When taking a picture of your fish do you prefer to hold it with bent arms or to "push" it towards the camera ?

I like to take my fish pictures with bent arms.

I personally very much dislike pushing fish. I feel like it distorts the size of the bass, making it look bigger. 

On the other hand several friends of mine push the fish towards the camera saying they want to get more detail of the fish, not make it look bigger.

What is your opinion ?

My opinion is whether you make the fish look 15lbs or 2lbs as long as you tell the truth about the weight it doesn't matter...I tend to hold my fish out, but do not lie about the weight of the fish, personally lying about the weight is absolutely pointless...

 

I do not intentionally force the perspective though...

I have come to overlook the position of the fish. I look at the fish in comparison to the hands that hold it. I compare the size hand to the jawline/head size, then the other hand compared to the tail height. It helps take the distortion out of the picture. When you see a 2 lber held out far, with a hand the same size as the fish's head, you know it's not a 9. But when the mouth and tail dwarf the hands holding it, that's a pig.

The biggest fish are always the ones that aren't photographed.

"I'm tellin' ya ... it was THIS <....................> big."

With me I am usually by myself taking the pic so I hold the fish Imin my left hand take the pic with my iPhone in the right, sometimes it doesn't do the fish justice but I don't have more than 2 arms so it works. Getting a go pro on Black Friday can't wait for that!

I have come to overlook the position of the fish. I look at the fish in comparison to the hands that hold it. I compare the size hand to the jawline/head size, then the other hand compared to the tail height. It helps take the distortion out of the picture. When you see a 2 lber held out far, with a hand the same size as the fish's head, you know it's not a 9. But when the mouth and tail dwarf the hands holding it, that's a pig.

 

I also look at the hand compared to mouth.... for example here is a 6lbs 5oz and a 2lbs 5oz, sometimes the mouth and head can be deceiving though, so I don't base my guess 100% on the hand, but do get an idea.... The ones below the line are example of the how some mouths of fish can be deceiving when looking at the head to hand comparison....

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3.64lbs

3lbs

4lbs7oz

 

I use bent arms and let the picture speak for itself. (See my avatar).

I sure aint making look smaller.......

 

this topic always seems to get somewhat heated, I'll sit back and enjoy the show.

I use bent arms and let the picture speak for itself. (See my avatar)

 

well said

I do not intentionally force the perspective though...

 

Your avatar, says differently.

When I take a picture I really don't think about it. If I took 5 pictures my arms would probably be in 5 different positions. Take the picture and move on... 5lbers still a 5lber no matter how you hold it, now if you have to make a 3 look like a 5 just to say you caught a "5" then you obviously need to work on your fishing skills. IMO people should worry more about accurately guessing or "weighing" there fish before posting pics on here and saying how big it wasn't. It's those 15" 5lbers that get you in trouble.

This is like the shimano/daiwa/Lews threads.....

 

Anyways i intentionally try to not distort the size of the fish and never hold a fish way out to the camera.  Of course most times i am by myself so my pics are usually on the release or on my plano bump board.

This is like the shimano/daiwa/Lews threads.....

 

Anyways i intentionally try to not distort the size of the fish and never hold a fish way out to the camera.  Of course most times i am by myself so my pics are usually on the release or on my plano bump board.

 

Same here. I tend to keep the fish close to me most pictures, or on the board you see in my lap (avatar). Fish in that pic is 6.6 lbs, extended a little bit from me. I have short arms, so not like it'll be a beast either way, LOL.

I like to keep my elbows tucked into my sides but display the fish extended from there for a horizontal hold. It looks more natural that way. But my first priority when taking a fish pic is to take a pic that substantiates the stated weight of the fish.

How many times have you read a guy say the picture does not do justice to the new PB he just caught . If I catch a 5lb fish I want the viewer to think it looks like a 5.5 or a 6.

Fish taking pictures 101- lesson one

Make sure the pic substantiates the stated weight. Don't force the pic but fill the frame.

PB fish deserve a PB picture.

When I take a picture I could care less what anyone thinks. It's my trophy book of memories, not yours. Ill remember the size and weights of the significant ones. I like to see the details and beauty of the fish. I don't care about how big my Nikes are compared to it. Fishing is only a competition when you're in a tournament. They don't stop to take pictures in tournanents because scales don't lie.

I am in competition with no one.

 

I have no desire to play the game of being better than anyone.

 

I am simply trying to be a better angler than I was yesterday.

 

My fish photo taking evolutions reflect the same sentiment.

 

 I also feel that the fish should fill the frame.

 

A-Jay 

Your avatar, says differently.

 

When I say I don't force the perspective intentionally I mean I do not focus on making the fish bigger in the photos... Yes, I push the fish forward, it's just a habit, I don't lie about the weight of the fish... My profile pic is cropped if you look at the real photo I am in the back of my canoe, yes holding the fish forward... 6lbs 5oz is the same whether it is 10ft away or 3ft away...

 

When I take a picture I could care less what anyone thinks. It's my trophy book of memories, not yours. Ill remember the size and weights of the significant ones. I like to see the details and beauty of the fish. I don't care about how big my Nikes are compared to it. Fishing is only a competition when you're in a tournament. They don't stop to take pictures in tournanents because scales don't lie.

 

Agreed.

 

I don't even get why this is a topic of discussion.

When taking a picture of your fish do you prefer to hold it with bent arms or to "push" it towards the camera ?

I like to take my fish pictures with bent arms.

I personally very much dislike pushing fish. I feel like it distorts the size of the bass, making it look bigger. 

On the other hand several friends of mine push the fish towards the camera saying they want to get more detail of the fish, not make it look bigger.

What is your opinion ?

 

I love the pictures you took from your thread "The Last Hoorah". I think that's how pictures should be taken. It shows the lake, you or your friend, the bass and everything looks great. I actually feel like I was sitting in front of you in the same boat. I don't like it when people push their fish too close to the camera, nothing wrong with pushing it out a bit further to enhance the photo. If you over do it, it makes the pictures distorted. I've seen enough pictures of a bass in person and in photos and know how they look like. I would like to see the entire scenery.

My opinion is whether you make the fish look 15lbs or 2lbs as long as you tell the truth about the weight it doesn't matter...I tend to hold my fish out, but do not lie about the weight of the fish, personally lying about the weight is absolutely pointless...

 

I do not intentionally force the perspective though...

 

Expecting me not to tell fish stories is like expecting me not to tell you about all the record class bucks I coulda shot with my longbow this season, but I passed them up.

I hold the fish both ways. It also depends on who is taking the picture.

Any picture that doesn't involve a bathroom mirror and a kissy face is a good one!

The fish I catch are way too big to be held at arms length. Just sayin'

The fish I catch are way too big to be held at arms length. Just sayin'

Good point, only photo worthy fish is one that needs 2 hands (or 2 people) to hold it up.............lol.

Expecting me not to tell fish stories is like expecting me not to tell you about all the record class bucks I coulda shot with my longbow this season, but I passed them up.

 

What are you talking about?