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Post by free2fish on Apr 19, 2012 9:06:26 GMT -6
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Post by creekhunter on Apr 19, 2012 11:38:47 GMT -6
I like his C&R and fish handling techniques! Great vid!
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Post by Jamesrog on Apr 19, 2012 22:57:39 GMT -6
Nature at its finest... Several years ago, I was on a wildlife kick with my photography and I wanted to get a shot of a bird grabbing a fish off the surface of the water. So a friend and I netted a few suckers and kept them in the fridge overnight at the cottage. In the morning we went fishing and took the suckers with us. We fished this one bay on the lake that was full of eagle roosts. As we pike fished nearby, we threw the suckers (one at a time) into the bay. I sat on the bow with my SLR poised and focused on the floating sucker. Sure enough, it didn't take long for the eagles to find us and I got some absolutely fantastic early morning closeups of the eagles taking the fish off the surface of the water. Afterwards, we both figured what we were doing was probably considered "cheating" by photography purists but the photos were phenomenal and everyone else was none the wiser. James. Here is one of the shots from that series....
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Post by lockport1850 on Apr 20, 2012 22:16:16 GMT -6
Afterwards, we both figured what we were doing was probably considered "cheating" by photography purists but the photos were phenomenal and everyone else was none the wiser. The photo is grea and your method is used by the great ones all the time. In this case the result speaks for itself. Kudos to you. A little photoshop type work would probably put some additional nice touches on it.
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Post by free2fish on Apr 21, 2012 5:21:58 GMT -6
I agree, great shot.
Most special wildlife shots have been set up in someway or at least they were until digital cameras became so prevalent. I remember reading a story about a company wanting a diving kingfisher shot so a professional photographer set up a "creek" in his studio to get the picture.
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