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Troutnut
10-05-2006, 08:55 PM
Since I finished the 20-month overhaul of Troutnut.com (http://www.troutnut.com) about a month ago I've been catching up on lost time, trying to make up for all the fishing I missed as I computer-programmed my way through May and June. I put most of my new stream pictures (http://www.troutnut.com/pictures) online yesterday, with a bunch of new bugs -- a couple hundred pics in all.

I spent a little time trying for big fish, but I really can't get enough of the small-stream brookies. Guess which spot skunked me?
http://troutnut.smugmug.com/photos/100040693-L.jpg
http://troutnut.smugmug.com/photos/100040751-L.jpg
http://troutnut.smugmug.com/photos/100050643-L.jpg

A Capniidae stonefly (http://www.troutnut.com/specimen/634):
http://troutnut.smugmug.com/photos/100000203-L.jpg

Really cool colors on a caddisfly (http://www.troutnut.com/specimen/642):
http://troutnut.smugmug.com/photos/100298448-L.jpg

A flying ant (http://www.troutnut.com/specimen/626), collected during some of my best ant fishing ever:
http://troutnut.smugmug.com/photos/99871890-L.jpg

That's the stuff!
http://troutnut.smugmug.com/photos/100298634-L.jpg
http://troutnut.smugmug.com/photos/100298654-L.jpg
The Fisherman
10-06-2006, 01:22 PM
You and I are cut from the same cloth. Wild brookies are a passion. Those photos are absolutley stunning.

I'm going to a remote steam in the CT hills Monday. I'll catch a few for ya.
Todd K
10-06-2006, 02:03 PM
Jason, what type of camera are you using for the landscape pictures? My digital camera died and I want a new high pixel camera that also does great macro images.
lar42
10-07-2006, 01:33 PM
Jason, those are just awesome pictures. I mean absolutely awesome. Hats off to your expertise and what must be painstaking eye to detail.
Farmy Joe
10-07-2006, 01:37 PM
Awesome just isn't enough of a superlative to describe those photos!
Ray
10-07-2006, 04:30 PM
The slow shutter speeds on the first 2 pictures offer a great effect, the macro work is beautiful, clearly the work of a SLR!!
Huh?What?Huh?
10-09-2006, 06:49 AM
Hey! I'm with Farmy Joe! Awesome cannot describe it! I'm at a loss of words! Very, very cool....
ScanticChris
10-09-2006, 08:07 AM
These images are so amazingly inspiring! Great job.
hookandhackle
10-09-2006, 10:02 AM
Hey Troutnut,

Big fan of your site. How did you manage to keep the shutter open long enough on your d-camera to get the stream pictures like that? Great photographs.
Troutnut
10-09-2006, 12:45 PM
Jason, what type of camera are you using for the landscape pictures? My digital camera died and I want a new high pixel camera that also does great macro images.

I'm using a Canon EOS 20D. I have four different lenses, two for landscapes and two for macro, and a specialized flash for the macro. You probably don't want to carbon copy the whole expensive setup. You might check around macro photography sites for some good compact digital cameras for macro pictures. I know there are some really good ones but I've lost track of which ones they are.


How did you manage to keep the shutter open long enough on your d-camera to get the stream pictures like that?

I use a neutral density filter. It blocks out over 99% of the light, allowing for a really long exposure during the daytime.
hookandhackle
10-09-2006, 05:25 PM
Troutnut,

What do you mean by "macro"? Not sure what that is. And, how do you get the water to blur with a d-camera.

See you're from Ithica. I have family in Binghamton. Drive through trout country on 17 everytime we visit. Ever fish upper Esopus?

Thanks,

Pete
cirrus
10-09-2006, 05:29 PM
Pete.....


What do you mean by "macro"?

On digital camera's it allows you to take up close pictures clearly. When I dont have that on and take real up close pics they can come out blurry...ect.
Troutnut
10-17-2006, 04:19 PM
On digital camera's it allows you to take up close pictures clearly. When I dont have that on and take real up close pics they can come out blurry...ect.

The "macro mode" on digital cameras isn't actually macro. It's just a change in the aperture and focusing settings which allows the camera to take better pictures up close.

True macro photography (sometimes called "photomacrography") requires that the image of the subject projected through the lens onto the film or sensor be as large as the subject itself (or larger). To be a little less technical: it usually uses a lens designated as a "macro lens."

You can find more detail on the Wikipedia page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macro_photography).


Drive through trout country on 17 everytime we visit. Ever fish upper Esopus?

Just once... I missed a pile of strikes from little rainbows but didn't catch anything.