I didn't say 'create', I said 'cheat'. <G> How do we know now that you don't make ALL your trout look bigger? Eh?? JimmyD is notorious for posting bass (and cats) a wee bit bigger than they were in real life.
DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Davenport" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 4:23 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] trout photo > I didn't "create" it. I just retouched it, got rid of the fly line. > > But I guess all my pictures are suspect now. > > Remember I NEVER lie about fishing.... but some times I exaggerate. > <grin> > > Tom > > > > On Nov 10, 2004, at 10:15 PM, DonO wrote: > > > Shame on you!!! > > > > Cheating a photo in photoshop!!! > > > > LOL, > > DonO > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tom Davenport" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 8:05 PM > > Subject: Re: [VFB] trout photo > > > > > >> Yep I took it, although what you see is a bit of an illusion. The > >> fish > >> was actually caught and I simply pulled it up out of the water a bit > >> and took the picture... then did a little judicious retouching in > >> Photoshop to make the line disappear. In other words, I cheated! > >> > >> That was my first fishing trip on the South Fork of the Snake and it > >> turned out to be a dandy. The water was running low and the Cuts were > >> slamming both dry flies and droppers. The best fly of the day was an > >> ugly Turk's Tarantula (not a pretty one like Guy Turk ties). They > >> were > >> slamming that fly, and guy walked over to see what I was using, and as > >> I stripped it in to show him a Brown slammed it! It was that kind of > >> day. You can see the rest of the pictures from that trip here: > >> http://community.webshots.com/album/260558 > >> > >> My personal favorite of all of my fish pictures is "Autumn Brown". > >> You > >> can see that here: http://community.webshots.com/album/232383/1 > >> > >> Just click on the "Autumn Brown" link. > >> > >> I confess I love taking pictures of the fish I catch. 98% of the time > >> I just pull the fish into shallow water, take the picture then revive > >> and release the fish... without the fish ever leaving the water. I > >> think they are much prettier in the water anyway. I usually put the > >> rod in for scale. What you will usually never see is ME in the > >> picture although there are a couple there in those albums. Nothing > >> ruins a good fish picture more than a gloating human in the > >> background! > >> > >> Tom > >> > >> > >> On Nov 9, 2004, at 11:30 AM, jerry wrote: > >> > >>> One of the best trout photos I have ever seen is on Tom Davenport's > >>> page: > >>> > >>> http://homepage.mac.com/tsmd/PhotoAlbum16.html > >>> > >>> It is called "Rise to Fly". > >>> > >>> Hey Tom, did you take this picture? It's an outstanding photo. > >>> > >>> Jerry > >>> WY > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> Tom Davenport > >> > >> Home Page: http://homepage.mac.com/tsmd > >> Webshots Albums: http://community.webshots.com/user/tsmdav > >> > > > > > > > Tom Davenport > > Home Page: http://homepage.mac.com/tsmd > Webshots Albums: http://community.webshots.com/user/tsmdav >
