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| I will be fishing myself this vacation. How do you take photos of yourself with fish? To complicate things more, much of my fishing will be in low light or night condtions. Thanks. |
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| yeah- i had the same problem- i was wondering how i would even prove it if i caught a big fish- but i guess just a couple net pictures- but i didn't have a problem because i never caught a muskie by myself- just pike(no pics needed there...)
zach sanders[:sun:] |
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| I always had this problem too. So last year I told my wife that since our daughter is growing so quickly, we should really buy a nice camera to capture all those special moments. Also got a bigger boat because of the kid and needing a safer form of travel.[:praise:]
Anyway, I went out and bought a real nice Nikon with auto everything and a self timer. Because it`s auto focus, you can`t move in front of it once you press the timer bacause it will have a hard time focusing. SO....if I hook a fish that I feel I want to get a picture of, I start filling the livewell. When I get the fish unhooked, I place it in the livewell which I think is actually a good place for it to right itself. Then I go to the front of the boat and set up a couple Plano boxes to rest the camera on. I turn the camera to manual focus, and I focus on the spot where I plan to be with the fish. In my boat, it`s the back of my boat seat because that point is even with the livewell. Now, I have ten seconds....I press the button and move quickly to the livewell and hopefully grab the fish on the first try, lift it up and wait for the camera to click. It usually works pretty well, but a couple times I had to walk back up to the camera with fish in hand and press the button again. This way is actually easier because you have the fish in hand already. If all goes well, the fish is out of the water for about 15-20 seconds and back in it goes. A long answer...could have just said buy an auto timer camera and you figure out the rest. Beav |
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| That reminded me of the time that I was fishing alone at the end of the season one year. There was frost on the ground, I was the only person on the lake - standing on shore casting. Only one other person that was within site was sitting in his car in the parking lot. I hooked into a nice size ski. He jumped, spit the hook and was gone. The guy in the car rolled down his window and yelled at me "I saw it!". Made me smile, but since I was into C&R, I didn't really care. The satisfaction was hooking and seeing him jump, not in pictures or bragging rights. I had that picture of the beautiful fish to keep me thru till another season.
May they always bite at the mouth. Joann |
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| That quote should be:
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day!
[:devil:]
Since you mentioned photography, and I practice CPR, I thought you would like to see this picture that I took of myself:
http://www.geocities.com/toothycritters/practicecpr.html |
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| Here is a suggestion:
Place the fish in a livewell.
Place a portable mirror next to the livewell so that it reflects on you taking the picture.
Take the picture.
Won't give you a the glory shot but at least it will give you proof if that's what you are looking for. A flash might screw this up though... |
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| Nice bottle Bass , Muskiekid!
May they always bite at the mouth1[:praise:] |
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| This method works for me. I use a video camera which I put on the front seat pedestal and secure with velcro strips. The area being video taped is the back of the boat. When the fish has been unhooked and is ready for release I'll hold up the fish for the video and you can capture a number of different poses within seconds. OK...release fish. Now you have the video clip and you can change the video format to digital with a piece of computer equipment called a Dazzle. It's compatible with Gateway..not sure if other manufacturers have similar accessory. This allows you to play the video clip on your computer and you can print out a frame by frame photo of the entire clip. Also it allows you to edit any photos you decide to print. You'll never have a bad picture. Sounds like alot of work but works well. The bottom line is that it makes your photo session in the boat last only several seconds and you get a number of different poses and quality photos. Not a good technique if its raining...hard on equipment.[:bigsmile:] |
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| I have a relatively cheap Minolta 35mm with a timer button and the threaded hole in the bottom for attaching it to a tripod. I like the tripod head mounted to a pipe idea posted before, I might try that. Usually I just set the camera in the front of the boat in a perdetermined location and press the timer button. I know where to stand by trial and error and can now get good quality pictures by myself. The only problem with my current method is that the camrea isn't fastened down, so I have to be real careful when pressing the timer button. Also kind of sucks in rough waters. Overall pretty good though. Just remember to have a big [:bigsmile:] on your face! |
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