Images Are Smaller Than They Appear. The Art Of Making A 5# Look Like A 7# Fair Or Foul?

[clh121787]

Everyone has done this (I'm guilty) . Holding the 4 pound chunk way too close to the cell phone camera, hiding hands fingers. And shout "WHOO SoN" click click click and viola. LUNKER. what do Yall think about this little trick.I know I call out my buddies When they try to pull a fish story.

[boostr]

I've never done it. I don't understand why anybody would do this, your only lying to yourself, but that's just my opinion.

[clh121787]

Taking a picture of a fish anyway you want doesn't bother me. But lying does forsure.however manipulation for undeserved credit isn't practicing good morals. In the scheme of things some fisherman are doing way way worse things then taking misleading pictures.

[HoosierHawgs]

Taking a picture of a fish anyway you want doesn't bother me. But lying does forsure.however manipulation for undeserved credit isn't practicing good morals. In the scheme of things some fisherman are doing way way worse things then taking misleading pictures.

Right on the head.

[NJSalt]

ever shoot a picture with a fish on a gopro? Quite the opposite 

 

 

Hold em out! I'd rather someone look at the fish than my ugly mug

[clh121787]

Never used a go pro. So the go pro doesn't do justice?

[NJSalt]

Never used a go pro. So the go pro doesn't do justice?

 

 

The Gopro's wide angle lens makes a fish held close to your body look 1/2 the size haha. Caught a 6.5 on video and went to pull still images from it that night, the fish looked like a 2.5. No big deal

[Team9nine]

I like to think there is a happy middle ground with fish pics. If your arm is 100% extended and /or you try and push the fish off as larger than it is, then shame on you. However, if you caught a nice fish and just want it to look like a nice fish in the pic, I have no problem with doing what you can to make the shot look good. Certainly things like lighting, angles, holding the fish a little bit in front of you, etc., can all make the difference between a good pic and just another fish pic. For me, the worst fish pics are on the extreme ends of the spectrum - either holding it out as far as possible and  close to the camera, or trying those selfies where the fish ends up behind you or tucked tight to your belly so it makes a 5 lber. look like a 2.5 compared to your body size. After all, we take fish pics to show off the fish, not the scenery, background or necessarily the angler holding the fish

 

-T9   

[OkobojiEagle]

As long as the fish is released without harm, the pic is for you and I don't care how you take it.

 

 

 

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[Glenn]

If you hold a 2-pounder close to a GoPro, then it looks like an 8-pounder.  Look no further than on some of the more popular YouTube bass channels to see what I mean.  It's ridiculous. LOL!

 

Guys, nobody can really tell how big a fish is just by a picture, no matter how close or far it is from the camera, no matter the camera angle, no matter what kind of camera.  Don't believe me?  I have proof.

 

The "Guess the weight" contests receive thousands of guesses, over 10,000 each.  But every time...EVERY time, less than 100 people get it right. Yup, less than 1%!!

 

I'll be posting a thorough article with facts and figures in the future on this, but wanted to lend a little insight here. 

[MIbassyaker]

Hmm.  If you weigh and measure objectively, and don't lie about the numbers, why does it matter what it looks like in the photo?

[lectricbassman]

I've never done it. I don't understand why anybody would do this, your only lying to yourself, but that's just my opinion.

Yup. Thats why i got a scale. Id rather be honest than deceiving, makes that elusive 5lb bass all the more bigger when i finally catch her! I dont fish to brag, k fish because i enjoy it.

[dead end canal]

Taking a picture of a fish anyway you want doesn't bother me. But lying does forsure.however manipulation for undeserved credit isn't practicing good morals. In the scheme of things some fisherman are doing way way worse things then taking misleading pictures.

Yeah, if you're gonna lie you might as well do it somewhere where it's acceptable...

 

...like when you go a courtin' or run for office

[Raul]

Everyone has done this (I'm guilty) . 

 

Not me pal, I don´t need to pretend the fish I catch are bigger. Actually the only thing you are doing is fooling yourself, poor you.

[clh121787]

Not me pal, I don´t need to pretend the fish I catch are bigger. Actually the only thing you are doing is fooling yourself, poor you.

I'm just saying I've taken pics that made some fish look bigger. not necessarily intentional. But truth is the closer the fish is to the lense the better the picture will be. I'm not poor, nor fooling myself. Ive caught plenty of nice ones so I don't need to. I'm just saying it happens. Magazines and TV shows are some of the worse.

[SPEEDBEAD.]

Not me pal, I don´t need to pretend the fish I catch are bigger. Actually the only thing you are doing is fooling yourself, poor you.

 

[clh121787]

Is Roland Martin fooling himself? Or just trying to get the best picture he can? Hahaha

[Ozark_Basser]

I'll try and make the fish look as good as possible in the pic, but I'll also have another pic of the recorded weight or length and girth measurements.

[jtharris3]

Personally I could care less. If someone wants to live in a fantasy world, then so be it. I have more important things to worry about in life.

[buzzed bait]

who cares? 

when i'm snapping a couple pics of my catch i'm usually so pumped i don't even think about any positioning or anything....

i'd say about 95% of my pictures are useless anyways because i have some turd looking smile/smirk on my face....

[lectricbassman]

i'd say about 95% of my pictures are useless anyways because i have some turd looking smile/smirk on my face....

This is funny! I sometimes take videos but cant watch them later becasue i sound like a blabbering school girl when i talk about my catch!

[BASSPATROL247]

Way i see it you can do it to show the fish better or to make a fish look bigger. The one who do the latter and hide their hands to make it look bigger and brag should realize that yeah ur hands arent showing but you can see individual scales etc... on the fish. Idc either way....

[Missourifishin]

Hmm.  If you weigh and measure objectively, and don't lie about the numbers, why does it matter what it looks like in the photo?

Exactly. If I catch a nice fish and I decide to take the time to photograph it, I try to make it a good picture. But when someone sees the picture and ask me how much it weighed, I tell them the truth.

[BASSPATROL247]

The editor in cheif at that very popular fishing magazine/show is the worst, but i think part of his reason is to make it look good on film or a photo, i dont think he does it just to make them look bigger... well maybe a little bit...

[bassr95]

If you hold a fish tight to your body, it looks smaller than it was. If you hold it with a straight arm, it looks obnoxiously large and fake. I shoot for somewhere in between, so the fish is clearly the focus of the picture, but not the only thing you see. My profile pic on here shows what I'm talking about. I've got A 4.5 on the left and a 3 on the right, and that's about what you might guess from the picture.