Fly Fisherman

[HawgTide]

Saw this guy out braving the cold water last week. Could this be one of you?

[Dbl]

Very nice photo, fall fishing at its finest!

[eyeguy 54]

Cool shot HT. Keep em comin.

[finnbay]

I love this shot! Great composition and mood!

[HawgTide]

Thanks Guys!

WP, I don't shoot many scenic/outdoor shots. I would bore you with all the portraits.

[eyeguy 54]

Well you just better get outdoors more often. lol

[Catmendo]

Beautifully composed!

[Yellowhead]

Great shot of my second favorite activity. That is not a pretty cast, his rod is way to low.

[HawgTide]

Great shot of my second favorite activity. That is not a pretty cast, his rod is way to low.

LOL! You know your stuff! You should have seen the next frame. He was dodging and ducking!

[MinnesotaTony]

That is a beautiful shot. It defines "peaceful". Thanks for sharing it.

(Oh, and FYI: I personally love portraits.)

Tony

[ShawnZ]

Beautiful image! I enjoy how the bit of fg is kept in the picture as it helps to frame things nicely, the colors and contrast are rich. Can you share your post processing technique that is giving the image the lighting effect?

[HawgMan]

Graet photo! Thanx for sharing.

[Birdsong]

Beautiful.

[HawgTide]

Beautiful image! I enjoy how the bit of fg is kept in the picture as it helps to frame things nicely, the colors and contrast are rich. Can you share your post processing technique that is giving the image the lighting effect?

Thank you. I started off in Lightroom and used a preset called X=City+Scapes (downloaded from presets heaven). After that, I adjusted the exposure and white balance to my liking (that preset really cranks up the exposure). Then I exported it to PS CS4. Created a duplicate layer. Then I add gaussian blur, about 30 pixels, then set that layer to Multiply. Then lightened it a good bit with a curves adjustment layer. That's pretty much all except for the tweaking. That's a technique I learned from the Luminous Landscape site.

[dockothebay]

Beautiful!! And thanks for sharing the technique and HSOforum, looks like something that would be fun to mess with...

[Hwood]

great picture

[Deitz Dittrich]

Awesome shot.. should be in a calendar.

[HawgTide]

Thanks again! I appreciate the kind words.

[EBass]

WOW HT - you've got skillz too. So this is what you've been up to.