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Examples: Eastern Sierra (Nikon D810)
Examples from the Eastern Sierra Nevada.
Rainbow trout
It was dark and all I could do was try to take the shot using my LED headlamp for illumination. This is actually extremely difficult to do, that is while providing reasonably even illumination on the subject, so I shot wide.
The Sigma 12-24/4A renders very sharp detail in central areas even wide open—see the crop.
The larger fish is a 23-inch 5-pound fish, exceptional for Saddlebag Lake (see the Zebco “De-Liar” below and to the right!) and the largest trout I have ever caught as of 2016. Few anglers are so fortunate, with most trout running 11" to 13" in the lake. The smaller 18-inch trout is a terrific catch in its own right, dwarfing 95% of the fish caught in Saddlebag Lake by a factor of 3X to 4X on weight! The 23" fish is a rarity (I lost another of similar size a few days later on the season closing day at sunset—the hook was through soft flesh and pulled out after five minutes of careful “play”!) I caught both of these fish in short order after driving 5 hours from home... fishing has its reward days for those days when such fantastic luck doesn’t occur (skill plays a big part too, at least for raising the odds of such a catch).
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NIKON D810 + 12.0-24.0 mm f/4.0 @ 24mm
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