Sockeye Salmon

[DNPhoto]

I shot a bunch of photos of the Sockeye Salmon run at Adams River, BC. It was a cloudy day along with a polarizer filter made for either high ISO or slow shutter speeds. I decided to purposely shoot hand held at very slow speeds. Here are three examples of the photos. I used the Orten effect in post. I learned that from a podcast here. I usually shoot black and white but when I go colour, I go colour.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1106/5120230910_e0f0679d09_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/9453805@N07/5120230910/)
Sockeye 16 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/9453805@N07/5120230910/) by Dan Newcomb Photography (http://www.flickr.com/people/9453805@N07/), on Flickr



http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4008/5119626969_c4a857b014_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/9453805@N07/5119626969/)
Sockeye 14 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/9453805@N07/5119626969/) by Dan Newcomb Photography (http://www.flickr.com/people/9453805@N07/), on Flickr


http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1428/5119625417_c56d975a0b_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/9453805@N07/5119625417/)
Sockeye 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/9453805@N07/5119625417/) by Dan Newcomb Photography (http://www.flickr.com/people/9453805@N07/), on Flickr

[Donna]

Some neat effects ... my favorite is #1

[asnow]

Wow. Those fish have very interesting colours.

[casil403]

Absolutely in love with that second shot Dan. They are all great but the second one with the water is just super special. :)

[Hillbillygirl]

Have to agree with Casil on this one. #2 really shows the struggles, and the power of these fish on their fantastic journey.