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Old 06-19-2016, 05:43 PM   #1
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Point Of View. I had been thinking of doing some research into this topic for quite some time. Part of it sparked by lots of pics of fish that did not appear to be the weights claimed (and vice versa for that matter). But also because the mind can and does play tricks on all of us. An example of this is to make 2 lines of equal length with one vertical and one horizontal, and one will appear longer than the other (even when you know they are the same). So, accidentally I was nudged in this direction when I caught my last WSB and asked a passerby to take a photo for me. The fish was hung on a dock piling a couple feet behind me (Where I weighed it). I did not even look at the photos until I got home, when I noticed how much difference a couple feet made. A 52# fish looked like a 25# fish. Here is the dock pic along with the only other shots I got of the fish. Even in the pic with the kayak in the foreground, it makes the fish look short. The Cooler shot finally does the fish justice (but of course I never used the other pics . I was quite disappointed that nobody called me out on the size of my fish in the photo (even though I knew that there was already a larger fish to be posted caught a week before mine for WCW).





So, I told my buddies that we (I) needed to take our next big fish and do some comparison shots. I had totally spaced that out, until someone asked if I wanted a picture with my jackpot fish from the Islander trip. Same distance behind me of arms length and a normal hold in front of me (not extended out). Of course, again I only posted the small looking stuff, and actually had to crop the tape shot since it showed the entire fish. The posed shots were astounding on the difference in apparent size.





There are lots of other tricks to making your fish look larger or smaller, like shot from down to up, sloped up and away, horizontal vs vertical pose etc. But it is pretty interesting what a small change in POV can make in the 1000 words a picture tells.
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Old 06-19-2016, 06:59 PM   #2
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Interesting topic. Thanks for the research.
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Old 06-19-2016, 07:05 PM   #3
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OK, seriously...............how many of you saw POV and the first thing that popped into your head was porn?
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Old 06-19-2016, 07:58 PM   #4
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OK, seriously...............how many of you saw POV and the first thing that popped into your head was porn?
Geez, talk about one track mind!
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Old 06-20-2016, 07:00 AM   #5
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OK, seriously...............how many of you saw POV and the first thing that popped into your head was porn?
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Old 06-20-2016, 08:52 AM   #6
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the madman at work... i think we are all his research subjects...
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Old 06-20-2016, 10:08 AM   #7
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I always know a fisherman is an exaggerator when I see multiple pictures of fish held with arms extended toward the camera So I always take shots with my elbows bent and the fish close to my chest. If you can't see their elbow, and this fish is in front, you've got em.
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Old 06-20-2016, 02:11 PM   #8
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Is that the hand-launch dock at Kings Harbor?

Good research... and I for-one would never say you are exaggerating your catch.

I think it would be like accusing Gandhi of eating BBQ Beef Ribs.
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Old 06-20-2016, 03:33 PM   #9
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Is that the hand-launch dock at Kings Harbor?

Good research... and I for-one would never say you are exaggerating your catch.

I think it would be like accusing Gandhi of eating BBQ Beef Ribs.
Apparently you have not seen my last post in WCW YT lol.
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