Paulus Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Hi all, it's been a while since I posted (life being that way... sometimes...) but I always love to share my "jumping steelhead" pics with this group. I was down at the local dam this weekend, with my 300mm zoom lens, hoping for good results. A tiny bit of cropping & a few adjustments later and... you be the judge! p.- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Beauties!! I'll bring my 100-400mm and tripod and let you have a go at it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Really nice pics, Paulus. Some of those fish look like they're laying on ice. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Cool pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beavertail Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Oh man, that's cool! Good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Great pics! How the heck do you do that? Sequence photos and fast shutter speed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4x4bassin Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Great pictures , thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Great pics! How the heck do you do that? Sequence photos and fast shutter speed? Good lens, good lighting, fast shutter speed and a bit of luck. Paul has it down pat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Good lens, good lighting, fast shutter speed and a bit of luck. Paul has it down pat. Cool! And yes he sure does! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captpierre Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Now you need a Grizzly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msp Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnsled Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Great shots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PUMP KNOWS Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Sweet pics! Thank you for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highdrifter Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Well done budday. Seeing steelies do their thing is sometimes more entertaining than drifting for them.. Somethimes.. tisk. As-tu des plans cette fin de semaine?! cheers HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sofabed Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Great Pictures. I wish I lived in area where you could watch fish jumping like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeontroller Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Awesome pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveRoach Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Great shots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHips Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Thanks for sharing.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulus Posted April 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 Good lens, good lighting, fast shutter speed and a bit of luck. Paul has it down pat. That's about it, and a sore buttocks...I sat there for an hour with my eye stuck to the viewfinder, doing my best to click whenever I saw one jump. So I snapped well over 300 shots, most of which were either out of focus or had a tail in it or just a head etc... Some of them were just really crisp freeze-frame pictures of running water, lol. . Another trick, if you have a dslr (probably works with upper end point and shoot cameras too), is to press the shutter button halfway and keep it pressed, while you wait for the next fish to make its move. That way, the camera is already focused when the fish passes through the sight & it doesn't waste any extra time before engaging the shutter. Thanks for the kind words everyone . p.- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulus Posted April 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 Well done budday. Seeing steelies do their thing is sometimes more entertaining than drifting for them.. Somethimes.. tisk. As-tu des plans cette fin de semaine?! cheers HD uh, this weekend? I'm not sure really............. p.- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 Depending on your camera I'd be using back button focusing with AI-Servo. You're losing a lot of time by using one button for both auto focus and shutter. Also if you know there jumping in a specific spot, manual focus the lens and use a remote shutter. So you can just sit there in your lawn chair and press a button anytime one jumps, if your DOF is deep enough it should work. Also use high speed continuous for your 'Drive' mode. No go back and try that, lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 What Bill said, although I was sitting on the rocks, not a lawn chair. https://www.flickr.com/photos/91080279@N05/sets/72157652090117845/ Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PUMP KNOWS Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Did you take any pics of them on the spawning beds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosebunk Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Some quality shots P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulus Posted April 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 What Bill said, although I was sitting on the rocks, not a lawn chair. https://www.flickr.com/photos/91080279@N05/sets/72157652090117845/ Jon Exactomundo! Which is why I referred to my sore buttocks - I think I might have seen you there. Lovely shots. You captured some true monsters p.- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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