[aruanan]

Photography can mess with perspective and spatial relations - heck, that's how they shot half of the hobbit / human scenes in Lord of the Rings.

That's why I used elements of the photograph that weren't affected by perspective and spatial relations, such as the hand that was at the same distance from the camera as the fish and the pectoral fin width to body height. The fish in the porch photo is not rotated to make its profile narrower because the caudal fins are clearly evident in both. The head in the porch photo is much longer than in the orange shirt photo. This would have nothing to do with perspective because the shingles on the house even farther to the left of the head are not elongated. Also, notice that the markings on the pectoral fins and the belly are different between the two photos.

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"That's why I used elements of the photograph that weren't affected by perspective and spatial relations..."

He apparently plans to submit the fish to the International Game Fish Association for verification, so I guess we'll know in the fullness of time. And if he doesn't submit it, I guess we know the reason for that too.