A Favorite Fishing Hole

[larryj]

I met this old fellow fishing at a local lake. He said he had caught fish up to 2 pounds in this lake, but had not had much luck on this day. He was very patient and kept loading his bait on the hooks and tossing the line back into the lake. He did not seem to be in any hurry to go anywhere. So I stepped back up the trail a little way and grabbed this shot of the old man in his favorite fishing hole. Taken with the SD1M and the 18-35 mm ART lens.

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Cheers,
larryj
If you can see the light, you can photograph it
Quote from Myron Woods

 

[Zone8]

larryj wrote: I stepped back up the trail a little way and grabbed this shot of the old man in his favorite fishing hole. Taken with the SD1M and the 18-35 mm ART lens.

Beautiful quality of the light Larry. Well captured. Nothing fishy about the image quality so on the scales of one to ......! :-D

 

[larryj]

I was not fishing for compliments, but it looks like I snagged one anyway. Thanks for looking

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Cheers,
larryj
If you can see the light, you can photograph it
Quote from Myron Woods

 

[DavidWright2010]

Larry-

I've been looking very carefully at images from this lens; thinking of getting one myself.

How far away was this old fisherman? Did you focus on him? The image seems a little front-focused.

David

 

[Ceistinne]

I met this old fellow fishing at a local lake. He said he had caught fish up to 2 pounds in this lake, but had not had much luck on this day. He was very patient and kept loading his bait on the hooks and tossing the line back into the lake. He did not seem to be in any hurry to go anywhere. So I stepped back up the trail a little way and grabbed this shot of the old man in his favorite fishing hole. Taken with the SD1M and the 18-35 mm ART lens.

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Cheers,
larryj
If you can see the light, you can photograph it
Quote from Myron Woods

Larry,

Looks like a man at peace with himself and the world. A nice piece of social photography.

S

 

[SigmaChrome]

Lovely shot, Larry.

 

[larryj]

HI David:

Larry-

I've been looking very carefully at images from this lens; thinking of getting one myself.

It is a great lens. The auto focus is sometimes iffy, so I generally manual focus or use a zone focus. This lens is almost a permanent fixture on the SD1M, it is that good.

How far away was this old fisherman? Did you focus on him? The image seems a little front-focused.

In this case I focused on the fisherman since he was the center of interest, which would throw the background out of focus (which works fine for this image).

David

 

[larryj]

I met this old fellow fishing at a local lake. He said he had caught fish up to 2 pounds in this lake, but had not had much luck on this day. He was very patient and kept loading his bait on the hooks and tossing the line back into the lake. He did not seem to be in any hurry to go anywhere. So I stepped back up the trail a little way and grabbed this shot of the old man in his favorite fishing hole. Taken with the SD1M and the 18-35 mm ART lens.

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Cheers,
larryj
If you can see the light, you can photograph it
Quote from Myron Woods

Thanks for the comments Ceistinne:

Larry,

Looks like a man at peace with himself and the world. A nice piece of social photography.

You are right my conversation with the fisherman showed him to be at peace with himself and enjoying a beautiful day at the park. I should catch his 'fever' and learn to relax and smell the roses

S

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Cheers,
larryj
If you can see the light, you can photograph it
Quote from Myron Woods

 

[larryj]

Lovely shot, Larry.

Thanks for the comment Vitee. It was nice to have some sunshine after weeks of constant clouds and rain (and a little snow). Does wonders for cabin fever

 

[Davethepom]

Larry,

That form (bench) looks so lonely & ignored. I reckon there needs to be a couple of the old fella's mates sat on there fishing too!

Nice pic. Dya reckon the telephoto is as sharp as it's prime equivalent(s)? I ask because I have a few primes and also a couple of tele's as well, but I never seem to take them out of the bag these days, preferring to keep the "cheap" 18-250 on the camera, the fit-all-occasions lens that probably does a mediocre job of all occasions. just laziness on my part I guess.

Pom