Photo Contest #1 - Fish Portraits

[Eugene Graham]

Photo Contest #1 - Fish Portraits

Each participant may enter up to two photos, one photo from an SLR camera, and one photo from a P&S camera.

The topic for this contest is fish portraits and will be limited to pictures of fish, which means that the main subject in the photo will be a fish. Hands
and arms in the picture are alright, but no photos including an entire person (aka hero shot).

The contest will last through Sunday, September 23, when a voting thread will be opened to tally the results. The voting poll will be open for 7 days.

There will be two winners, one for a photo from an SLR camera and one photo from a P&S camera. From the two winners, the one with the most
votes for their winning picture will choose the next photo contest topic. In the case of the same person winning both contests, that person would be declared the winner of the SLR contest and the runner up in the P&S section is to declared the winner of that section.

This thread is for pictures only, NO discussion in this thread please. If you wish, you can give specifics about your own photos. For example,
what camera, what lens, where it was taken, any photoshop changes, etc.

Good luck to all.

[bolden]

I guess i am first.

This fish was caught on the Missouri River in Montana. It was cloudy
earlier in the day, but when i took this picture it was bright sun, so i underexposed a stop and a half to keep detail in the gillplate. In
Nikon CaptureNX i raised the exposure in the shadows to make it look how i remember it. I also did small adjustments to contrast, saturation,
and sharpening. I actually have a 20X30 inch print of this above my bed.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/bolden916/Photography/Fish/DSC_97686-3.jpg

Good luck to everyone else in the contest and thank you Eugene for making this thread.

[jbird]

P&S
I had a heckofa time deciding which one to submit. This is my newest nice photo so its my current favorite.

This steelhead was landed last week on the rogue river and photographed with a sony cybershot dsc p100. the mode was "auto."

There was a drop of water on the lense that I had to touch up in photoshop, It was in the rocks below the fish.


Jay

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/jbird35/DSC01662-1.jpg

[Adam Grace]

Here's my submission for the P & S category:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/flyguyag/fishing/Imgp1174.jpg

A nice trout caught on the Yuba River.

Taken in a program mode without a the flash...If I remember correctly. No photo enhancements.

This is my best fish portrait but I haven't focused much on fish portraits. I guess that I need to concentrate on some fish portraits next time I'm out taking pictures of fish :D

Lets get some more entries and make this contest more about viewing cool pictures without worrying about winning.

[Langenbeck]

26" Wild Rogue River Steelhead with a P&S:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/gordonl/26Steelhead08Nov04.jpg

[sculpin]

One of three from Sunday. P&S in Program. Optio WP camera

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v382/Sculpin/Picture061.jpg

[Hairstacker]

P&S. December Bass, California Delta:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/Sachlil/12-3Delta4.jpg

[MSP]

This is from my POS P&S Sony 2mp.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MPutman/DSC00243.jpg

[mems]

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/mems15/P8250021.jpg

[notyalc]

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o150/notyalc13/browntrout.jpg
Taken with a p&s but enhanced. Seems a bit over done but I kind of like the effect it gives. It was taken with a Minolta Dimage x31 3.2mp. I didn't use photoshop, just the tools in the Microsoft Picture Manager.

[John H]

This fish was caught at Emigrant Lake over Labor Day weekend. I have been there a few times and find it one of the better backpack lakes in the Sierras. This was one of the first times using the underwater feature of the camera. I found the downside of underwater shots is you can't see the view screen and end up with 5 terrible shots and one good shot. The upside is the fish is not laying in the dirt suffocating while you try to get a photo. There also seems to be less glare underwater so the colors come out good. This fish was caught walking the shoreline, spotting cruisers and casting nymps to them. This fish is about 19.5" .

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa22/jhodgson55/Emigranttrout.jpg

[Matt Frey]

This fish was caught on the Truckee and I used my Pentax Optio W10
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i94/mattpfrey/Fishing/IMGP0302.jpg

[jbird]

This Photo is by Big TJ. If you vote for this photo, make sure you vote for BigTJ in P&S

Nikon coolpix 5200 point and shoot




http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/jbird35/Picture0025.jpg

[MrBig]

P&S. I deleted the original but am submitting this resized version anyways. Trinity River, March of 2007.

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i275/stevenslp/fish1.jpg

[jbird]

This is a quick call to a change in format of this photo contest.

In light of simplifying things, we are only submitting ONE photograph. It does not matter what camera was used for the photo.

If you submitted more than one photo, please edit accordingly. :D


Hope this helps

Jay

[PatrickM]

You guys have posted some great photos. This one doesn't really compare, but I wanted to participate anyhow. When are we voting?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/pmarlborough/anotherbrown.jpg

[PatrickM]

I'm posting this one on behalf of WillJ (fineandfar).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/pmarlborough/brown3.jpg

[Katz]

Here's a nice "baby" picture.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f194/katzenk/Bass-1.jpg

Sad to say taken with my cell phone as I forgot the Nikon P&S

Katz

[slage]

Lower Sac bow.
Canon Powershot-SD 630, P&S

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f109/slage/lowersacbow2.jpg

[SteelieD]

Wintertime on the Yakima...
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a227/SteelieD/Yakima12-20-0618.jpg

[PaulC]

Here's a salt pic with a mako on the fly. P/S Optio Wpi which did an okay job given the thrashing of the shark.
-Paul
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/Cronin/bmako1.jpg

[Rob]

Canon 20D SLR . 50 mm 1.8

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v636/rgkempton/Fly%20fishing%20Utah/logancut.jpg

[Scott V]

My first steelhead, also my first fish caught on a fly I tied, a clouser. Camera is a Optio W30.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y85/PsychoZ/IMGP0285.jpg

[kokaneejr]

Just a pretty Upper Rogue trout. I liked the contrast between the net and the fish...Craig

Pentax Optio WPi.


http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t100/kokaneejr/Pentaxjune062.jpg

[DocEsox]

Boy....this is a really tough decision for me.....I have 3 fish potraits that fit the bill.....guess I'll go with this one I took one handed last year with my Canon 400SD while fishing Quartz Creek...it is a dolly varden:

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j32/DocEsox/SpawningDolly-4.jpg

Brian

[Jay Murakoshi]

Here's my fish photo
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/jaysflies/BassJay.jpg

[Adam Grace]

Jay, that's a nice picture BUT this contest is for fish portraits only no people included, save that picture for the fisherman w/ fish portrait contest, when ever it starts.

How about you submit that cool orange saltwater fish like you did before, especially since this is the post where people can vote for your picture, not the other thread.

[jblack]

A friend took this picture at Putah Creek and it fits the fish only bill.

I title it -- How I figured out why people fish Putah Creek.

http://www.flyfishnorcal.org/php-nuke/photopost45/data/500/60Putah_2-med.JPG

Jarrett