Free Jumper

Gallery: WildlifePosted February 6, 2010189 views6 comments

Caught this free jumping sailfish while fishing this past weekend in Guatemala. I've gotten hundreds of photos of hooked sailfish but this is the first one of a free jumper that came out OK even though we see them all the time. This one jumped about 8-9 times before deciding it had enough. All comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks for looking.

Canon EOS40D, 100-400L IS @ 190mm, F8, 1/1,250

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6 comments

Comment posted by Ron McCombe on February 7, 2010 at 3:27 AM

Brilliant opportunist shot Joe

Ron

Registered on November 16, 2009, 190 Posts, 207 Comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on February 8, 2010 at 9:37 AM

Hi Joe,

Wow, good timing in capturing this free jumper in this position - well done! In my mind there's not much you should have done too differently on the capture. Ultimately I wouldn't mind seeing the fish a little further to the right in the frame (opening up a little more room on the left) and thus move away a little from the "dead-centre" composition, tho' I completely appreciate why the capture was made this way (so I'm suggesting a crop). One other post-processing things comes to mind - if the image were mine I'd experiment with selectively lightening up fish a little to separate it a little more (in tone) from the background water...

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

Registered on May 29, 2007, 431 Posts, 6061 Comments

Comment posted by Luca Mussato on February 8, 2010 at 10:24 AM

nice timing indeed. it reminds me a Poseidon launched by a submarine...

for me more room on the left could have helped but it's just an opinion.

cheers Luca

Registered on November 14, 2006, 118 Posts, 855 Comments

Comment posted by Gaurav Manglik on February 8, 2010 at 10:03 PM

really nice. I am wondering if a vertical comp might work here ?

Registered on December 2, 2005, 191 Posts, 2126 Comments

Comment posted by Joe James on February 8, 2010 at 10:16 PM

Thanks folks! I was able to crop it a bit to give some more room to the front and it does look better. I also brighened up the fish a tad and it makes it pop. Thanks again for the suggestions.

Registered on November 20, 2009, 89 Posts, 808 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on February 11, 2010 at 1:21 PM

I bet you were smiling the moment of the click with a thought something like, "I got it!"

Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments