A few more green water trout pictures

Hi all,

A few more fresh water/green water images.

I have been experimenting with a Tokina 10-17 and a 1.4 x teleconvertor.

Please let me know what you think!

Many thanks for looking

Adam

Hi Adam.

I always like some freshwater pics for a change. What kind of trout? Is that a male in the first photo? What size?

It seems to be a big animal :-) i use to dive in green water and like too much this kind of photos

I think second picture is the best

Hi all,

 

A few more fresh water/green water images.

Great trout pictures, especially no 2!

A couple of comments. The green water image at least on my screen turns out pretty bluish. It would be interesting to see a more green version of the shots. As all my nearby waters are green, I would also really appreciate if you could give some info on strobe selection and positioning.

Regards

Bent C

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the comments and feedback.

The trout are Browns (?). A they reach the end of their lives, they seem to get an elongated snout and jaw. Someone explained to me that this was as they had turned "cannibal" and were actively feeding on other smaller fish. They also get very big (I guess about 8-10 lbs +) I'm not sure how to sex them, so I'm not sure if it is a male or female.

The camera settings were a white balance of 5300K (which is as close to the 5400K my Inons puts out on my camera). Shutter priority, centre weighted meter and closest subject autofocus. The fish are very active, and this set up seems to work well with moving subjects. I was very shallow (4m) , and it was a sunny day! I use just the faintest touch of strobe- the trout are so refeflective that anymore and I have problems with the highlights.

All the best

Adam

Hey Brent,

Sorry-strobe selection and positioning!

My set up pretty much precludes TTL lighting, so all manual strobes. shoot and then adjust lighting. Use centre weighted metering to get the "colour" of background.

Two Inon Z220's on 30cm arms, angled away from the subject to get "edge" lighting. Standard diffusers on both. Try and match camera white balance to strobes colour temp.

Hope that helps

Adam

Man I love freshwater shots!

That 2nd one is great!

Cal

I must say that I do love the trout shots that come out of Capernwray, particularly your second one here.

I am tempt to give it a go myself on the way up to Scapa in September. It is just a bit of a shame that it works out so expensive for a one off dive.

D

I enjoyed these ones!

The hook jaw is called a kype and only the older male fish get it. It helps them with the fighting of other male fish for dominance. The females dont get it but rather tend to get bigger in the belly (like the third photo you have).

Nice pics