Neal Osborn

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  • Mar 18, 2009 at 2:08 pm in reply to: What do y’all think? Picture Heavy #67026
    Neal Osborn
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    I want a Joe Humphrey’s style Richardson chest fly box badly.

    Mar 18, 2009 at 1:16 am in reply to: Too cool not to share – wolf spider #66901
    Neal Osborn
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    Aaaggghhhh!

    Mar 17, 2009 at 6:22 pm in reply to: Things you can do with a waterproof point-and-shoot camera #66974
    Neal Osborn
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    Just to clarify – I never intended this to be a comparison post about P.A.S. vs other cameras.

    Mar 17, 2009 at 3:05 pm in reply to: Things you can do with a waterproof point-and-shoot camera #66970
    Neal Osborn
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    Nice pictures Bob, I especially like the first one since I was standing at your side in the Smokies that day 😉

    I read a bit about the W30 and here is what I came up with to help you out.

    The W30 permits +/- 2 EV exposure compensation in 1/3 EV increments. dialing in -.7 EV of exposure compensation for example would produce a photo with highlights intact.

    Multi-segment metering is the default setting for the W30, but center-weighted or spot AE options may be selected.

    Download the product User Guide here http://www.pentax.jp/english/support/man-pdf/optio-w30.pdf

    Go to page 82 for a discussion on setting the exposure compensation during a shot.  It’s easy once you learn and then you will get better tonal range and less blown highlights and dark shadows.  I refer you to the post Mike started about shooting fish pictures, in there John B. offers good pointers about metering the subjects based on the situation. For me, metering is like dry fly fishing – yes it is important to actually put the fly in front of the fish, and so it is important to put the “meter” on what you want to correctly expose the most.

    Go to page 94 and 96 for a discussion on setting the AE (auto exposure) and ISO respectively.

    Putting these three variables together during a shoot will greatly improve your photographs and it is very very easy to do once you take a few minutes to learn how to access the settings.  Practice at home first in low light and then on the lawn on a sunny day.

    Also the PW30 allows for manual white balance correction, that is sweet.  Play around with that and you will notice great improvement in color.

    Mar 17, 2009 at 1:35 pm in reply to: Shooting large fish in low light #66890
    Neal Osborn
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    This is a great post.  I have learned a lot from the tips and tricks already.

    Mar 17, 2009 at 11:32 am in reply to: Things you can do with a waterproof point-and-shoot camera #66968
    Neal Osborn
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    That brings up a good point Keith – the video sucks on the 770SW >:(.

    Mar 17, 2009 at 3:39 am in reply to: Sat on River X #34273
    Neal Osborn
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    Yep, Nuf said.

    Mar 16, 2009 at 5:41 pm in reply to: New season New bug #66879
    Neal Osborn
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    Back by popular demand . . .

    I miss your bug shots Will.

    Mar 15, 2009 at 6:33 pm in reply to: How do you shoot a rod? Advice, Please. #66870
    Neal Osborn
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    To add to the comments above by David and Chad . . . Even bad product shots of decals can be made to look good in photoshop when done as a composite.

    Here is an example of my Scott F 7033.  These were shots I took early in my photography learning curve.  I wanted to show the label/graphics but couldn’t get a good clean picture because of flash/halo/bleed/warp.  So I gave up.  After reading your post I decided to go back to the pictures and instead of trying to ring water from a dry rag I focused on compositing the pictures with photoshop layers and added a nice little brook stream on the left to suggest the rod is best suited for this type of fishing. Below is the final composite followed by the original crappy pictures which were cut up and blended into the final.  I would be happy to do something similar for you, Brandon, if you send me some images of your rod.

    Originals

    Mar 13, 2009 at 11:43 pm in reply to: Going to Patagonia #34446
    Neal Osborn
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    We live vicariously through you Mike.

    Mar 13, 2009 at 4:33 pm in reply to: Small Stream Boxes #57240
    Neal Osborn
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    That is awesome stuff Mike.

    Mar 13, 2009 at 2:21 pm in reply to: Midcurrent #66960
    Neal Osborn
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    Congrats guys!

    Mar 11, 2009 at 8:05 pm in reply to: Bonefish #66906
    Neal Osborn
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    Nice pictures Eric.

    Mar 11, 2009 at 8:00 pm in reply to: Madonna #57230
    Neal Osborn
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    Thought I would share pictures of a green and white Madonna variant tied the other night.  

    Almost ate it myself.

    Mar 11, 2009 at 2:02 pm in reply to: Updates and Goals #66865
    Neal Osborn
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    Zach, it will take a full week to recover from the shock of seeing a picture of Clinton on the same post as my beloved self portrait :-/

    I am working on incorporating portraits into my fly art and believe that I am about a month or two away from getting respectable shots with my new softbox and umbrella setup.  Sooooooo much more to learn.

    Mar 10, 2009 at 10:00 pm in reply to: Tying the MegaFugly #57298
    Neal Osborn
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    I’m not sure how an Aussie saltwater guy would fish them neal… you’d have to ask Morsie  ;D

    I’m a New Zealand Saltwater guy who guided on our trout streams for 25 years before I became a “Salt guy” LOL

    😮 😮 😮 😮 😮 😮 😮

    Sorry Clark, my bad.  I replied too quickly on that one (and I knew you were from New Zealand), sorry.  I guess the “New Zealand” under your avatar wasn’t enough to remember your location, hahahaha, aaggghhh. After the recent pictures you posted I remembered you as a saltwater guy.

    Nice Fish!

    Mar 10, 2009 at 9:34 pm in reply to: Tying the MegaFugly #57296
    Neal Osborn
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    That is good shit Clark!

    Mar 10, 2009 at 2:17 am in reply to: new wading boots #34091
    Neal Osborn
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    I LOVE my new Korkers! Best wading boots I have sampled or owned.

    Mar 9, 2009 at 8:40 pm in reply to: Updates and Goals #66861
    Neal Osborn
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    LOL, that shot was super hard to get for an overweight middle aged guy like me – it is actually a self portrait and that is my right arm with the fly while the left arm depressed the timer release on the camera.  I am not a flexible person so my back actually hurt that evening and I needed to stretch.

    Here is my latest Art-Fly slideshow with more pictures http://homepage.mac.com/nealpod/Sites/artflymarch2009/index.html

    edit: that is my left arm with the fly.

    Mar 9, 2009 at 5:05 pm in reply to: Little ratbag ! #66855
    Neal Osborn
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    David, with that much energy how did you get him to stand still for the photograph?

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