That's what you call a large mouth!

[Mango17]

don't know if this has been posted before but...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3441/3301076840_aca25f7d39_o.jpg

[flippinbaits]

don't know if this has been posted before but...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3441/3301076840_aca25f7d39_o.jpg


some terrible photoshop! :D

[bad habit]

cool pic anyway....

photoshop IS fun........ Although It is funny when people attempts to falsify their lunker catching abilities. :thisbig:......Its not hard to spot.

[Dave Smith]

OK, I don't get it: how can you tell if a pic is photoshopped? :shrug:

[DJD]

OK, I don't get it: how can you tell if a pic is photoshopped? :shrug:
Zoom in and look at bird claws on this photo

[boblag]

It may be photoshopped, but I've been seen many smallies in that position.

[Dave Smith]

OK, I zoomed in like crazy- everything looks perfect to me :shrug:
How positive are you guys? What would be so difficult about getting a pic of an osprey with a largemouth- they gorge on them at Crane Prairie. I have a book about Crane with a pic of an Osprey with a largemouth and the caption says something about how the Ospreys eat so many trout- he he.

[1bigfish]

I have not taken the time to zoom in on the pic but just looking at the fish itself it looks like a photoshop job to me. The fish looks like a wallmount to me. I have seen both smallies and largies taken by birds of prey and never seen one with its mouth wide open and fins all flaired out like in this pic.

If I really cared I would take a close look at the shadows and such but I just don't care enough. I would rather sit back and read all the post that will be made about this pic.:cool:

[nevermiss]

Like the post before mine said, it looks like a mounted fish to me. I've seen ospreys take fairly big fish, but if they're too big the bird just lets go of 'em. I didn't zoom in on this one, either, but didn't think it necessary.

[Jedcraft]

We had an Osprey take a bass about that size not 20ft. in front of us on a golf course pond here in Medford. Way coool. Could not believe it could get airborn with it.

[flippinbaits]

OK, I zoomed in like crazy- everything looks perfect to me :shrug:
How positive are you guys? What would be so difficult about getting a pic of an osprey with a largemouth- they gorge on them at Crane Prairie. I have a book about Crane with a pic of an Osprey with a largemouth and the caption says something about how the Ospreys eat so many trout- he he.

im not saying that this doesn't happen. especially durring the spawn when some of the smaller males are in shallow water, they get whacked. but it is photoshoped for sure :D


if u want to see some real ones...just google image some, and u will see a big difference

[Dave Smith]

Alright, hate to say it, but you guys are way off base. Here I was putting my trust in you guys and you're just guessing and it's not even an educated guess! :D
I have been making fish replicas for 25 years and I can tell you without the slightest doubt: that is NOT a mounted fish. That's not a paint job and no one in a million years could or would position fins like that- that's real slime, not a gloss coat and the pic is definately taken outdoors.
So you guys are all calling photoshop because the mouth is open? Wow, I hope you guys don't get called into jury duty- ha ha :flowered:

[sharpshott]

While the picture certainly could be photoshopped, theyre are so many things in un-edited photographs that look a little funny because your not use to seeing things as still images, I think too many people jump on photos too quick saying theyre photoshoped, i dont think anyone can take a cool picture anymore without getting dogged on the first response saying its photoshoped... cool picture either way

[BassinFever]

I don't know if it's photochopped or not, (and I do some of it) but I know that if an osprey had me by the top of the head I might have my mouth open and my fins sticking out too!

[flippinbaits]

Alright, hate to say it, but you guys are way off base. Here I was putting my trust in you guys and you're just guessing and it's not even an educated guess! :D
I have been making fish replicas for 25 years and I can tell you without the slightest doubt: that is NOT a mounted fish. That's not a paint job and no one in a million years could or would position fins like that- that's real slime, not a gloss coat and the pic is definately taken outdoors.
So you guys are all calling photoshop because the mouth is open? Wow, I hope you guys don't get called into jury duty- ha ha :flowered:


since dave smith says it is, it must be.

discussion over :flowered: :applause:

[raptorschild]

Alright, hate to say it, but you guys are way off base. Here I was putting my trust in you guys and you're just guessing and it's not even an educated guess! :D
I have been making fish replicas for 25 years and I can tell you without the slightest doubt: that is NOT a mounted fish. That's not a paint job and no one in a million years could or would position fins like that- that's real slime, not a gloss coat and the pic is definately taken outdoors.
So you guys are all calling photoshop because the mouth is open? Wow, I hope you guys don't get called into jury duty- ha ha :flowered:

Seriously?......how does someone like you make replicas and catch monster bass without paying even the slightest attention to detail? hehe....j/k....but seriously.....why is there no background?.....why is the background a muddled version of the sky with no definition on the clouds?

The clincher for me though:

May I direct your attention to the sun shining on the underside of the bird.......Now may I direct your attention to the shadow on the side of the bass?

Why is there a shadow on the bass, yet no shadow on the underside of the bird.

That would suggest fairly obviously that the sun would have to be in 2 different places at once.


I am not sure how familiar you are with our solar system......but we only have 1 sun. :passout:

[raptorschild]

And after giving it a 4rth or 5th look........who is taking the picture?.....someone who happened to be flying his ultralight right next to a osprey?.....a skydiver who dabbles in photography?........because we know its not someone on the water because the fish would be DRIPPING!


There are so many things wrong with this picture that I would bet I have a better shot at catching a state record smallie this year, than this being real......


One thing is for sure though.....we all need to go fishing if were are sitting here arguing over what is and what isnt photosoped!:whistle:

[dckkllr]

I say it's the real deal. Look at the soft rayed dorsal, and how the tail of the osprey creates a shadow on the side of the fish. The light appears to be coming from off to the left and behind the photographer.

[BlackBass]

I have not taken the time to zoom in on the pic but just looking at the fish itself it looks like a photoshop job to me. The fish looks like a wallmount to me. I have seen both smallies and largies taken by birds of prey and never seen one with its mouth wide open and fins all flaired out like in this pic.

If I really cared I would take a close look at the shadows and such but I just don't care enough. I would rather sit back and read all the post that will be made about this pic.:cool:

:yeahthat:

[Greg516]

I dont know.. You would think the claws going into the fish's gills would draw some blood.

[flippinbaits]

I dont know.. You would think the claws going into the fish's gills would draw some blood.


fish dont bleed :meme:


lol

good point

[Dave Smith]

Ofcourse it might be photoshopped, but WHY?? Why would someone even bother? It's not like it's a pic of a dragon carrying a martian. It's an Osprey with a fish! That'll make the headlines. If you do a google images search of "osprey with fish" you'll see page after page after page of pics just like this. It looks like it would be harder to get the two pics that match and shop them together than it would be to just go snap a pic of a osprey with a fish.
I thought you guys had some cool way of knowing what's fake and what's real and it turns out there are just a bunch of wild guesses. If it's real, don't you feel slightly bad for the person who took the photo?
It might just be fake, but if we're calling it a fake because it has fuzzy clouds, or we can't quite work out the shadow details, or the mouth is open, then the majority of the ones on Google are fake, too.

[bad habit]

Ofcourse it might be photoshopped, but WHY?? Why would someone even bother? It's not like it's a pic of a dragon carrying a martian. It's an Osprey with a fish! That'll make the headlines. If you do a google images search of "osprey with fish" you'll see page after page after page of pics just like this. It looks like it would be harder to get the two pics that match and shop them together than it would be to just go snap a pic of a osprey with a fish.
I thought you guys had some cool way of knowing what's fake and what's real and it turns out there are just a bunch of wild guesses. If it's real, don't you feel slightly bad for the person who took the photo?
It might just be fake, but if we're calling it a fake because it has fuzzy clouds, or we can't quite work out the shadow details, or the mouth is open, then the majority of the ones on Google are fake, too.

becuz its fun ! ...I play with photoshop for leisure and for school. ....Whether it is simple or technical- its fun

[raptorschild]

Ok dave.....you win.....but I googled and the other ones out there are of a completely different level of realism....they have almost absolutely nothing in common with this pic.

I will say though....that you make good points about why someone would fake a fairly common occurance......and I did find that almost all pics have the bass with an open mouth.

Maybe the pic just looks ridiculously fake......yet its real.

One more thing I found in common was that our picture on ifish appears to be taken from a common elevation, and all the ones on the internet are obviously taken from below, or above where you can see the water in the back drop, or you are looking up at the bird with sky in the backdrop.

In our photo....you have no water, and yet the pic was taken from level, with no water dripping off the fish. Kinda kooky.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1256/951950791_d8602e1037.jpg%3Fv%3D0&imgrefurl=http://flickr.com/photos/8450474%40N02/951950791&usg=__RoMY8QIDKhGIrkPdYK2-lP1A-v0=&h=500&w=367&sz=140&hl=en&start=2&tbnid=MYRqW59_1NcRZM:&tbnh=130&tbnw=95&prev=/images%3Fq%3DOsprey%2Band%2BBass%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3D en%26sa%3DG

http://owensbirds.com/cropped%20for%20web/osprey_with_bass.jpg

http://i.pbase.com/g3/40/368040/2/54597863.jpg

http://forum.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=messageboard.viewThread&entryID=42847276&groupID=100350863&adTopicID=24&Mytoken=A1E7A6A2-8A60-4064-A8160B5979F07A6C8411603

[raptorschild]

Ofcourse it might be photoshopped, but WHY?? Why would someone even bother? It's not like it's a pic of a dragon carrying a martian. It's an Osprey with a fish! That'll make the headlines..


I guess I could answer this question......Whats more insane....the fact that a good photoshopper would invest 10 minutes into a project like this....or the fact that 20 grown men would spend hours debating it!:flowered:

[1bigfish]

I spent about 20 seconds looking at the photo, but about 5 minutes reading all the is it or ain't it. I for one am glad the pic was posted here. Great entertainment.:D

[Dave Smith]

Because its fun ! ...I play with photoshop for leisure and for school, very fun! .... A freind of mine photoshopped His fathers head onto another pic with a guy holding a MONSTER trout that was pulled form the east coast..
You're making my point for me! My point is: you don't photoshop something that's super common- but that's just a wild guess on my part because I have no idea!

I guess I could answer this question......Whats more insane....the fact that a good photoshopper would invest 10 minutes into a project like this....or the fact that 20 grown men would spend hours debating it!:flowered:

I think it's good for us- look at those points you made: stuff I would have never thought of- you might have a CSI carreer ahead of ya- I know I wouldn't want you investigating me if I had an ex-wife in the bottom of a lake- not that I do.....I'm just sayin.........

[Mango17]

wow.. looks like me spending 2 mins and accidentally finding this pic when doing a search for somehting else worked up a pretty good discussion!

[HammerinHonkers]

Heres one that I photoshopped to show the difference.....I used to be the pole, you can tell by her face.

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc195/zchandle/fishing_babe_002.jpg

[Mango17]

:yeahthat:


HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[1bigfish]

Every fish pic that has ever been posted on the internet is a fake.:D
Except mine of course.:D:D

I actually think the ospray/bass pic looks pretty cool. Had Mango17 said he had taken the pic I wouldn't have sturred the pot by questioning the pic but since it was taken by someone none of us know I had no problem having fun with the pic. Hopefully nobody took my comment as anything more then just having fun.

Hopefully the person who took the pic(should they ever find our comments) will have a good laugh about our post. Then again I have seen lots of pics on this board questioned and I didn't hear anyone laughing. And I am sure that Rodger was not laughing at the comments below.


I was looking up some "fake/photoshopped" bass pics and look what I found. The comments are a must read.:hoboy:

http://www.landbigfish.com/images/gallery/pics/bestbass.jpg (javascript:popup(53,298,420);)


Silver Lake in Cowlitz County : Largemouth Bass, Washington
what's the deal?
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doug Date Submitted: October 25, 2002 Its BS the whole picture looks fabricated if the picture was acurate that would be a 50 lb bass I have a picture of a 30lb fish I caught and it doesn't even look as big as this fake bass does. get a life
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bass fishing pro (basspro@hotmail.com) Date Submitted: October 30, 2002 That's a nice bass my friend!
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fishkilla Date Submitted: October 31, 2002 Is the dude is 3' tall?
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DP Date Submitted: November 1, 2002 It is BS....I saw the IDENTICAL photograph on a website last year that said the fish was caught at a lake in MICHIGAN. I think I can find the website and I'll post. Doug
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Doug Date Submitted: January 28, 2003
That's a real pic of a real Silver Lake, WA, bass. Roger's just a short guy, and you'll notice he's holding it towards the camera, naturally making the fish appear bigger.
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Andy Date Submitted: March 17, 2003 Roger sure seems to get a lot of rates
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Rtavis (beechuntcatfishn@aol) Date Submitted: March 17, 2003 Sure getting a lot of rates
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Charles (clamb@aol.com) Date Submitted: March 18, 2003 This is the real picture. He's a short guy.
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BOBBY Date Submitted: April 15, 2004 Yes, I've met the guy, he's like 4 feet tall making the fish look like it's bigger than it really is.
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Greg Date Submitted: July 24, 2004 THAT GUY IS A MIGIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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James Dudley (Gebo) (Jaiken33) Date Submitted: August 22, 2004 WOW!!! That fish looks huge!! Nice Catch
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Taylor Date Submitted: December 29, 2004 IS THAT TATOOS COUSIN FROM FANASTY ISLAND , HEY BOSS THE BASS , THE BASS
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bling bling Date Submitted: January 3, 2005 That big bass was the best i have seen!
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alec (EmiJH@yahoo.com) Date Submitted: October 27, 2005 don't worry about what those retarded rednecks say. I think that's a beauty. you did a great job. good luck my friend.
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alex (yukonkangaroo@yahoo.com) Date Submitted: June 7, 2006 thats rogers fish my friend... i believe him i have seen many of his pics and have talked to him... he sure doesnt seem to full of it to me.....if you dont believe him why dont you just call silver lake in cowlitz county and ask them for yourself, he was a bass guide there... dont let em get to you roger.. you have a few fans!!!
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tnj8222 (tnj8222@hotmail.com) Date Submitted: June 13, 2006 where did you catch that at and what did you use the biggest i catched was 8 pounds how big is that
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eric uselamn (weman12@yahoo.com) Date Submitted: May 25, 2007 Nice 300lb Bass.... Loser
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Billy Bob Date Submitted: August 17, 2007 that's very nice
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cassie Date Submitted: May 16, 2008


Funny how "fake" the pic looks to those who don't know the real story behind the pic. The website I found the comments above was the first time I had seen the pic. The pic and all the comments was part of what led me to ifish. Guess that is what happens when you post a pic on the web.:passout:

Thanks for posting the pic Roger. It sure was a nice fish.:applause:

[nevermiss]

You know, now that I've thought about it--that bird looks like a mount as well!

[bad habit]

Heres one that I photoshopped to show the difference.....I used to be the pole, you can tell by her face.

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc195/zchandle/fishing_babe_002.jpg

WHAT POLE ?..... i cant take my eyes off her necklace :D :throb:!

I dont think anyone was pickin on mango either, I wasnt ..nor was Flip.....I guess we just didnt know the rules applied to photoshop, and what should be said and what shouldnt be said...:shrug:.....now we do :flowered:.....

[Mango17]

umm.. i did take the picture:whistle:





..i think

[1bigfish]

I dont think anyone was pickin on mango either, I wasnt ..nor was Flip.....I guess we just didnt know the rules applied to photoshop, and what should be said and what shouldnt be said...:shrug:.....now we do :flowered:.....

By Mango17 reply I don't think he felt like he was being picked on. Heck if I thought anyone would be offended about the comments on the ospey/bass pic I wouldn't have made my comments. I just saying we should all be carefull about how far we go with our comments unless we know 100% for sure if a pic is real or now. As seen in my post above some people just go WAY TOO FAR when talking about other people they don't know.

As for the swordfishingcentral pic.... Photoshop is my guess.:D

[Dave Smith]

Hamerin Honkers: there are definately at least two fake things in that pic that I noticed right off the bat. he he.
Well all that crap about Roger's fish just says one thing about Roger: he achieved something great.
DS

[Mango17]

not offended here.. talk on

[Lunkerlander]

Sounds like everyone on here is suffering from fishing withdrawls. Like a smoker trying to quit. I love reading posts like these.

[ExBassGuide]

:lurk::angel::meme:

[arkansasbasser]

That photo of Roger is definately photoshopped. The thing that gives it away is that the smile would have been much bigger.:D

[bassfishingnw]

Picture taken today at Hagg Lake...real or fake (hehe) :flowered:

http://www.ifish.net/gallery/uploads/1360/exbassgiude.jpg

[nitrobass]

Picture taken today at Hagg Lake...real or fake (hehe) :flowered:

http://www.ifish.net/gallery/uploads/1360/exbassgiude.jpg

The "all in" moment...a beer for your efforts! :cheers:

[1bigfish]

That pic is soooooo fake. I mean come on we all know Roger would have made sure the fish was released unharmed.:p

[BassinFever]

That pic is soooooo fake. I mean come on we all know Roger would have made sure the fish was released unharmed.:p

BAAAWAAAAAHAAAHAAAA!

Ya, it's fake for sure, we all know that Ospreys do not get that big!!

[tuanchau]

Thats got to be fake, Roger wouldn't fold up his legs like that, he would be doing the superman pose!

Now this one is real. It was a 12lb Lunker Osprey.
Everyone should be happy to note that Roger released the bass unharmed.

http://www.ifish.net/gallery/uploads/14174/RogerOsprey.jpg

[1bigfish]

:laugh::laugh::laugh:

[built2fish]

OMG, I am crying right now!!! :jester::jester::jester:

Thanks boyz, I needed that.

[BassinFever]

Where the "L" is Roger, only he can set this all straight!!!!

[OutdoorBum]

I have not taken the time to zoom in on the pic but just looking at the fish itself it looks like a photoshop job to me. The fish looks like a wallmount to me. I have seen both smallies and largies taken by birds of prey and never seen one with its mouth wide open and fins all flaired out like in this pic.

If I really cared I would take a close look at the shadows and such but I just don't care enough. I would rather sit back and read all the post that will be made about this pic.:cool:



:yeahthat::yeahthat:

[Mango17]

photoshop or fish from the willy?!?

http://bbs.chinadaily.com.cn/attachments/month_0809/fish%20with%20two%20jaws_I0TxvjLo6nWc.jpg

[raptorschild]

Neither......fish with a tracheotomy.

[bad habit]

This is great! Love that photo shop...look at all this fun.....courtesy of adobe....and mango.

[Basshound]

I love it!!! I'm suprised Roger hasnt chimed in. I hope he is'nt offended. Maybe he's hackin up a masterpiece as we type?

[BassinFever]

I love it!!! I'm suprised Roger hasnt chimed in. I hope he is'nt offended. Maybe he's hackin up a masterpiece as we type?

Just maybe the photo wasn't photochopped and he is up in some Ospreys nest somewhere yelling for help!!:whistle::whistle::whistle:

Hey Roger, where are your??????????????

[ExBassGuide]

just got back in town. I love the photos! now that is funny!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks!
Roger

[Bearden]

AWESOME and entertaining!

Bearden

[Green Eyes]

http://www.miguellasa.com/photos/sspopup.mg?AlbumID=1001578 More osprey pics sorry no bass.

[SandyRiverFisher]

[quote=Dave Smith;2434619]You're making my point for me! My point is: you don't photoshop something that's super common- but that's just a wild guess on my part because I have no idea!
quote]

Actually you do, as part of your coursework if you take a photoshop class at a community college such as COCC. Lots of these photos find their way onto the net. Dont ask me how I know this.:whistle: