Here’s a nice shot I took on a recent trip to Ireland. Photographing leaping fish is not easy but if, like me, you enjoy the challenge of taking great fishing pictures the results are well worth the effort.

The shot was achieved by setting the camera to a high ISO setting (this allows you to shoot at fast shutter speeds on dull days). On sunny days iso 200 will deliver decent shutter speeds and on rare occasions you can drop to iso 100 but most of the time iso 400 or 800 is usually necessary.

 

 Set the camera at F4 with a shutter speed as high as possible. The minimum is 500th of a second but 1000th up to 4000th of a second is better. A burst of flash will help to add punch to the picture.

This shot was taken at iso 200 with the aperture at f4 and the shutter speed at 2000th of a second. The flash fired and was set to high speed sync.  

In addition to knowing how to handle the camra it is always important to be ready. Anticipate the action by having the camera ready to shoot with the right lens fitted to match the distance you think that the fish will appear at and make sure that the camera is turned on with the right settings dialled in.

This and some of the other tailwalking shots can be found in the gallery.

Incidentally, the fish in the picture is a twenty!

 

Matt 

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