Fish Chris Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 Well, I decided to switch things up, and do something different. Instead of Stripers / Sturgeon in the Delta, I went to my home Lake Berryessa, and chucked a Hud around for a few hours. Now, before I tell you how I did, I gave myself about a 20% chance of catching even 1 fish. Although, I felt if I did stick one, there was a 50% chance of it being over 10 lbs. You have to realize that when I go to this lake in April or may, I might get 2 bites, and say .3 or .4 fish on the average trip. So in January ? Probably about .5 bites, and .1 fish per trip. So anyway, guess what ? I actually got "1 bite" ! Whacked that Hud pretty hard too ! But if I had to guess, I'd say it was a little 2 or 3 lb Spot.... Really agressive, but too small a mouth to eat a Hud most of the time. In other words, that one bite was probably even a little more action than I expected today ! But look what I saw Sorry for the poor PQ on this one... Heavy crop.... But what a cool bird, huh ? Then, since I got home early, I decided to run out to the Delta with my camera and got a couple more pretty cool shots... What's for dinner ? It's fresh dead rat ! Mmmmm And a White Tailed Kite. These guys are SOO coool ! Back after the Sturgies and Stripers tomorrow Will try to get some pics Peace, Fish Quote
Super User SoFlaBassAddict Posted January 25, 2011 Super User Posted January 25, 2011 Fantastic pics as usual, Chris. Love them. Quote
Super User bassfisherjk Posted January 25, 2011 Super User Posted January 25, 2011 More great pictures,keep them coming.Thanks Chris. Quote
Super User senile1 Posted January 25, 2011 Super User Posted January 25, 2011 Yes, those are nice pictures and some cool birds. Keep on giving us the birds. Quote
Super User RoLo Posted January 25, 2011 Super User Posted January 25, 2011 Way to go Chris, those are stupendous! I remember my first trip to Withlacoochie Backwaters, FL (1970s). It was chockful of fish-eating birds (we fished beneath a bald eagle eerie), I spent the week holding my camera way more than my fishing rod. Chris, how do you manage such remarkable close-ups? If I may ask, are you on a tripod and what power is your lens? Roger Quote
demonjd22 Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 Wow, if your not whacking huge fish, your taking awesome pics. Those things look like they could be in National Geographic! Very nice! Quote
Super User Goose52 Posted January 26, 2011 Super User Posted January 26, 2011 GREAT photos - perhaps better than fish pics! I guess you're not using a "point and shoot" camera, huh! Quote
Fish Chris Posted January 27, 2011 Author Posted January 27, 2011 Much thanks guys Hey Rolo, for my straight up photography (non-fish photos) I use a Canon T1i, and for most of my wild life and long distance stuff, I shoot handheld, with my 400mm 5.6 lens. It's a great lens. Honestly, my camera is the weak link. I really want a 7D for wildlife ($1600 body only), and a 5D II for landscapes ($2400 body only). Maybe someday Oh, but for all of my fish photos, I absolutely LOVE my little Canon A series cameras. I have an A630, an A640, and an A650is. What I really like about these, is that you can totally set them up ahead of time, in every aspect, aperture, ISO, flash power, manual focus, distance, etc, then save all of these settings with a couple clicks. So then, you get out on the water and stick a monster (and of course with adrenalin pumping, your all shaky) but turn the camera on in the "C" (custom) mode, and bam, it remembers every thing you had it set for ! You might make 1 small adjustment for brightness in those particular conditions, or something, but usually its really close to begin with ! Almost like have yourself behind the camera, and in front of it holding a big catch at the same time How cool is this ? Peace, Fish Quote
Super User RoLo Posted January 28, 2011 Super User Posted January 28, 2011 Thanks Chris. I've used Canon 35mm SLRs most of my life, but have since migrated to Nikon D70s. The Nikon lens I use has optical zoom to 4x (400mm) and digital zoom to 16x. My problem I believe is reaching for the long shots with the digital zoom, which is bogus. In the future I simply need to get closer and stay within the optical zoom (400mm) At any rate, your preset shooting system is a clear winner! Like they say Chris, the magic isn't in the wand, it's in the magician. Roger Quote
central.PA.bass Posted January 28, 2011 Posted January 28, 2011 very cool pics! My fiancee has a Nikon D3000 that she got last year and I think I use it more than she does.. i know nothing about photography but I'm trying.. haha Quote
Fish Chris Posted January 30, 2011 Author Posted January 30, 2011 Thanks again guys Hey JimmyMo, if you want to learn all you could ever imagine about digital photography, and even about photography with specific cameras and lenses, go check out DPreview I learned more about photography over there, than anywhere else. Peace, Fish Quote
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