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Photo Forum / General Photo Topics / General Topics / September 2007Anyone has a photo of flying fish?
I have seen lots of photos of animal, birds, flowers, bees in this newsgroup and other camera talk fourms. I have seen beautiful pictures of humming birds frozen by the camera's extremelly fast shutter speed. However, I rarely see a good quality photo of a flying fish. What I mean by flying fish is not a fish caught by a flying bird. I am thinking of a tropical fish that has wings and jumps and glides in the ocean. My question is whether someone in this newsgroup took a photo of a flying fish and can share it in this newsgroup, or show where anyone can access and see the photo(s). I found only a trickle number of photos when I search the flying fish photos in Google images, Photo.net or Pbase. There must be those enthusiast photographers who also have habits of sport fishing, or perhaps spent some time near Barbados and had a chance to take that rare photos. Thanks for sharing any photos of a flying fish. Type "flying fish" in Google, not Google Images. Jean-Luc Ernst www.digigrey.com On Sep 28, 11:27 pm, anira...@gmail.com wrote: > I have seen lots of photos of animal, birds, flowers, bees in this > newsgroup and other camera talk fourms. I have seen beautiful pictures [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Barbados and had a chance to take that rare photos. Thanks for sharing > any photos of a flying fish. Google is your friend. Fifteen seconds of keystrokes elicits: http://www.soc.soton.ac.uk/marine_wildlife/marine_images/M65-2_2005/Flying_fish.jpg http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/flying-fish.html And the following is just something semi-OT but fun, that we've been seeing around northern Illinois lately: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/09/26/eveningnews/main523372.shtml -- YOP... > I have seen lots of photos of animal, birds, flowers, bees in this > newsgroup and other camera talk fourms. I have seen beautiful pictures [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Barbados and had a chance to take that rare photos. Thanks for sharing > any photos of a flying fish. During WW II, I was an infantry rifleman in the Pacific. On our way to Leyte for the landing, we were allowed to take rifle practice by shooting at flying fish. I never hit one, and nobody else ever told me he did. They come out of the water unexpectedly, fly erratically for two or three seconds, and drop back into the water. They are VERY difficult targets for a rifle or a camera. On Sep 29, 12:27 am, anira...@gmail.com wrote: , I rarely see a good quality photo of a flying fish. What I > mean by flying fish is not a fish caught by a flying bird. After over a hundred thousand miles of offshore sailing, having been nailed in the forehead by one, having heard one hit the mainsail and bounce down through the back of the collar of the helmsman's shirt and after having removed scores of them from the deck in the morning I can tell you Marvin is absolutely right and Nervous Nick's first link is probably the best picture you'll ever find of one in flight. Hummingbirds are easy, hang up a feeder and wait for them to show up. I know of nothing more fleeting nor ethereal than a flying fish in flight. On Sep 29, 12:43 pm, babalooix...@hotmail.com wrote: > On Sep 29, 12:27 am, anira...@gmail.com wrote: > , I rarely see a good quality photo of a flying fish. What I [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > I know of nothing more fleeting nor ethereal than a flying fish in > flight. Thanks Martin and Babalooix, both very interesting stories! > I have seen lots of photos of animal, birds, flowers, bees in this > newsgroup and other camera talk fourms. I have seen beautiful pictures [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Barbados and had a chance to take that rare photos. Thanks for sharing > any photos of a flying fish. Now, the hard one would be catching hatchet fish when they are flying. Tiny, with only short flights, plus they live in the Amazon.  SignatureWaddling Eagle World Famous Flight Instructor > However, I rarely see a good quality photo of a flying fish. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb8OmEr7VqI On 29 sep, 06:27, anira...@gmail.com wrote: > I have seen lots of photos of animal, birds, flowers, bees in this > newsgroup and other camera talk fourms. I have seen beautiful pictures [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Barbados and had a chance to take that rare photos. Thanks for sharing > any photos of a flying fish. Sites like www.flickr.com might be a good place to look (search for "flying fish" in the tags): http://www.flickr.com/photos/pedromadruga/248470790/ http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1407963750&size=o http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiguan/137105214/ http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=118297385&size=o http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=118297467&size=o http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=297340214&size=o > On 29 sep, 06:27, anira...@gmail.com wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Sites likewww.flickr.commight be a good place to look (search for > "flying fish" in the tags):http://www.flickr.com/photos/pedromadruga/248470790/http://www.flickr.com/photo_ zoom.gne?id=1407963750&size=ohttp://www.flickr.com/photos/antiguan/137105214/htt p://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=118297385&size=ohttp://www.flickr.com/photo _zoom.gne?id=118297467&size=ohttp://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=297340214&s ize=o Thanks for all the info about the flying fish. Unfortunately, there seems to be very limited number of photos of a flying fish in action (in Google image, Google, Flikr and others as suggested by the responses here). When I was a kid, my first impression of a flying fish was not real, but just a legend. You will see in Google that a lot of story about flying fish are accompanied only by sketches, not photos. But, then I saw this kind of fish sold in the market in the Caribbean island and knew then that it was real. I think I have only seen a few, as provided by some readers of these newsgroups. Thanks for Bob who provided a u-tube movie of the jumping carps. But, I am thinking about the fish with the wings (as shown in some photos), which also does not include jumping salmons. I am also not thinking about a flying fish in water or in someone's hand. I am looking for a real, sharp and large images of flying fish in action. So far, I think I only see 3 or 4 photos. It is amazing with the many pro digital cameras nowadays (with up to 1/8000s shutter speed capabilities), that I can only see a handfull photos of the flying fish. As said by one of the response of this thread, perhaps taking such a photo is much more difficult than taking a photo of a hummingbird. Well... I think this is a good challenge and opportunity for those who wants to show off their cameras' capabilities and photos. Thanks for all of the response. Unfortunately, I will not be near tropical water in the near future. So, I will not be able to try to get such a photo myself. When you've had enough of flying fish, you might look for photos of fish that walk on land. I saw one on Leyte, about a foot up the trunk of a leaning tree. |
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