queensland Anzac Day Tuna Battle

[PilbaraBrad]

Hello

been a while since i have posted anything been getting stuck into a lot of fly fishing around Fraser Island of late, had a ball on ANZAC day battling large bait balls of longtails and mack tuna

Put together a series of photos to try and capture the moment of the day somewhat

Cheers

Brad

Ready to leave Wathumba creek

First baitball fist hookup

The result

Another baitball and another hookup

The result

Fly Caught Shark Fodder

[Old Scaley]

Great photos, Brad. Did you camp at that spot at Wathumba? One of my favourite camps.

[kmcrosby78]

Awesome photos mate - never seen anything like them before. Looks like a great trip - well done.

[PilbaraBrad]

Great photos, Brad. Did you camp at that spot at Wathumba? One of my favourite camps.

Yeah mate that camp is awesome, really good spot and close to where all the action is as well, just have to watch those tides

[rosstralia46]

Awesome stuff mate unreal pictures

[pancakes_and_haggis]

that second photos is just amazing, be seriously interested in how you've photoshopped that?

[haines490slc]

stayed up at wathumba last easter had a ball, blew up too much so we couldn't get outside much, had fun slaughtering flatties, bream and muddies in the creek but.

[viper83]

They are some awesome photos mate. What kinda camera did you use to get that effect??

[muzz]

Unreal photos mate, definitely puts a nice edge to make the day memorable.

[Manni79]

that second photos is just amazing, be seriously interested in how you've photoshopped that?

Callum one way of doing that effect is photoshop is to convert the photo to black & white and then play with, red, blue, green settings and contrast settings, it will give you a similar effect to the pics posted

[Angus]

Love the 2nd last photo mate.

The simplicity of the contrast of the black and white is fantastic...

Angus

[pancakes_and_haggis]

that second photos is just amazing, be seriously interested in how you've photoshopped that?

Callum one way of doing that effect is photoshop is to convert the photo to black & white and then play with, red, blue, green settings and contrast settings, it will give you a similar effect to the pics posted

Yeh rite... Done a lot of Photography but just never been apart of the editing side hence my limited editing knowledge but would like to get Into it!

[PilbaraBrad]

hey guys

basic info on how i shot these pics

i shot middle of the day with a polariser and i underexposed the shots by 2 stops around f8 to f14 to really darken the dark colours more, speedlight was almost on full power to blow out the whites that were close to me.

when i edited them in CS4 i dropped all the saturation

then used dodge and burn tools predominately to play around with the shadows and mid tones

no changing of anything else, really wanted to try and achieve that almost battlefield sort of scene

camera was an Eos 50d, lens canon 10-22mm

i think i got it in those fighting shots, i like playing around with that stuff

[Carter]

Very nice pics, looks like a knuckle dusting day

[pancakes_and_haggis]

That's mate, it's very clear that you put a lot of work into your reports and thoughts into your photography, which in turns make them a great read.

Theres a lot I and everyone else can learn from them mate especially as a 50d Would definately be in the affordable range of dslr's.

Just love those shots mate. Going to give it ago on Sunday if the rain stops and I can get my camera out!!

Thanks dude

Callum

[zan0_15]

awesome pics mate, i love the second one the most.

looks like a great time was had!

thanks for taking the time to share

[BassTracker]

Thanks for the report mate, wicked photos!

[Nog]

Great report Brad, good to see they're still playing the game up there. Now if only they would do the same down here

Was that fly a Polarbean?

Norm

[madmullet]

great report and pics mate. that mac tuna that got hit by a shark, got hit in an odd way. must of come from above instead of from behind

[The Mad Hughesy]

Mad photos. Well done mate

[PilbaraBrad]

Great report Brad, good to see they're still playing the game up there. Now if only they would do the same down here

Was that fly a Polarbean?

Norm

Gday Norm

if your talking about the fly hanging out of the shark fodder mate it was a home tied deciever, it is very well munted and destroyed in that pic mate from all the attention it got. most of the time our success came on really small surf candy's and clousers

[Nog]

Actually was looking at the head shot one above. Speaking of sharks, some blokes had a Longy to the boat last weekend (Mooloolaba Fly Comp), and just as one guy grabbed for the tail a big Mako decided he wanted it instead. I think the boat needed a bit of a wash afterwards

[Do$tylz]

nice shot man. And looks like a cracking day. I need to get myself up to the frazer coast to go and chase these tuna... everyone seems to be getting in amongst them.

[PilbaraBrad]

Actually was looking at the head shot one above. Speaking of sharks, some blokes had a Longy to the boat last weekend (Mooloolaba Fly Comp), and just as one guy grabbed for the tail a big Mako decided he wanted it instead. I think the boat needed a bit of a wash afterwards

Actually Norm you may be right, i will have a look at the origonal shot tonight, might actually be a munted flashy profile of stu's. we had a real issue with sharks on these bait balls and a similar story to the one you just told about the mako, except with a whaler. also had one whaler hit the leg so hard when it came in to hit a tuna that it knocked me over in the boat. some big furgles around those bait balls

[muzz]

What weight fly rod are you using for them?

[PilbaraBrad]

yeah mate I was using a 9wt sage i only have a flight and an 1880, Stu was using a Hardy, that thing has some serious back bone for a 9wt