Catching breakfast

[KMRennie]

A reminder of photography a few years ago (only 2011) without image stabilisation and ISO 400 producing noisy images. Taken before Dawn on the river Lot in France. Despite the blur and grain I like it but I may just be remembering pleasant holidays cycling in France. Olympus E410, kit lens 1/6s f13.
All comments welcome including why did you use f13 you numpty.

Ken

[RSL]

Good shooting, Ken. The lily pad, or whatever it was, in the lower right is critical to the composition.

[francois]

Well composed and very pleasant result. I like the B&W processing. The slight blur (and grain) gives a classy and old look to this shot. I love it.

[Diego Pigozzo]

I like very very much the motion blur: it gives me a sense of trepidation for the much-sought catch.

On the other hand I don't like the "thing" (I think it's the splash of the fishing line) in the lower right of the shot, because it robs me of the said sense of trepidation, it transform the shot from the capture of waiting to the capture of a moment.

For my personal taste (and probably of the "love of my first impression"), I would clone that out and maybe crop a little the lower part of the shot.

[stamper]

Unusual, at least on this forum. My norm is contrasty and bold B&W but I like this. Absolutely no need to make it "perfect" as it is fine as it is.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

It's definitely a keeper, for all the reasons others have cited.

[KMRennie]

Thanks everyone for the positive comments. A lot of extreme local contrast enhancement to bring out the mist which was floating above the water apart from that no other effect added, I may tone the fish rising down a bit as the increase in contrast has made it much more prominent. The title is poor, the fisherman had not hooked the fish. All the time I watched him (90 minutes before going for a coffee and croissant) he got no bites but the fish kept rising all over the river.  I may crop a little off the bottom as I find that I like my landscapes more long and thin. Oh but I wish that I had either a modern camera to take it, or a tripod as I was sliding down the bank into the river and had no tree or anything else to brace the camera against.

Ken

[Arlen]

Very nice, for the reasons others have noted. As a fisherman, I appreciate the rise myself. I think your idea of toning it down is a good one, though, so it better blends into the feeling of the rest of the image.