Forced Perspective Fish Photos

[A-Jay]

Most everybody takes pictures of their catches but one thing that bothers me is why so many feel the need to push the fish toward the camera in order to make it appear bigger than it really is. If you catch a nice one, distorting the picture that way to me, is just like having the fish "grow" when you tell someone how big it was.  Is it really necessary to make that fish look 3 feet long, when it's already a very nice fish?

 

 

Yes.

 

A-Jay

[SirSnookalot]

You need a photographer with minimal skills, I had one yesterday with no skills.  I was amazed how a picture could be snapped out of foucs with an autofocus smartphone and good portion of the fish not in the frame.  As long as I had a body there, wanted a picture of this 30 incher on a new outfit I just bought.

[ColdSVT]

nice linesider right there!

[ColdSVT]

edit nvrmnd...photo to large to upload

[NEjitterbugger]

Tell the truth about fish size...

 

Take picture however you please...

 

~If you lie about your fish's size when you actually catch one that big it doesn't seem as spectacular...

 

Happened to me when I caught my first actual 3 pounder...

[MarkH024]

I like to see the colors and pattern of fish. So I like the close ups personally. I could care less about size and what weight because most guys blow those numbers out of proportion. Just like the "i lost a ten pounder by the boat"........no, you lost a ten pounder in your head and more than likely it was a 5 or 6. 

[SissySticks]

I do this. Look at my profile picture (which is in fact a 6 lber, I weighed it on a Rapala scale). I think I do it (maybe not everybody) because for some stupid reason, I need other people's approval and appreciation to feel better about myself, and because I grew up watching TV fishings shows and spent the early part of my adult life fishing in tournaments where I came to believe that I was measured as a fisherman by how big my fish were. The parenthetical comment in the first sentence of this post is further evidence that I want you all to approve of me, which again, makes no sense. I acknowledge that this neurosis and behavior is dumb and senseless, but like many (most?) people who live in an achievement-driven society, I am insecure and apparently I desperately want other people to think I'm good at whatever (bass fishing in this case). But, I think lots of us are like this about lots of things, so while its something I should probably work on, I'm not going to lose sleep over it.

[WRB]

Very few of us have the skills or camera available to take good pictuure, Fish Chris is a skilled photographer and angler and knows how to take great photos! Getting the lighting perfect that shows off the fish colors and no shadows, poor back lighting etc, etc. Big regrets I have looking back was having no camera and trying to find a passer by to snap a photo of a big bass and rushing too fast to get the bass released back in the water.

Today we have decent digital phone cameras, now all we need is some big bass to take a picture of.

Take your time, keep the bass wet, you may never get a second chance!

Tom

[flippin and pitchin]

Let the peeving begin.

[SirSnookalot]

It's a matter of personal priority, If I have an available "photographer" (last time I had one with zero talent, lol) and the fish in my mind is photo worthy, sure I like to have a pic.  It isn't my priority just to snap a pic of just any fish or to tote a tripod along with me.  Most of my boat fishing is done offshore in the ocean, a camera mounted can be more of a liability than an asset, it just gets in the way.  I've posted some pictures that I probably should not have, maybe I bought a new camera or phone and wanted to test it, or a new fishing combo, the redundancy is getting to be stale.

[hooah212002]

I do this. Look at my profile picture (which is in fact a 6 lber, I weighed it on a Rapala scale). I think I do it (maybe not everybody) because for some stupid reason, I need other people's approval and appreciation to feel better about myself, and because I grew up watching TV fishings shows and spent the early part of my adult life fishing in tournaments where I came to believe that I was measured as a fisherman by how big my fish were. The parenthetical comment in the first sentence of this post is further evidence that I want you all to approve of me, which again, makes no sense. I acknowledge that this neurosis and behavior is dumb and senseless, but like many (most?) people who live in an achievement-driven society, I am insecure and apparently I desperately want other people to think I'm good at whatever (bass fishing in this case). But, I think lots of us are like this about lots of things, so while its something I should probably work on, I'm not going to lose sleep over it.

 

Dang man. That was meta as heck. Very introspective and telling. Props to you, mate. It takes A LOT to admit something like this and to be so aware of ones self.

[SissySticks]

Dang man. That was meta as heck. Very introspective and telling. Props to you, mate. It takes A LOT to admit something like this and to be so aware of ones self.

Things like fish photos, though they seem insignificant, give me a lot of insight into my own hangups, and I like to think that when I can be honest about my hangups, maybe I'll be able to be more gracious to others about theirs. I don't think we can really begin to live life authentically together until we can admit that we are small and frail and therefore, we owe others the grace to be small and frail in their own ways too.

[tomustang]

As I agree with the OP, the way the shot being taken could look even worse than size distance being described.