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kay, so we’ve got one killer shot:
Steven Ooi’s ‘Dragon Slayer’ (1).
Put it up front, give it plenty of
room. It tells us we are fishing
for wild brown trout, in clear
water, it’s summer, and the fish
are jumping. A very rare and techni-
cally demanding image in every sense.
We don’t often see a shot this good —
definitely photo-essay material...
Speaking of jumping fish, do we have
a genuine action shot to balance that
out? Yes, Daniel Kent’s ‘Stump Jump-
ing’ (5). Big fish, calm day, colourful
clothing, well framed, nice looking
lake. Has to be Tasmania, right? In
fact it’s an Atlantic salmon on the line
at Twin Lakes. Perhaps a little camera
shake, but you don’t get many oppor-
tunities to take a shot like this and it all
happens so fast.
And the feather (2), Lizzy Marsh’s
‘Treasure Hunt’? That’s just a quirky
little ‘filler’ and we’ll talk about them
later. A simple enough image but
it captures the essence of a feather
search that will make any keen fly-
tying enthusiast smile.Rob Sloane explains the making of an article
based on FlyLife’s 2017 Topshot Photo Competition.
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