Douglas Barnes
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Graham,
Great stuff all around! Kudos. Regarding these specific examples:
Being against the sky and backlit, the mountains above the waterline in the first one look quite natural to me just like they are. The human eye is used to these compromises.
The second one, not so much. It has a real HDR look to it IMHO. (A dude on that lake in a drift boat with/without major bendo would have made me not notice so much)… 😉
My two cents:
Used them for years and could go either way on filters. Yes they’re great for set up stuff with tripod, and were pretty much mandatory for film (and still are today for daytime water blur, etc.- great work J Bennett, BTW). However, they can be a real a killer for spontaneity and/or action fishing photography when folks are involved. Usually, I’d just rather get shots from different angles, with different settings etc, and sort it out later at home instead of fumbling with filters and asking my subject to wait, only to get home with one or two shots in the same amount of time. Yes, Photoshop can achieve the same results if one is careful not to clip their highlights during exposure and is good with layer masking etc. Pros and cons I guess.
he Hunter??
The Hunter! 😉
Hey now now, I thought we had an agreement on that fly….. 😎
Great stuff Corey! Really dig the close-up too!
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Great photos Cor as always, and thanks for showing me some of your favorite fishing spots. It was good to see Bryan again and hang with Carlos. Solid!
More later. :-X
William Joseph ‘Surge” all the way!
http://www.williamjoseph.net/products/product_3.aspx
That Zip-No system is the $hit! This bad boy’s not too big and includes a neck strap so it can be worn/suspended over the shoulder…Genius!
Great site with good photos too…. 😎 ::)
Seriously, I’ve shot a lot of outdoor gear (including, yes, all the WJ products), but, objectively, this magnet pack idea is on of those developments up there with Gore Tex, aluminum tent poles, fire, the wheel! Huge!
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I’m not a huge fan of the Holga look but it works quite well in the second shot of the dudes sitting on the bank, IMO. That image has a nice 1950’s era feel to it. Thanks for sharing Brian!
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That’s awesome Zach! Nailed it! Great food for thought.
I don’t see ‘starts a blog and/or bulletin board’ in the mix though. 🙂
Interesting topic and one that comes up in the car on the way to the water many times. I think many folks approach the question in stages. When one’s newer to the sport and filled with discovery, they are more likely to share the experience with close friends and family extended. Like a new convert to an outdoor religion. Fish days are easier to come by and since you’re just getting started too, teaching your new gospel and learning is a joy. Sure, you may be a little obsessed and fish more often by your lonesome out of sheer passion. But those days when you can get a friend to join you are welcome on a fellowship level even when you have to help them along and loan them half your gear. As one grows older and acquires more skills, meanwhile gets more commitments and less time on said water, the thought of ‘sacrificing’ a day to teach your sisters boyfriend, for example, how to fly-fish, can cause heartburn. I know that sounds terrible and you’re thinking ‘what a conceited a$$hole!’. But the concept is out there. Haven’t you had the same in-transit conversation with your own circle of trust? Things change, and so do fishermen.
That said, I rarely fish alone these days. I’m lucky in that the folks I go with put my sorry skills to shame any given day so I learn from them. (But they don’t tie on my flies ect. for me ha ha). Plus, most of them look dy-no-mite on camera =). I guess I’m at the point now where capturing a great photo is almost more important than landing a fish. Almost. And getting good images is tougher alone. Does that make any sense? Sorry about the ramble but you got me thinking.
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