How to shoot a fish.

There's been alot of talk lately about the world record muskie. I've already expressed my opinions on the subject ( see radio shows from last week) and we at Customfish.com have determined thru our expert opinions that the photos are angled in such a way as to make the fish look bigger than it actually was...plus the fact the Louie Spray was like 5'10" and not the 6'3" that was reported. (Shoe lifts, I'm guessin')
But I digress.

Anyway, there's a RIGHT way and a WRONG(totally ridiculous) way of taking a fishing picture.
Let's look at the RIGHT way.
Here's a picture of our friend Chad Cain with a nice 30 pound muskie. The scale of the photo is correct. Chad is getting low ( we encourage this. ) but at the same time keeping himself on the same plane as the fish. He has it right up against him and it shows us that it is indeed a no B.S. shot of a nice muskie.


* a note on kneeling. It's a good idea to get down like Chad is doing. You can see the same thing with some of our pictures in previous posts here at customfish.com. Fish look better when everything around them is compacted BUT still on the same level plane as the subject.*

Ok..now let's look at the WRONG way to take a picture.
Oh. My. God.
How big would you say this fish is? 9 feet? 10? 11? Ok..truth be told that's probably a mid 40's fish. Not a bad muskie...but most certainly NOT the ridiculously huge freshwater beluga whale that is featured in this shot.
Now..we can appreciate a fishing magazine trying to impress, but seriously..a shot like this just begs the question "over compensating?"




A great picture of a big fish is going to look huge anyway after Customfish.com gets done with it. There really is no need to do a "over compensation" shot, especially if you are having it done life size.

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