Rusted Shed and Some Pet Shots
Sep 12th
Here are some pictures I took today. The ones of the rusted shed are from my neighbors yard behind me. Then I snapped a few pics of the pets as I came in. I decided to try to start a 365 project but am not limiting myself to just one picture a day. We’ll see where it goes from here.
I also picked up a Delkin Snug It Pro Skin for my Rebel XSi. I’ll take some pictures and review it when I get it. I wanted something I could put on to give me some more protection when I go on a boat or to the beach.
Delkin Snug It Pro Skin for the Canon 450D and Canon Rebel XSi Digital SLR Cameras - Black
Dry Dock iPhone Pic
Sep 12th
Here’s a picture I took with my iPhone at a Dry Dock the other day. It didn’t come out that great but after a little editing in Lightroom and Photoshop it looks pretty good. I also took out the two guys walking across the frame.
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- Pic after Post Editing
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- Original iPhone Pic
Lily Pics
Aug 17th
Here are some pictures of a lily I took today. My mom wanted to print one of the other ones I took so I wanted to reshoot some to get them sharper. This time I used a tripod, set my camera to Mirror Lock and then used a remote set to a 2 second timer to take the pictures. I also bought some fake velvet fabric from Hancock Fabrics ($8 for 2 yards) to use as a background which I just taped to the wall. No flash used, just played around with aperture settings and then a little post in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. I forgot to set my white balance but was able to fix that in Lightroom after since I shot them in RAW format.
This is my favorite from the set.
Exposure: 18.0 sec & f/36
Focal Length: 55mm
ISO Speed Rating: ISO 100
Flash: Did Not Fire
Model: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Pictures from Davis Island
Aug 1st
I went out for the first time today specifically to take pictures with my new Canon Rebel XSi. Here’s some of the shots with some post editing in Lightroom.
Saturday Fishing Report
Oct 11th
I had not been out on the kayak in a while so I decided to take it out this morning. I got to the boat launch at Weedon Island just after 6AM. I didn’t have as much luck as I was hoping. I wound up fishing from the launch all the way to Mile 2 Marker of the trail, but going backwards. There was one are that I thought I saw a bunch of tailing redfish so I got a pinfish on and chased them down. I could see the school’s wake in the water moving around. At first I didn’t get a bite but they came back around and they one took it. I found it for what seemed to be 5 minutes…probably more like 2 or 3. It was pulling me all around which was pretty fun. It wound up being a pretty big Jack Kravel. The next and only fish I caught was a 20 inch snook. I was following the trail backwards just exploring and I came out of some mangroves into an open area that had 3 boats (not kayaks) out fishing. I cruised in really slow close to one of the mangrove lines just checking out the water. As usual there was mullet jumping all over the place. I found a nice point right where the mile 2 sign is and anchors away from it. On about my third cast I was under and I realized it was a nice snook. He put up a really good fight and I must say, it felt pretty good just to cruise up there and pull in this snook. I saw all the other boats looking over checking me out. THAT’S HOW IT’S DONE! After that I worked my way back. I had another couple of nice bites but missed them. All in all, it was great to get out on the water. I didn’t get back until a little after 1PM and used up all 24 pinfish I came out with. Here are a couple of pictures from today. Click here to view all of the pictures.
22 Inch Snook
My kayak and the sandbar I always stop at. Someone put an American Flag in it which you can see way behind my kayak.
Friday, Back On The Water
Sep 28th
My friend, his fiance and I went out Friday on his boat for the first time in a while. I thought we’d be a little rusty but I was able to get great bait fairly quick, even though the cast net got stuck on a pylon which sucks. I caught two snook, a jack and a lady fish. I missed 5 MONSTER fish. One was in a new spot and we’re thinking it was a big snook because of the speed it was taking the line out but we didn’t see it. Another one I saw was for sure a giant jack that popped off after a minute or two. All in all, it was a great day. Definitely good to be back on the water. Click here to check out the pictures.
Jack Cravel
Snook
Tampa Bay Inshore Slam Saturday
Aug 17th
MY friend, his brother and I went out yesterday to try and put his brother on some fish. We went out in the afternoon to fish the outgoing tide. I picked up some pinfish on the way just to make sure we had some bait. We went to a spot we normally pull something out of and didn’t get much of a bite at first. I pulled in a nice trout but the bite was really slow. We headed out to check some other areas and wound up getting some nice greenbacks of the old faithful pylon we normally check for bait at. We wound up heading back to the original spot with the new bait and the action was a lot better. I pulled in 3 redfish and 2 trout. My friend got an Tampa Bay inshore slam with a trout, snook, and a red. He caught a few more and almost had a double. His brother wound up catching 3 snook and a catfish. Before this trip he had only caught one snook so that was pretty cool. I wish I would have gotten a snook to get my own Tampa Bay inshore slam but the fishing gods didn’t allow it that day. Maybe next time.
