Phoenix Gold Phorum

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.

Honestly, those are great pictures.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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!

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!

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........

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

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!

"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.

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

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

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!

So you only were torturing the fish, nice.

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

Yep, it's much more humane!

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 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?