Big Fishing
The guy on the right actually had something on his line that was still in the water. I shot the Dolphin at an aquatic show in the Algarve a year later. With Photoshop, I positioned it to follow the gaze of the other guy. It was impossible to import all the tiny splashes and droplets with the dolphin photo, and I spent many hours to clone these in from a series of selected ones. Lightning in background was drawn with Photoshop tools.
Big Fishing belongs to the following groups:
Digital Photography, Florida the Sunshine State and Hunting and Fishing the Great Outdoors Available for sale asGreeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints and Framed Prints
Mel Brackstone
Wow! What a great job you’ve done here! This should do well on Fathers day, which is in a couple of weeks. I’d recommend you add some tags like father, fishing, funny, humour and other relevant words….Tags work quite well here!
Belinda Leopold
Fantastic!!! You sure know how to work that mouse…...:)
billyboy
Thank you Mel and Belinda. Lots of work went into this and as it was my first manip picture, it took me lots of time too. In fact, I never got on with a mouse and so now use a drawing tablet—this makes it much more natural to trace and draw. It’s indispensible to me now.
Mel, I will try the key words… hadn’t thought of that before, but if it helps getting my stuff noticed, I’ll give it a whirl!
Cheers, Bill
Catalin Soare
Superb work
billyboy
Thanks so much Catalin. Just been to your gallery—you’ve got some wonderful shots in there!
Cheers, BB
Paul Vanzella
Great concept – and well executed… Full of impact!
billyboy
Thanks Paul, a massive credit coming from you. Your entire gallery rocks bigtime!
BB
Hiroko
Wonderful shot you’ve captured here, what a huge fish man…
Kimberly Palmer
Very cool… you are a true artist!
Daniel Rarela
wow… haha catching a dolphin… what are the odds?! impeccable photoshop skills, billyboy!
billyboy
Cheers Hiroko, Kimberly and Dr. J!
Damian
Great image, brilliant work to pull it off like this. Very cool!
billyboy
Many thanks for the comment Damian!
missmunchy
Holy crap…thats awesome! talk about catching a moment! =)
Louise Cooke
Great work!! Totally convincing and really humourous!
Greg German
Awesome! I am now inspired to really learn how to use PS.
SylviaHardy
This is so fantastic, well done.
nick board
Superb piece of work, i could see this doing well .
Philip Rogan
This is real quality work!
Terry Best
Fantastic job!
Michelle Rogers
what a moment! Shazam!
merloz
Great job.. fun and very welldone… gratz.
Arlene Zapata
Incredible action image + master pshop skillz at work once again!
Catherine Crim...
yeah you see..thats the fish that got away on me over the weekend….honest injun it was this big!!!! Hey BB howd you get a picture of it..i didnt know u were even there!!!
lol…
i love how you did this BB..
billyboy replied
Cathy, it is SO cool to get this comment from you… was gonna BM you anyway to see how you were. So let me know where to find out about your biggie that got away over the weekend…
This was one of the very first montages I did in Photoshop so it`s very close to my heart. Thanks so much for noticing and liking. Ya made my day!!
X2U
Stephanie Ohne...
wooow thats very creative!! well done!!
KristaLynn1807
Thats Kewl Although Dolphins In The Wild Are SO Much Better just playing great creation..
C J Hummel - ...
Great Image, you are a master of PS.
I agree with Kristalynn1807 that Dolphins, whales and other sea life creatures are bettr off in the wild. In fact I hate zoo’s with a passion, as they are only concerned with money
billyboy
CJ (and Kristal!), I was waiting a year for someone to voice this concern. I SO wish I could have used a shark snapping after a low flying seagull miles off the coast, but as I only use my own pictures and am not very good in shark infested waters, I had to settle for the dolphin show thing.
So to prove my sincerity, from now on, any proceeds from sales of this picture will go straight to the WWF. So a large framed print would do nicely thank you very much…
Anthony Jalandoni
nice concept and photoshop work! Are you a NAPP member?
billyboy replied
I1ll give it to you straight Anthony… I don`t know what NAPP is!
But I`ll take the compliment anyway. Thanks!
Rosina Lamberti
awesome work billy
chris blackwell
thats just awesome billy
aaronschwartz
wicked
LindaR
stunning art Billy ~ the light, comp, color ~ spot on!!
billyboy replied
Cheers Linda, it gives me a buzz every time someone says they like this. It`s my very first digital collage, and also the first one I ever got published. It was a double page spread in a big circulation French mag svereal years ago, and a very big moment for your humble BB. Thanks so much for digging this!
linaji
I found your dolphin tonight.. looking for a bite and here it is.. all slipppery and crazy like.. what an imagination you have darling man. Oh.. I just read the top to Linda.. wow.. that is so cool.. how many times since then have you been published?
xox
billyboy replied
Funny, I was thinking dolphins last night and hoped you’d see this. Like I told Linda, this is so special to me being my first.
I’ve been published enough times, but only as reader showcase spots in mags,, and a couple of tutorials. The double spread in Chasseur d’Image was cool as it was simlply a WOW injection over two pages. It’s always wicked to see your own stuff in print, but I think the Modern Drummer ad had to be the coolest for me.
Thanks SO much for passing by and for the fav!!
x
Peter Hill
Am I the only one to notice the lightning? How the freakin’ hell did you manage that at the same time? :)
billyboy replied
Yes you are.
It`s actually just a line traced in Photoshop with a bit of coloring in the cloud.
It always gives me a buzz when someone comments on this pic as it was really my first digital comp.
So thanks for the buzz!!
kathy s gillen...
excellent work
billyboy replied
So cool you dig this… it was the very first image I did in Photoshop, so it holds a massive place in my heart.
And thanks for hosting such an awesome group!!
xo
Karen Moore
Okay Billy, nice comp, I go to the dalt water all the time and see dolphins, but in the many times I have been to the beach I have only seen them jump once and missed the shot . I have photoshop but am not so good at layers. Awesome work here
billyboy replied
Thanks especially for commenting on the comp as the placement of the dolphin to create the triangular shape anchored by the two fishermen is what gives the shot strength in my opinion. I was lucky that the guy on the left appears to be looking right at it… that was a bonus, as was the dynamic sky.
Cheers too for the compliments!
Diana Orabi
That is stunning.. love the mood
billyboy replied
Hi Diana!
Thanks so much for finding this and for loving the mood!!
xo