The Salmon Run at Buchanty Spout

[Donald]

Thanks Donald,might give it another go tomorrow and try thumb other settings

And if a salmon jumps through your legs and lands behind you, stand still. Don't try and help it by getting out of the way!

[Benjy]

Donald,three of them were sprachling about within one metre of my feet,too dodgy trying to move quickly.....amazing how high some were louping....

[Sunray]

I am stunned. Great pictures Donald. How did you manage to get the noise out of the picture without destroying all the details? My 40D is a real noise monster at ISO1600.

[Benjy]

Donald,gave it another go today,1250 S Speed,water was thundering down yet a few managed to make their way up ....amazing to watch.........

[rawill]

I will have to reload the page, I can only see one colour photo in the first post.

Great shot like everyone has said, but then we should not be surprised, I can't imagine Donald putting up a dud shot!

What intrigues me is the high ISO, and the very fast speed, and how they work. and yet no noise that I can see.
As always this is a great place to learn. And a great thread to read.

Just reloaded, I can see why people like the B/W shot, looks like it almost came in the lens.
So close, and sharp, so what do I like.

The colour one, not because it is colour, because of the way it is in the frame, looks "sleeker" to my eye. I would have liked it more if it had posed better for you.

I wanted the "arch" to go the other way, a little like a moon crescent.
But we can only shoot what we are given, and I note how many you took to get these shots.
Indicates the challenge it is to get it right, and a little luck is an important element. Something that elludes us so often.

Love the work.

[Donald]

Donald,gave it another go today,1250 S Speed,water was thundering down yet a few managed to make their way up ....amazing to watch.........

Already, one day later, you (or at least I) can start to see the improvement. Like I said, I think it's just about practice and more practice. You definitely start to 'get a feel' for how the fish are behaving.

What intrigues me is the high ISO, and the very fast speed, and how they work. and yet no noise that I can see.

How did you manage to get the noise out of the picture without destroying all the details? My 40D is a real noise monster at ISO1600.

Robin & Robert - It's nothing more complicated than application of what I learned on here, from Colin in the first instance. That is, "Get the exposure correct". Even then, I thought I would find myself resorting to use of the NIK Dfine 2 Noise Management software, but I did not need to. In addition, these are quite heavily cropped final images. So, that lesson has served me well

For exposure purposes, the water in the background was at the extreme right-hand side on the histogram in the camera. I have worked out that, with the 40D, you can push whites to what seems to be too far. In other words, in the camera,it indicates (via the blinkies) that you have over-exposed. But when you take it into Raw Processing software, you find that, in fact, you have not. I knew that would give me detail and that I could wind back the exposure when I started to work on it with DxO Pro 8 Processing software.

[Benjy]

Donald,as you said,keeping to one spot rather than all over the place was a big help,just need to watch you don,t get hypnotised watching the water and end up taking a header in.....here,s one for Robin not great,a moon arch.....

[rawill]

here,s one for Robin not great,a moon arch.....

Well now am I being picky, or not, this time the arch is too much, how do they do that.
I imagine what would happen if I tried to do that!

[Benjy]

Robin,don,t knock till you,ve tried it......

[rawill]

Robin,don,t knock till you,ve tried it......

I set myself up for that - I am challenged enough trying to do speed shots of racing cars so I should stop making smart comments!! Great Work you guys love this forum

[Dave Humphries]

Good shots and for what it is worth, I believe that shooting FooW (fish out of water) is soooooooooo much harder than BiF (birds in flight), it has to be more akin to IiF (insects in flight)

and I rarely attempt IiF because it's so hard, but concur that with them also, standing still and choosing a good spot shoot (after some careful observation) is preferable to chasing about after them.

Great thread,