on Molokai? Is it really that big... or photo shop?
That was the question... here's what I think.
A simple law of Photography says...
"What ever is closest to the camera... looks the bigest".
When there is nothing in the picture that
you recognize to give you scale... the size is a guess.
That said... It's a great picture... I bet it's a
really big crab too. I don't think it's 4 feet from
claw to claw, but it's way bigger than anything
I would fool with. (check the size of the cooler
under the crab... maby it realy is....... )
This will give you an idea of what I mean by
holding a fish close to the camera to make it l
ook bigger.
When the fish is next to the guy and you
can see his hand you get an idea of the size.
Typical "fish picture".
Better fish picture... you don't have to look
at the camera to have a good fish picture.
Holding the fish out from you toward the
camera makes it look bigger. But it also
makes the hand look bigger... you can tell
the fish is being held out to make it look bigger.
By changing the way you hold the Boga Grip,
you can hide your hand behind the fish.
Now that you don't have any thing in the
picture to give you an idea of how big the
fish really is... it's anyones guess.
If you use a wide angle lens you can get even
closer to the fish.
So as you can see, it's not the size of the fish...
it's how good a photographer your fishing partner is.
Aloha,
Stan
