Ive been fly fishing my whole life and have been interested in and practicing an old type of simplified fly fishing that originated in the mountains of Japan called tenkara. As a fly tyer, I became fascinated by the simple and beautiful flies (or kebari as they are known) used in this type of fishing. When I started photographing these flies I wanted them to have the look of an illustration in an old fishing book. Eventually I would like to get a series of maybe 12 images that I could print in small squares on Japanese washi and present in a box with copies of the actual flies from the photos in the lid.
On the technical side all of these images were shot and processed on my iphone using various apps and extreme crops. The massive crops and associated image degradation actually made for a great starting point to achieve the look I was after. I have tried a few attempts to make these with my full frame canon and photoshop but they just never turn out as well as the iphone images.
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