Sprats

[Ems]

It seems to be happening at regular intervals along the coast this autumn. Sprats are being driven onto beaches in West Wales by mackerel and people have been scooping them out of the water. These were caught this morning.
As a matter of interest (or not), the lady in the middle was the first person to BASE jump (and survive) from the Eiffel Tower.


Sprats by Emyr Rhys Williams, on Flickr

[Stan]

Re: Sprats

the composition and storytelling are good but I think you need to make more use of the histogram on the camera LCD when you are shooting as this shot is almost one stop underexposed.

Ok you could sort it in post processing and at the same time, perhaps crop off the sky along the top

[Ems]

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Thanks Stan. The trouble is it looks fine on my laptop and my iMac but rubbish on my iPad. The upload hasn't helped either.
I've re-processed the pic and it looks too light to me. I quite like the crop but I've lost the birds which were flying around in the distance.


Sprats_2 by Emyr Rhys Williams, on Flickr

[Stan]

Re: Sprats

looks about right now. Losing the birds I don't think is a problem as they were so small as to not add anything to the frame

[H2OJunkie]

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For me the drop of the sky really didn't change anything in the photo. And as far as that drop, do keep in mind print sizes. I make it a habit to overshoot for print since most of my photos go to print at some point. But to me the viewpoint doesn't work. To me there is too much going on. I find myself searching for a centralized subject. Imagine how the photo would look if you dropped the gentleman on the right and the gal pointing to the fish of the gentleman on the left became what directs your eye to him and his catch in a portrait format...

[antoeknee]

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For me the drop of the sky really didn't change anything in the photo. And as far as that drop, do keep in mind print sizes. I make it a habit to overshoot for print since most of my photos go to print at some point. But to me the viewpoint doesn't work. To me there is too much going on. I find myself searching for a centralized subject. Imagine how the photo would look if you dropped the gentleman on the right and the gal pointing to the fish of the gentleman on the left became what directs your eye to him and his catch in a portrait format...

The suggested crop does indeed work quite well. Losing the sky worked for me.

[antoeknee]

Re: Sprats

Forgot to say lift in exposure good too.

[Dave61]

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2nd one for me

[Ems]

Re: Sprats

Thanks everyone for the comments.

Emyr

[Nathaniel]

Re: Sprats

I am thinking of fried sprats. A bit of chilly powder, a bit of curry powder, bit of salt all marinated and fried to crispyness. a good starter instead of popodum. A hint to Tom with all his culinary expertise!!

[ctrollen]

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I am thinking of fried sprats. A bit of chilly powder, a bit of curry powder, bit of salt all marinated and fried to crispyness. a good starter instead of popodum. A hint to Tom with all his culinary expertise!!

Mmmmm....I haven't had sprats for years!

[Nathaniel]

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Mmmmm....I haven't had sprats for years!

Same here!