A Cascade Tube Fly used for Scottish salmon fishing. Whatever the outcome I enjoyed taking this as I haven't used my macro lens for a while. I struggled to get close enough with my fixed lens and so ended up cropping for the effect. Oh - and I've lost my tripod shoe so handheld which meant I had to keep shutterspeed high on a dark day. I tried to use artificial light but it burnt out the very shiny bits. What else could I have done to sharpen this on a dull day?
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An interesting image that fulfils the challenge brief fully
Well you had some of your commenters foxed Ellie, so you have achieved the challenge brief. Your composition with the hook in the prominent position it is for me reveals it as the subject matter. “What else could I have done to sharpen this on a dull day?” Well, you are close to maximum aperture, a smaller aperture would have given you a deeper DOF thus making more of your subject sharper, to compensate for the slower shutter speed you would have needed to increase the ISO and also reflecting some natural light back into the subject could have helped too.
I never thought much about fishing, but looking at that I think it's kind of brutal - imagine how it feels to bite into that! Looking at your shot I can almost feel the pain!
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