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John, first off, your fish photography is absolutely awesome ! And this, coming from a guy who would like to consider himself a pretty avid photographer himself.
I'm assuming your using a DSLR for these ? What brand / model ? {totally understanding that it's the "photographer" who takes the photo, "not" the camera. Just curious). Oh, and of course, what is your go to lens ?
Do you use any filters ? A circular polarizer, maybe ?
Anyway, I'm totally awed and inspired to try and start mixing some "art" into my fish shots. For 1 thing, especially with a smaller species such as a Sunfish, you have shown me how much prettier the shot might be > without having my big, ugly mug in the shot, to kill the mood ;) LOL
It's kind of funny.... I've been a hard-core angler all of my life. I've also been into digital photography pretty seriously for about 10 years...... But ironically, their hasn't always been a huge overlap of these two passions. Oh sure, I try to make my fish photos look technically good (contrast, exposure, saturation, etc) however, I haven't even thought much, about trying to make my fish shots artistic......
.....that is, until I saw yours !!!!!
Keep up the fantastic work !
I just love it !
Fish
PS, I'm very anxious for your reply..... but leaving in less than 12 hours for a trip to Louisiana. Probably won't be online for about a week. Will be sure to check back then though :)
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John, much thanks for your reply. {of course now I'm really close to running for the airport, but....}
You might be surprised, that I'm "not surprised" that you are shooting with a bridge (non-DSLR) camera. I also shot for years with a bridge camera (a Fuji S7000, to be precise) and took a lot of great shots with them. I still use a Fuji S6000 for certain things.
But mostly, for my fish photos, I've been using my Canon A650is (which I absolutely love) I also own the A630, and A640, for backups.
Anyway, again, I just wanted to stress that "the art" in your shots is really striking. I'm going to be thinking more about this, with my own fish photography, especially with smaller, more beautiful species, such as Sunfish. I mean, we know it wasn't 10 lbs... (like, "Look ! It's as big as my fat head" ! :) LOL) but regardless of how big it was, compared to myself..... Look how beautiful it was !
Oh, of course I'm bringing a little fishing tackle, and 2 cameras to Louisiana ;) Maybe I might have something to post when I get back :)
Peace,
Fish
Oh hey John, you mentioned you were also into birds. Me too ! :)
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