I'm a pretty good photographe4, but this ones got me scratching my head what are your techniques /accesories for getting great live fish photos when fishing solo I don't mean just the fish in net picture but really mixing it up.
Get a mini-tripod and check if your phone has voice-commands in selfie-mode. I manage to snap some alright grip-and-gurns this way:
This one from the Frome a couple of weekends back - propped my phone on the bank and commanded it to take a photo - set to three seconds self-timer so there's time to lift the fish from the water, snap the shot and then put it back into the net pre-release.
If you're wondering about using an actual camera rather than a phone then it would become more convoluted, but largely with the same ideas - self-timer and tripod!
I've also been playing around recently with my phone that is 100% waterproof...this is awesome when releasing fish - below is a screenshot from a video of the same fish pictured above after it swam off (taken on my Samsung Galaxy S10+ (lower-res as it's a screengrab from a video):
Definitely worth exploring, but please make sure your phone is actually claiming to be submersible before/if you do try it!
Get a mini-tripod and check if your phone has voice-commands in selfie-mode. I manage to snap some alright grip-and-gurns this way: View attachment 20678
This one from the Frome a couple of weekends back - propped my phone on the bank and commanded it to take a photo - set to three seconds self-timer so there's time to lift the fish from the water, snap the shot and then put it back into the net pre-release.
If you're wondering about using an actual camera rather than a phone then it would become more convoluted, but largely with the same ideas - self-timer and tripod!
I've also been playing around recently with my phone that is 100% waterproof...this is awesome when releasing fish - below is a screenshot from a video of the same fish pictured above after it swam off (taken on my Samsung Galaxy S10+ (lower-res as it's a screengrab from a video): View attachment 20679
Definitely worth exploring, but please make sure your phone is actually claiming to be submersible before/if you do try it!
Bloody hell, you kids have seriously got your heads around this technology sh*t.
I'm a dinosaur struggling with a **** second hand waterproof camera, time to rethink me thinks !
Great photos, I'm drop dead jealous and a little bit peaved in a purely envious but motevational way !
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Bloody hell, you kids have seriously got your heads around this technology sh*t.
I'm a dinosaur struggling with a **** second hand waterproof camera, time to rethink me thinks !
Great photos, I'm drop dead jealous and a little bit peaved in a purely envious but motevational way !
Sorry bout the echo, technology, lol, wtf do I know bout dat, gimme stuff I can play with in my hands, like your Dad mg:
Flip it to self-shot mode and you can see yourself! Then on mine (Samsung Galaxy S10+) I just have to say 'shoot' or 'capture' and it starts a three second self-timer before it takes the shot :thumbs:
I reckon anything after the fish is landed (apart from 'in the net' photos, which you are ruling out) is putting extra stress on the fish, so...
When I am alone, I try to catch a shot before I have landed the fish. Just to pick a few 'for example' shots, going into my Lake of Menteith collection...
I have a bit of an advantage when it comes to these shots in being a left-hander, so my rod is in my left hand and, as the fish nears the net, I can pick up the camera, which, as all cameras are, is designed to be used right-handed... and catch a snap as the fish approaches the net.
I'm the same as Cap'n try to get a photo as I'm bringing them in. I can 100 per cent gaurentee you there absolutely nothing like the quality of Cap'ns.
The Olympus Tuff series take polarising filters that make for good pics. Wireless and the app mean remote shutter release is a nice feature to use. Also a collapsible walking stick with a camera mount thread on the top doubles as a wading stick and camera tripod - we’ll stick.
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