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[basslover12345]

Any advice based on these photos?

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[BassHunter_Hunt]

How long was the bass out of water while you took this shots. I'm a photograper so I know very while that with pictures like one doesn't simple take just two pictures. I hope the fish wasn't suffering while trying to get the right composition. Other than that the pictures look nice. I like the first one the best. What camera or phone did you use to take them?

[basslover12345]

Maybe 1 minute, not long at all, right after I'm done they go right back in.

[basslover12345]

Here is another photo I took

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[Low_Budget_Hooker]

The 2 big things are how you hold it and how long you keep it out of the water. You want to hold by the jaw and let the fish hang vertically. While holding by the jaw do not tweak the fish on an angle as this puts a lot of pressure on the hinge of the jaw and the bones involved.

You want to avoid wrapping your whole hand around the fishes body as this removes slime coat. The slimy stuff on the outside is the basses immune system and by handling it like that or laying in the grass you remove some of that important material.

Gooduck and catch 'em up!

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1 minute out of the water is actually a bit long by my standards. LBH is spot on with his post. Although personally (and I might get flamed for this) I do not care if a dink survives or not. If it dies, a turtle or a bird will eat it. Even then, there's no point in making it suffer.

I'd take the hook out, lip the fish, and hold it in the water (I mostly fish from the banks), and whip my cellphone out and set it up for taking photos. Then I take the fish out of the water, take a pic, and throw it back.

For bigger fish, I have a stringer now (thanks to Mike Long's video) that keeps the fish in the water while I can set up a camera and a little tripod I bought. Same deal, when everything is ready, I get the fish out of the water, take photos, and put it back in the water while I check if the pics turned out okay.

If you're asking about the photo itself, Fish Chris said it best:
http://www.trophybassonly.com/id53.htm

[Loop_Dad]

I find bringing tripod is essential when I go fishing alone. Otherwise my arm is not long enough to have the entire fish in the pictures without distortion of some sort. (See my avitor pic without tripod)

I use one of those flip video camera (I use one from Sanyo Xacti) which the screen flips out and can be turned around. I have it camera stand-by with timer mode. I flip it open and it will be ready in 3 sec. When I take picture I can see myself in the screen which eliminate the guesswork and need for retake. I support the fish's belly with other hand so that I don't drop the fish when they wiggle. Fish goes right back in the water quick.

[sarcazmo]

Here is another photo I took

My initial thought that you were trying to make this image an HDR? I'm not a huge fan of the over saturated look. Second thought was the picture is out of focus. Third thought: The photo is too busy. My eye isnt immediatley drawn to the fish but Ive been lookin gat everything, hand, fish, background.

What kind of camera were you using to take these pictures? If you want help with photoshop Scott Kelby makes some FANTASTIC photoshop books.

[BassAssassin726]

Ive read that youre actually supposed to support the fish horizontally insead of letting it hang vertically, think about it, a fish lives in a zero g world. When its out of the water hanging vertically thats putting a lot of strain and pressure on the organs inside. If you can use two hands, one in the mouth one under the belly and use your hands to support the weight, not the fishes jaw.

[Sniffles]

I am a wedding/nature photographer.

Your saturation is far too strong. Remember saturation will never imitate HDR, HDR pictures require multiple pictures to be taken and joined together. This is almost impossible to do right with a moving animal.

Your curves are not correct. Id simply play with them more in Photoshop until you get the hang of it.

Your contrast is better than the saturation but still too strong.

Remember the rule of 3

[North Ga Hillbilly]

A tripod, or in my case whatever I can set the camera on, and a delay timer are nice. I have mine do three pics in 10 seconds, and if I cant get a good one out of that I just call it and put her back in. If you want to have yourself in the photo take and hold up your shoe and practice getting a good pic with that, then your ready for a fish.

NGaHB

[basslover12345]

1 minute out of the water is actually a bit long by my standards. LBH is spot on with his post. Although personally (and I might get flamed for this) I do not care if a dink survives or not. If it dies, a turtle or a bird will eat it. Even then, there's no point in making it suffer.

I'd take the hook out, lip the fish, and hold it in the water (I mostly fish from the banks), and whip my cellphone out and set it up for taking photos. Then I take the fish out of the water, take a pic, and throw it back.

For bigger fish, I have a stringer now (thanks to Mike Long's video) that keeps the fish in the water while I can set up a camera and a little tripod I bought. Same deal, when everything is ready, I get the fish out of the water, take photos, and put it back in the water while I check if the pics turned out okay.

If you're asking about the photo itself, Fish Chris said it best:
http://www.trophybassonly.com/id53.htm

Whoops, I've been holding fish like this for years and photograohing them the same way as well.

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Whoops, I've been holding fish like this for years and photograohing them the same way as well.

like what?

For small fish I guess it doesn't matter. I recall Mike Long insisting in one of his videos to support a big bass near its belly while holding out of water for a pic.

[basslover12345]

like what?

For small fish I guess it doesn't matter. I recall Mike Long insisting in one of his videos to support a big bass near its belly while holding out of water for a pic.

I always hold them the way I did in the photos. Any tips on how I could take a shot of the fish in my hand, but in the water?

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I always hold them the way I did in the photos. Any tips on how I could take a shot of the fish in my hand, but in the water?

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