FLY FISHER Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

I had been on board the cruise ship, 'Royal Viking Sun,' plying the waters of the British Isles, when the ship docked in Aberdeen, Scotland. On a shore excursion on a bus, I visited some of the area's famous lochs —including Loch Ness. Although fully prepared to shoot the Loch Ness monster, unhappily I did not see it!!!

When the bus stopped momentarily on a bridge over a river I saw the fly fisherman from the window of the bus. That pause was a stroke of luck. The telephoto lens on my camera, extended to full focal length, would have been impossible to steady, had the bus been moving.

The fly fisherman is seen standing in the river, his line flashing against the dark waters. The ten year old image was produced using an old Nikon 2020, loaded with Kodachrome-64 slide film.

I want to thank Zeca (from Brazil), who has an excellent pair of photos of a fisherman in his photo gallery for inspiring me to post the photo of the fly fisherman.

Bulent

ALIRIZA, berke, zeca, Tezic, quillo, axiotea, emjleclercq, tsemin, cobbydale, inuit66, riclopes, branley, Docarmo has marked this note useful

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pat0500 (21513) 2006-12-05 10:23

Hi Bulent,
One says then,to be to the good moment and the good place for the good shot. Good light and good sharpness.
Good description in the good note. Very nice picture..I like much..!
Best regards,
Have a nice day,
Patrick

sendogan (650) 2006-12-05 10:24

Gercekten super...

setenay (7604) 2006-12-05 11:25

Merhaba Bülent Bey,
Geçekten çok güzel, sıradışı bir çalışma .Işığın balıkçıya ve çevresindeki dalgaya odaklanması,koyu yeşil göldeki yansımalar ve olta ipinin bu kadar net görülmesi harika bunu nasıl sağladınız aklım almadı.İskoçya görmeyi dilediklerimin başında geliyor.Teşekkürler ve Tebrikler
setenay

alessandro_1981 (302) 2006-12-05 11:26

ahhhh you catched the right moment!!!! incredible shot of the queen of fishing, la nobile arte!!!! beautiful shot, congratulation!

dospordostres (1127) 2006-12-05 12:21

Hello Bulent,
Lovely image. Makes me want to go fishing now. But I guess I'll have to wait for warmer days.
Regards,
Daniel

Albrecht (11034) 2006-12-05 13:38

Hi Bulent
Well captured moment and great contrast of the white man against all the dark there.
grs.Albrecht

ALIRIZA (16197) 2006-12-05 14:43

Merhaba Sayın Hocam,
Balıkçının etrafında oluşan yaylar ve oltanın havada çizdiği yolla harika bir çalışma. MÜKEMMEL... Ellerinize ve gözlerinize sağlık...
Selam ve saygılarımla...
Ali Rıza

berke (154) 2006-12-05 16:07

Merhaba,
Fotoğraflarınızı yeni farkettim.Son derece profesyonel ve emek gerektiren çalışmalar.Keyifle sizi takip edeceğim.Saygı ve selamlar..

zeca (20026) 2006-12-05 20:05

Wow, Bulent! What a nice capture! The light is great, spotted exactly on the fisherman! The sharpness is excellent, showing nice detail of the line! The dark blue/purple reflections in the back is beautiful and enhances the fisherman! Very good timing! This kind of fishing is really a fantastic way of life! Its nice to see the way the fly-fisherman dance with his line/fly on air...Well done!
And thank you very much for your kind mention of my name in your good note!
Regards from Brazil!
Zeca

Tezic (16927) 2006-12-06 4:49

Bülent Bey merhaba,
Oldukça etkileyici ve farklı bir fotoğraf... Suyun rengi ve yansımalar mükemmel bir fon oluşturmuş... Oltanın hareketi ise muhteşem...
Saygılarımla-Coşkun

quillo (7172) 2006-12-06 10:25

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Hola Bulent, te felicito por esta captura complicada y que las has sabido resolver con ingenio, es interesante ver imagenes como esta no exentas de dificultad por la luz y el movimiento y que aparece con un buen resultado.

Felicidades y un abrazo desde España.

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Hello Bulent, I congratulate you by this complicated capture and that you have known them to solve with talent, he is interesting to see imagenes like this nonfree of difficulty by the light and the movement and that appears with a good result.

Congratulations and a hug from Spain.

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axiotea (16081) 2006-12-06 11:37

Hello Bulent,
I like the way you caught the light on the fisherman with his line flying in the air and the ripples in the water around him.
Cheers,
Marilyn

cuneyt-sb (6559) 2006-12-06 16:17

Merhaba Bülent bey
Çok farklı bir çalışma Işık ve suyun üzerindeki dairesel hareketlilik harika olmuş elinize sağlık diyorum.Paylaştığınız için teşekkürler.
Cüneyt-Şb

rigoletto (26220) 2006-12-08 19:39

Merhaba Hocam,
Such an image! Like a physics lesson, sound and vibration is our subject. The curves of the flagellum is the highlight of this shot and it touches my heart. The propogation of the waves on the dark surface and the dark/light contrast caused by the reflection is geometrically completing your composition. Again a top class photography from you. Congratulations,
Warm regards,
Deniz

massive (363) 2006-12-10 16:28

tek kelime ile harika... fotograf icindeki hareketleri özellikle cok begendim.tebrik ederim..sevgiler
zeynep

emjleclercq (14276) 2006-12-12 17:49

The picture is a bit dark but this makes an excellent background for the flying line. There is a lot of movement here, betweeen the line making like a whip in the sky, the posture of the fisherman and the circles on the water. Excellent catch !

All the best,

Emmanuel

AtillaSoylu (241) 2006-12-13 23:27

very well done image, in so many ways, like technical, compositional, and informational.

Thanks for sharing.

tsemin (316) 2006-12-23 1:48

Hi, Bulent,
The dancing fishing line against the dark water is so dramatic. The good moment was well captured. The circling waves make the fishing man the king of the whole universe. I think the fisherman might have more fun than the shutterbug =).
Tsemin

cobbydale (1924) 2006-12-23 19:30

A great shot Bulent. The circular ripples and the fishing line in mid-air create a great effect. I really like the colours too - it's almost monochrome (albeit blue rather than black) but naturally rather than affected.
TFS. Leon.

fotogoksel (322) 2006-12-25 12:27

cok iyi kontraslık,o anı canlı ve dinamik calışmışsınız tebrikler yeni yılınızı kutlarım

inuit66 (659) 2007-01-11 17:51

Great shot! I am a fly fisherman myself and this is a moment very well caught with the eye and the camera. The rings in the water adds to the movement in the photo. Motive in the middle extremely good in this photo. Kind regards Jens

JCG (25291) 2007-01-26 4:32

Hi Bulent,

A beautiful photograph which recall to me the film of Robert Redford : A river runs through it. The point of view on the movement of the fly fisher is well made. I like very much the nuance of blue in the image. A beautiful composition, cheer and thank you for the comment.

With my friendships,

Jean-Charles

riclopes (32977) 2007-01-27 5:14

Definately an incredible decisive moment, Bulent. Not only because of the right moment of the click, but also the bus stopped for that click! It's a fantastic shot and again with excellent resolution for an old scanned photo. The fisherman is a bit overexposed and I would like to see a less central composition, but apart that it's really good. I think that this could work very well in B&W. It remind me a bit some photos of Rafal (Jinju - lonely human sillouettes in B&W with strong contrasts). Love the motion of the water around him, but the best is that long string flying like a bird.
Nice comparison with the image of Robert Redford movie - I just saw that Jean-Charles also wrote his critic today. Funny coincidence!
Friendly regards,
Ricardo

branley (3681) 2007-03-06 13:57

Hello Bulent,

this is a fine, well taken opportunity to photograph this man enjoying his hobby. He may be a little over exposed but what makes up for it for me is the snaking of his line and the ripples produced by his movement, it also has great light and good texture. Sadly this is not the sort of fishing I intend to do when I retire; I was thinking more of a bamboo pole with a bent nail, the combination of good wine, bread & cheese and a shady spot. In fact if I ever caught anything it would be a bit of a nuisance!

Kind regards my friend,

Stephen

Mistral (13694) 2007-03-15 17:37

Merhabalar Bulent,
excellent catch and framing!
The enlightened fisherman then is simply stunning as well the great and funny title.
A pity you didn't see the Loch Ness monster: I think it's worth once you're there ;-)
A smile
Luca

Matthew-Watt (4463) 2007-05-13 20:20

Hi Bulent,
Your use of colour and shade allows all focus to be placed on the subject. I think that you have managed to portay this moment in almost exactly the best moment; just before the line recoils and passes out of the shot. The circular ripples sent out in a shockwave-like way is splendid. The light shimmer of silver glow on the oily black background helps to break up the uniform black and adds feature. It is almost as if the man is spot-lit, a very impressive play of light indeed. Awesome sharpness and clarity. Well done sir.
Matt

Angshu (33637) 2007-10-04 20:46

Hello Professor "A"
Amazing shot...he's as if the centre of the small universe created by the concentric circles of the ripples. The line zips over his head as he is about to flip that into the water. Fascinating capture. I saw these fly fishermen when I was in Inverness in 1994, wading in waist deep water in rubber overalls. Wonderful capture!
With Warmest Regards
Angshuman

BahadirLacin (341) 2009-01-15 6:46

Bu da güzel. Oltanın havada savruluşunu ve balıkçının ayaklarındaki dalgalanmayı çok sevdim. Kutlarım. Sevgiler.

vmukherjee (395) 2009-03-05 18:31

Great shot! I love the lonely figure in the bluish black bg, with the flowing string for fishing. Thanks for sharing.

Docarmo (8834) 2009-04-13 13:55

Hi Bulent,
Fantastic shot! You took a typical movement of the fly fishing. The light is excellent, as there was a spotlight on the artist in the stage. And the blue stage with its circles, with those reflections in the background - wonderful!!! I add it to my favourites!
What a beautiful work with the scanner!!!
Bravo!
MCV