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Fig. 140. Although this photo of a snook on a Mexican beach is sharp 

 and in fine exposure, it is not a good picture because all three lines— drift- 

 wood, fish, and rod— are parallel. The photo could have been greatly 

 improved by simply turning the rod or stick, or both, to other angles. An- 

 other improvement— the rod could have been turned around so that the 

 handle and reel were on the right side, by the tail. 



Fig. 141. Fish always look bigger when the comparing object, the rod 

 and reel, is behind it. A male (hump) seabass. 



