A little introduction

[P.Dieter]

Just thought I’d introduce myself as I’ve been hanging out here for a couple weeks and picked up some good tidbits of info. Been into photography all my life starting with my father in a home darkroom. Spent a decade as a commercial photographer (corporate/industrial) but couldn’t sustain it. Eventually I got kinda tired of lugging around all my gear on outings, vacations and family gatherings and lit it slip. Recently I decided to get back to it via digital and picked up a G5 after using a buddies (another commercial photographer who has a G5 for snaps and back up). It’s just what I needed.

The other night we had a fine storm come through Seattle and I spent an hour + out on my deck shooting lightening. Really brought back memories of shooting desert lightening
http://www.members.aol.com/riverwader/family/lighting.jpg

Of course I want the camera for the family photos that unfortunately dropped off the past few years
http://www.members.aol.com/riverwader/amalie/jack.jpg

But I also wanted something small that I could take out on the rivers to combine my pastimes of photography and fly-fishing
http://www.members.aol.com/riverwader/wfly/Hog.jpg

One of the aspects of the G5 that I really liked was the macro capabilities
http://www.members.aol.com/riverwader/vfs/MBvertimerger.jpg

Thanks for the tips so far and thanks in advance for the future ones, I’ll try and chime in when appropriate.

Have fun
Paul

[Keith_M42]

Wow, looks like you know how to use a camera. Nice job. One of these days I'd like to get some lightning shots.

It took us a while to go to digital too. Once we did though we went nuts, and even though film can be better in some situations, just haven't gotten around to using it anymore for a couple of years now.

I think the 2 things that make the difference for us is that digital is like polaroids, only better. Instant feedback with zoom in to examine capabilities. Second, it's just so easy and cheap to take pics. We went from taking dozens of pictures a day to hundreds. We paid for the camera the first trip we took just in what it would have cost us for equivalent film and developing.

Enjoy

Keith

[283CID]

No lightening like that over here in Port Angeles .....

Where's you get that fish?

Pet the dog, but quit feeding the kid...try to NOT let her grow up !

Nice posting...I'll look forward to more..

[Ballen Photo]

Hi Paul, Welcome to the forum. I'm sure your experience will be welcomed here. :D
BTW, nice lightining strike. Was that done with the G-5? :shock:
-Bruce

[P.Dieter]

- the lightning pummeled the Bellevue/Carnation area; fizzled out by the time it made it to W. Sea.

-It's a Yakima R. trout

- Yes all shot with a G5

Thanks for the bump guys


Have fun
Paul

[Tim A]

Hey Paul!

Welcome to the forum. Nice to see another fly fisher/photographer on the forum! I like what I see. You must tie flies too? I do too. And that's a nifty shot of the fish. I've never fished down in your area but I'd like to sometime. If ever you're in my neck of the woods look me up. Again, welcome. I'll post a couple of my fishing pictures below. Enjoy :wink: .

Tim

From the Bow River:
http://www.bytephoto.com/photopost/data/500/2242First_Fish-med.jpg?771

On the Bow River in May:
http://www.bytephoto.com/photopost/data/500/2242Fisherman_and_the_Sky-med.jpg?8325

From my vise...a fly I invented and won Pattent Patterns with:
http://www.bytephoto.com/photopost/data/500/2242TP_s_Damsel_Nymph.jpg?5282

[P.Dieter]

Tim,

Nice shots: I think that muddler needs some more lead :roll: :lol: Great Damsel nymph, I don't do lakes much at all but I know a good fly when I see one.

Check out this tying site (the link is to my page but there are plenty of others and the creator would take your flies as well)

http://www.flytyingworld.com/PagesP/pd-pauldieter.htm

[Penguin_101_1]

Welcome to the forum! I too am a photographer and a fly fisher. I just started fly fishing so I know there is a lot to learn. Do you have any tips for a new fly fisher?
Does anyone have any examples of flys I should use here in Missouri?

[Tim A]

Penguin,

Best thing to do is find a shop in your area and hang out there. Oblige them with your business and they'll reciprocate with their tips and know-how. I can't really tell you much about flies or anything 'cause well, you're in Missouri and I'm in Alberta. Kinda different places with different variables and such. But I highly reccommend finding a fly shop, taking some courses on casting and reading water, read up on magazines and books and then go have fun. Enjoy the sport/art....it's AWESOME!

Tim

[Penguin_101_1]

Thanks! I know what you mean. I was in Colorado and there was a little fly shop. I go there every year but this year I tried fly fishing. They really helped me get the flys that I should use and I caught 2 little trout. :) I know that is nothing for you but for the first few times I went out fly fishing I was happy.

[P.Dieter]

Penguin,

this should also help and in relation to Tim's advice it's basicly a cyber fly shop. this link is to the main board and from there you can navigate to a board to your region as well. Tons of good information.
http://outdoorsbest.zeroforum.com/zeroforum?id=67

Have fun
Paul

[Penguin_101_1]

Thanks for all of the help. I will look at that board tonight or tomorrow or when I am home. Thanks!

[twl845]

:) Welcome to the forum P, those are great shots. Since this has turned into a fishing forum, I'm a bait casting/spinning fisherman. Here near my home in the Catskill mountains is an 8,000 acre reservoir with some nice browns, rainbows, bass, walleye, etc. It's fed by a creek that winds through quite a few townships and has some nice brookies. I fish for the stream trout with Roostertails and small Mepps. The only fly fishermen we see are the city fellers with the whole outfit on. They come up from New York City and Jersey on weekends. They give the place a little color. :wink: Seriously, you can catch some nice fish in our wide streams with a fly. ..............wet a line

[Penguin_101_1]

We need a fishing forum! I have been a bait casting/spinning fisherman for a long time also.

[twl845]

:) Penguin, I just checked out your gallery, and saw the "most recent photo" of the moon. Will you please tell me what settings you used? I took my first ever digital moon shot last night. The moon was orange and sitting about 2 o'clock in the sky. I must have made the exposure too long because the moon came out yellow with no features. Did you use an add on telephoto lens?
What can we call our fishing forum? How about "Canon Casts" or "G3 Jigging"

[Tim A]

twl845,

You mean to tell me you live in the birth place of American dry fly fishing and you spin cast? Why that's almost sacrellige! Check that, it IS sacrellige!! Kidding of course :D . This is my favourite fishing forum on the web: http://www.flyfishalberta.com/. Kinda localised but still helpful info to be had.

Tim

[Penguin_101_1]

:) Penguin, I just checked out your gallery, and saw the "most recent photo" of the moon. Will you please tell me what settings you used? I took my first ever digital moon shot last night. The moon was orange and sitting about 2 o'clock in the sky. I must have made the exposure too long because the moon came out yellow with no features. Did you use an add on telephoto lens?
What can we call our fishing forum? How about "Canon Casts" or "G3 Jigging"

I used a 2x tele lens on my A60 for those shots. To make it orange I set the AWB to sunny because that is sun light reflecting off of the moon (I am sure you knew that) to make it orange. If you want it white then put in on Tungsten. I then used 1/125th and F/4.8. I will post the EXIF data below. Thanks for looking!
File Name
IMG_3447.JPG
Camera Model Name
Canon PowerShot A60
Shooting Date/Time
7/1/2004 9:14:22 PM
Shooting Mode
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Photo Effect Mode
Off
Tv( Shutter Speed )
1/125
Av( Aperture Value )
4.8
Metering Mode
Center-weighted averaging
Exposure Compensation
0
ISO Speed
50
Lens
5.4 - 16.2mm
Focal Length
16.2mm
Digital Zoom
x 2.5
Image Size
1600x1200
Image Quality
Superfine
Flash
Off
White Balance
Daylight
AF Mode
Single AF
File Size
170KB
Drive Mode
Single-frame shooting

[twl845]

Penguin, Thanks for the info. I noticed you used 1/125 shutter speed. What do you think the effect would be if you, using a tripod set the shutter speed at maybe 1/30 and the aperture at maybe 5.6? The reason I ask is because I don't see the need for a fast shutter speed.

Tim, I don't use a fly rod because I have enough aggrevation keeping the lure from being caught on something in the water, so I don't need to make it worse by getting the line caught in the trees trying to fly cast. With a small spinning reel, I can whip the lure out under the overhanging branches and let the current carry the lure to the waiting trout.

[Penguin_101_1]

I will try that if it ever stops raining. :?

[Penguin_101_1]

No lightening like that over here in Port Angeles .....

Where's you get that fish?

Pet the dog, but quit feeding the kid...try to NOT let her grow up !

Nice posting...I'll look forward to more..

There arn't many people like this on here. :? :roll:

[283CID]

It comes from flipping too many calendar pages.... My own version is 41 now.... 'Those' were much more 'fun' days... believe me.

[ScottK]

Penguin, Thanks for the info. I noticed you used 1/125 shutter speed. What do you think the effect would be if you, using a tripod set the shutter speed at maybe 1/30 and the aperture at maybe 5.6? The reason I ask is because I don't see the need for a fast shutter speed.


I'll just chime in here, since I've taken a few moon shots (and know absolutely nothing about fly fishing!)...

First, you'll notice he took that shot with an A60, where the max aperature is 4.8, so for that camera, what you're suggesting isn't possible.

On the G5, you could go up to 5.6, but consider what that means in exposure terms: 5.6 is about a half stop above 4.8. So to get the equivilent exposure, you would really only want to step the shutter speed down to about 1/100. The thing is that the moon is actually quite a bit brighter than it seems, so there's no need (or use, for that matter) for a low shutter speed like 1/30. Now, if you wanted to bump the aperature to 8.0, then you would be getting down around 1/30 for the appropriate shutter speed. The benefit of a higher aperature is reduced CA, though I don't know or recall that there's that much difference between 5.6 and 8.0 in this scenario.

Like I said, I've taken a few moon shots, though none I'd consider amazing. Even with a TC, you just can't get in tight enough to get a lot of detail. Someday, I hope to get a decent telescope and give that a go. Here are a couple of shots I've taken (the only ones I have posted anywhere at the moment) with my A40: http://www.pbase.com/scottk_oside/eclipse_051503

HTH

[Penguin_101_1]

When I think about this in the scientific side of things you want a faster speed and a low aperature because the moon is moving at a high speed and it will lose some detail.

[Sh00ter]

Went on my first fly fishing trip this last weekend and caught a nice 14 inch rainbow trout... Nothing too special to a pro but for a first timer like me it was pretty cool.

Great photos by the way... I live here in Arizona and have dreamt of catching some lightning shots... Any tips on getting good ones?

[Penguin_101_1]

Congrats on the fish! I have just caught a few small ones. Do a search on ligtning. I remember a few threads at the beginning of spring about it.