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Started by Guest_AuzzieM_* , Mar 09 2009 04:06 PM

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#21 Guest_JohnO_*

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Posted 17 March 2009 - 10:48 AM

Didn't we ID this fish as a blackbanded darter in another thread?

All the bladder stuff still applies

Todd

Looked like a dusky at first glance, but... no, subtle differences. My dusky is pinkish on the bottom, and doesn't have the mottling on top.

And, technically speaking, the only fish that floats is a dead one, though dead darters don't tend to float.

All this bladder talk has me headed to the restroom.

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#22 Guest_farmertodd_*

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Posted 17 March 2009 - 11:36 AM

Nate, a dusky will have a big blob that looks like the "paint ran" from the lateral line down the peduncle. Uland or Lance or Blake or someone had an awesome pic of one from the Tippie last year. I think it was post separately from the Members Gallery?

Todd

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#23 Guest_Uland_*

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Posted 17 March 2009 - 11:59 AM

Nate, a dusky will have a big blob that looks like the "paint ran" from the lateral line down the peduncle. Uland or Lance or Blake or someone had an awesome pic of one from the Tippie last year. I think it was post separately from the Members Gallery?

Todd

I'll get a good P. sciera shot up tonight. I have all that stuff on a different computer. I have to do some digging anyhow since it looks like I posted a the wrong minnow head in the other topic :unsure:

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#24 Guest_Uland_*

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Posted 17 March 2009 - 07:38 PM

Ok...here's a P. sciera from the Tippecanoe. Photo is from late summer last year and edited in the depths of this winter.

Percina_sciera__Dusky_Darter.jpg 29.48KB 1 downloads

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#25 Guest_CATfishTONY_*

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Posted 17 March 2009 - 07:47 PM

Ok...here's a P. sciera from the Tippecanoe. Photo is from late summer last year and edited in the depths of this winter.

Percina_sciera__Dusky_Darter.jpg 29.48KB 1 downloads

EDITED would that be a clipping path and new background

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#26 Guest_Uland_*

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Posted 17 March 2009 - 10:30 PM

Tony,

I'm not really certain I follow what you mean. I'm not really a photographer nor am I good at editing. I'm self taught so I'm really not up to speed on lingo. Basically, I straighten, crop, tweak contrast/brightness if needed then freehand select the fish outline then paste on appropriate background. No clue of this is the best way to go about it, but it's how I've progressed over the years.

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#27 Guest_khudgins_*

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Posted 18 March 2009 - 10:10 AM

then freehand select the fish outline then paste on appropriate background. No clue of this is the best way to go about it, but it's how I've progressed over the years.

That is indeed a clipping path and a new background. Coming from someone who has used the technique to isolate hundreds of photos of cookpots, it is indeed the best technique to do subject isolations. There's better techniques for full-on photography (which I've seen but cannot demonstrate myself), but for subject isolations (This here is a Dusky Darter... it 12" non-stick sautee, in my case) it's the best.

Which, by the way, you do a mighty fine job of, nice pic.