Whooo Hooo :-)

[Fish Chris]

My first double digit this year And it was a flawless, fat, healthy, Northern strainer too ! It blasted a Hud, and fought really hard. Couple big jumps.

Only got two other fish... a 2 lb Smallie, and a 5 to 6 lb Largemouth, also on the Hud.

Obviously though, the DD made the trip.

Oh, I got some great in-flight Merganser shots too...

BTW, question for you guys....

Are these photos too large for you to easily view, without scrolling ?

I have a wide screen, HD monitor, and when set to 100% view, they fill my screen just right, and are tack sharp. But I don't want to make it difficult for any of you with old school, lower res, 4:3 monitors.

Just curious for future knowledge.

Peace,

Fish

[UrbanRedneck]

d**n dude, nice one.  Very nice in flight photo of a common merganser.  And yes, I have to scroll left and right to see your photo.

[Fish Chris]

Doh ! I guess I forgot to say, it went 10.2 lbs. I would have bet my truck it was going to be 11 to 12, looking at it in my livewell. But as long as it was a DD, I'm okay with it.

Only 11 more to go

Peace,

Fish

PS, next time I post fish photos, I'll post them a bit smaller...... then, when I hit the lotto, I'll buy all of you guys that don't have one, a wide screen, HD monitor

[fishinfewl]

WOW!  Awesome looking fish and great pics. 

[basskatcher()]

Great pics!  Congrats on the DD.  Darn big girl.

[Mrs. Matstone]

Nice fish! Congrats to you and great pictures too. I too have to scroll but the pics are very nice so I don't mind.

[Fat-G]

Nice fish! Were you in the last In-fisherman?

[Hooked_On_Bass]

Very nice!

You take some phenomenal pictures. 

[KU_Bassmaster.]

And the beat goes on ....

[Wild Bill [NY]]

Chris,

Congrats , Dude !!!

That's awesome !

I have seen you posting for some time on westernbass, too.

I'm there by the same name, too, for nearly ten years.

If and when you do hit the big one, add me to that list of 'old-timers' needing bigger screens.

the Nutcase Classic X111 "odd nut",

[a trophy I am very proud of]

Wild Bill of NY {the east coast nutcase}

[demonjd22]

Spec Freaking Tacular! Photos but most importantly THE FISH ;D! I really love how you covered the land/sea/air gamut! And def keep the hi-res shots, fits perfectly on the screen

[pitchNbass]

d**n that is one of the best looking bass I've ever seen. Looks like it belongs in a magazine. Awesome photos too, and congrats on the DD.

[Red]

Nice fish!!  Your photos are amazing, my wifes step dad is big into cameras and stuff, he has a nice one, really expensive, but your pictures are ten times better than his!

Cliff

[shimmy]

wow, how i wish i could fish California. Just amazing. And yes, nice fish. You have proven time and again that you can catch em. Well done

[Big-O]

Beautiful fish Chris, and terrific photos   

Big O

www.ragetail.com

[Mattlures]

I need you in my boat as my hired photagrapher.  Your pics are perfect.

[Fish Chris]

Hey Matt, thank you.

It's funny you should say that, as my fish-photo camera(s) that I use, are like having a photographer along with me.

Here's what I mean;

My Canon A630, A640, and A650is (the one I use the most) have this feature called "C" (custom) mode. So what you do is, you set up the camera, at home, in your yard, under no pressure (after having just stuck a monster bass ) And you can adjust everything ISO, shutter speed, aperture, flash brightness, even manual focus distance. Oh, and I even set the camera up to count down 7 seconds, then take 5 consecutive shots, about 1 second apart So you get everything dialed in to spot on, shooting a package of paper towels (or whatever) for a test subject.

Then you hit a couple buttons to save all of these settings in the cameras memory.

Now, the next time I'm out on the water, and I stick a monster, I simply turn the camera on in "C" mode, and Bam ! It's good to go !

Still, I'll usually put the fish in the live well, set up the tripod, and take a few test shots (holding my water jug, with a bright, white top), and check the shots for any blowouts (over exposure). Then I might make a small adjustment or two, to get everything spot on, for the current conditions.

I could hit a button to save these changes.... Or, I can just use the camera with these changes this time, then, once I turn the camera off, and back on, it will revert to my previous setup.

I just can't tell you how much I love my Canon A6XX series cameras.

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The only problem is, Canon no longer makes these cameras, nor do they even make a replacement, which does everything exactly the way these do

Sure glad I have 3 of them

Peace,

Fish

PS, My best advice, is to try to find one of these cameras used, but in great shape, on Ebay or somewhere, ASAP !

The lame thing is, these cameras only cost me brand new, about $150, $200, and $230. Then, right after Canon quit making them, the last ones being sold new, were going for like $300 to $500 each ! WTH ?

Now, I even see used ones going for $250 to $400 ! I guess if someone wants one bad enough, they will pay the price  :-?

[BigEbass]

Oh man, that is a really nice one - I ordered my first two hudds last week and planned on using them yesterday, they havent came in the mail yet - blahh.

Freakin nice fish man.

Photography is a hobby of mine (an obsession at times).  I size down my photos as such to 800 pixels high for portrait orented photos and 1200 pixels wide for landscape oriented photos - it usually in that case will make for easier viewing for most peoples' monitors.

Note to all you fisherman out there - for the most part you too can easily take quality fishing photos with most any point and shoot camera these days - most models now are well over 8 megapixels. It really has little to do with the gear for such fishing shots for most of us and more to do with a few considerations about available light - and positioning yourself for getting a "good exposure".  I dont want to hijack this thread so I will be posting some tips and on another thread soon and hopefully others will offer other tips to help us all take these awesome photos too on our trips!

Again, awesome fish man - you are inspiring me!!!!

[CJ]

Very nice northern Chris. Your pics are second to none.

Thanks for sharing them.

CJ

[Fish Chris]

BigE and CJ, thank you.

BigE, I wouldn't call it a hijack at all. You'd be welcome to add any photo tips to this thread.

Only one thing though, about using any old point and shoot.... Yes, almost all of them have self timers.

However, their is this one little issue, which causes a big problem for many cameras.

Okay, so you set everything up, you lean forward and press the shutter button, bam, it focuses right then while your leaned forward, hitting the button. Then you sit back with the fish, it counts down, then snaps the shot..... which is now out of focus

I don't know why they don't make these cameras to count down first, then focus, then take the shot ? That would totally eliminate this problem.

Anyway, the reason my A6XX series cameras work so well for self taken fish shots, is that along with all of my other pre-sets (in the "C" mode I mentioned earlier) I also set the camera for "manual focus" at just over 1 meter (for Largemouths.... maybe 2 meters for bigger fish like Sturgeon) so the focus is already where it needs to be.

Just something that needs to be considered.

Peace,

Fish

[TeamDaiwaRick]

nice fish, thumbs up for you, nice pictures too

[Tokyo Tony]

I love seeing a post of yours titles "Whoo Hoo!" because I know it's gonna be serious :-)

Beautiful fish, and as always, amazing shots. Keep posting!!!

[David P]

Good to see you're bass fishing again! Congrats on the first one of the year.

[ksboy]

That fish would be a dream come true for me. Way to go!! Hope you get many more this year. I'm not familiar with the "Hud". You wouldn't have a pic of it would you?

[BigEbass]

yeah fish, that makes total since really - if I had to set up my shots all by my lonesome I would struggle I think - I am not sure if many point and shoots have a focus lock feature that would fix this - just off the top of my head a solution to that would be to find an area to focus and tap the button on it and keep yourself out of the frame - still this would be tricky - ......your setup sounds pretty sweet though - My SLR has a remote I can use