Went fishing today!!

Post by **mr tibbs** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 7:27 pm

It was opening day for me, I was so excited! All in all a pretty damn good day. I bet I caught 40+ fish and the old man probably got around 25 or so. We got there about 8:00 in the morning, but the ice was already melted too much where we normally go. So, we drove around until we found a nice little hole out of the wind. Turns out it was at the boat ramp (that was iced over). They have built about a 200' jetty next to the boat ramp so that people can still land their boat when the wind is blowing. Turns out it blocks the sun also so the ice was just starting to melt there. The best part is that after us fishing there for about 2 hours or so some old guys showed up and started fishing the same hole, but couldn't catch anything. Twas the funnies watching them as we pulled up fish after fish.

Here are the pics from the day, critique away!!

This was in the morning on the way there.

Pretty snow capped mountains with the clouds.

Ice pushed up on the bank of the lake

Fishin Hole

Me with fish freezing my ass off

Old man with a fish

Please critique the pics guys, I need all the pointers I can get. I'll post up a few more also.

Post by **stipud** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 8:17 pm

Honestly, those are great pictures.

Post by **mr tibbs** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 8:36 pm

Here are a few more. Actually the last two with me and the old man were shot with the wife's Sony point and shoot. I didn't want to get the new Pentax close to the water.

Critique away everyone!! I need all the help I can get.

oldskoolmseriesfan · Post by **oldskoolmseriesfan** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 9:11 pm

Tibbs, nice catch dude

Beautiful fish mang. As for the pics, I dont know shit from shinola, but they look great. Looks like a beautiful spot dude.

STROKD · Post by **STROKD** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 9:15 pm

Nice one Tibbs!!! What cam you shoot with? the pics came out NICE!

Post by **ttocs** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:36 am

looks good. It has been nice here as the mountains around the valley have had snow and it has still been in the 70s here.

Post by **Francious70** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:29 am

I love that last picture man. All that beautiful blue sky, almost makes Utah seem not so crazy.

Post by **mr tibbs** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:51 am

STROKD wrote:Nice one Tibbs!!! What cam you shoot with? the pics came out NICE!

I'm using the Pentax K100d that I bought off of woot.com for $240. It's just a beginner camera, but I'm just a beginner so it's working out good for me.

Francious70 wrote:I love that last picture man. All that beautiful blue sky, almost makes Utah seem not so crazy.

Almost huh??!!

Thanks for all of the comments guys, it looks like I might be getting a little better at this!

STROKD · Post by **STROKD** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 9:17 am

mr tibbs wrote:
STROKD wrote:Nice one Tibbs!!! What cam you shoot with? the pics came out NICE!
I'm using the Pentax K100d that I bought off of woot.com for $240. It's just a beginner camera, but I'm just a beginner so it's working out good for me.

Francious70 wrote:I love that last picture man. All that beautiful blue sky, almost makes Utah seem not so crazy.
Almost huh??!!

Thanks for all of the comments guys, it looks like I might be getting a little better at this!

wow great shots! I have a Nikon D300 and not sure I could shoot that. hehe maybe the scenery is just that beautiful, makes you shoot like a pro!

Post by **mr tibbs** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 9:55 am

STROKD wrote:
mr tibbs wrote:
STROKD wrote:Nice one Tibbs!!! What cam you shoot with? the pics came out NICE!
I'm using the Pentax K100d that I bought off of woot.com for $240. It's just a beginner camera, but I'm just a beginner so it's working out good for me.

Francious70 wrote:I love that last picture man. All that beautiful blue sky, almost makes Utah seem not so crazy.
Almost huh??!!

Thanks for all of the comments guys, it looks like I might be getting a little better at this!
wow great shots! I have a Nikon D300 and not sure I could shoot that. hehe maybe the scenery is just that beautiful, makes you shoot like a pro!

Well, if those are pro like pics it sure as hell wasn't my doing. That's the great thing about Utah, the damn place is beautiful! Now only if we could do something about the people here........

bretti_kivi · Post by **bretti_kivi** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 11:09 am

I don't see much to improve

One exception: the top (first) shot. That is really difficult for the camera to capture. Either tell it to spot meter on the bright parts or or try using the bracketing to let you create a HDR later.
apart from that, nicely done. BTW: the K100d is weather sealed, I believe? you can get it damp without too many issues...

Bret

Post by **mr tibbs** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:55 pm

Thanks for the kind words Bret! I have seen many of your pics so that's a damn nice compliment coming from you.

I really am not afraid of criticism, because I can't learn if I don't know what I am doing wrong so if you guys do see anything that needs help don't be afraid to speak up!

OldSchoolFool · Post by **OldSchoolFool** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 11:17 am

"I really am not afraid of criticism, because I can't learn if I don't know what I am doing wrong..."

Your pictures are brilliant. What you are doing wrong is murdering fish.

Post by **Francious70** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:10 pm

What he's doing wrong is not shaving that damn gotee!

Just kidding dood. But seriously, the photos are very good.

Post by **mr tibbs** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:22 pm

OldSchoolFool wrote:"I really am not afraid of criticism, because I can't learn if I don't know what I am doing wrong..."

Your pictures are brilliant. What you are doing wrong is murdering fish.

Catch and release PETA boy!! I haven't kept a fish I caught since the last time I was in Alaska fishing. I hate the taste of trout, but salmon and halibut are too good to throw back!

OldSchoolFool · Post by **OldSchoolFool** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 11:07 am

So you only were torturing the fish, nice.

Post by **mr tibbs** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 12:02 pm

OldSchoolFool wrote:So you only were torturing the fish, nice.

Yep, it's much more humane!

denim · Post by **denim** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 4:59 pm

VERY nice tibbs! My favorite, and the one with the most impact visually is the one entitled:

Ice pushed up on the bank of the lake

Post by **mr tibbs** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 5:58 pm

Thank you kind sir! I think I'm starting to understand all of this photography stuff. It really is a science and art, it's a lot more involved than I thought it would be. Some people (Bret) have a way of making it look easy!

denim · Post by **denim** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 6:01 am

Before my son was born, I had much more time for photography. Was pretty addicted to it for a while, and a have built up a decent stock pile of current equipment, even a dual body, full manual SLR 5 lens rig for the heavy stuff. But in recent years I have been relegated to an Olympus digital. I do have a small collection of very very old camera's.

oldskoolmseriesfan · Post by **oldskoolmseriesfan** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:35 am

denim wrote:Before my son was born, I had much more time for photography. Was pretty addicted to it for a while, and a have built up a decent stock pile of current equipment, even a dual body, full manual SLR 5 lens rig for the heavy stuff. But in recent years I have been relegated to an Olympus digital. I do have a small collection of very very old camera's.

Do you have an old Polaroid?