has its place. Sometimes it just nice to see someone with a big fish and a big smile. Plus, like Zack said .. I’m sure it sells magazines.
I wanted to say thanks again for all the comments and criticisms .. Its great to get the feedback and it has made me aware of a few more things to look for in my photos. A good flash and a softbox was recommended by another friend and it has gone to the top of my list!
This specific photo, actually all of the photos that I took that day, was about seeing what I could get the new lens (10mm sigma fisheye). I really wanted to push that “fish up in your grill” feel. Do people really dislike that or do they just feel like the photographer is ‘cheating’?
Personally, I’m not a huge fan of the G&G. However, I do see that it has its place and I will need to be able to shoot it! An interesting thing about most of my shots from this day, is that there was someone else there taking the G&G witha point and shoot. So, I really was in more of a voyeurs position. I dig the “feel” it gave these shots, but I can see how it might not be the most commercial viable.
I went ahead and edited the image to attempt to implement some of the suggestions. Please feel free to let me know what you think.
v2 – All I did was add a blur to the edge of the mountains .. I think this improves the shot a ton and it is one of those “not seeing the forest for trees” and “devil in the details” things that I simply overlooked.
v3 – kept a little blue in the sky, did a quick ‘chop on the mountain, and made the color a little softer (maybe to much red), and lightened under the hat.
One of many questions i had from reading this, was do you submit the same image library to each of the magazines, or a different library to each one?
Awesome feedback Zack! Thanks. I will re-precess this shot and post the results! I couldn’t agree more with you about the flash .. I feel like that is really my ‘next step’!
Not quite sure if this is 100% relevant this is to your question, but I remembered coming across it a while back … it might be better than nothing.
Have you had much chance to play with this lens yet? I was able to shoot a buddies a little while back and really liked it. Enough that it made my short list. 🙂
I saw some of your gallery was titled “Experimenting with Tone Mapping”. What is tone mapping?
Basically, what I did was to fake an HDR image from a single image and process it for display. Personally, I think the effect can be very cool, but like most very distinctive styles it might be best in moderation?
Little more info – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_mapping – “Tone mapping is a technique used in image processing and computer graphics to map a set of colours to another; often to approximate the appearance of high dynamic range images in media with a more limited dynamic range.”
I agree with Aaron that you have some great stuff going.
Wow! Now that looks like some serious fun .. Some BIG fish on the fly rod. We have some Tiger Muskie here that I’m gonna try and go after here soon.
Looks like flows are going up everywhere Big Hole is at 7,510.
Joel .. Curious if you know how is the Madison looking?
Rick, I’ll be fishing the Beav for a few hours below CC on Friday if you happen to be there at the same time.
i was going through a few of the older posts and thought I’d chime in on this one .. I just picked up the sigma 10mm .. I knew it would be a specialized lens when I got it, but IMO it was worth the $$$ just for those couple of shots/situations where it shines!
Here is the lens: http://www.sigmaphoto.com/lenses/lenses_all_details.asp?id=3337&navigator=6
Here are some photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/coreyk/tags/fisheye/