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 First published March 20th 2006
Better fishing pictures: Go low More ways to improve your fishing photos. This time about getting down to the level of your subject, kneeling, getting close to the water, getting a great perspective.
Articles about better pictures: One of the most common errors I see when I see people taking pictures is that they will be looking down on their subject. An angler just caught a nice fish and landed it. It’s about to be released and the lucky—or skillfiul—guy kneels on the bank. The photographer hovers over the angler and the fish and gets a picture of a couple of shoulders, a cap with a bill that shadows the face and some bank and maybe a bit of water. What’s missing? How about a face? What did the fish look like? Where’s the horizon? How did the place look? By kneeling down next to the angler you get all this and more.
Always take some pictures where the camera is lower than your subject.
But remeber to be careful with your low photos, particularly if you use a wide angle lens. The perspective can sometimes become too distorted and result in bodies and faces, which look odd. The opposite is the case with telephoto lenses. The low stance will almost always give a great perspective to the image. By getting the horizon low and isolating the subject against the sky or background you can get a lot of ambience into your image.
You can visit 500th.net, which has much more on photography.
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