crab
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I picked up a new Oly D-40 and PT-012 housing recently and finally got a chance to get them in the water yesterday. These shots were taken in Tacoma, Wa yesterday, 7/31.
This is the first time I have taken underwater photos, so to keep things simple, I just locked the camera in the "My Mode" setting at F2.8 and a shutter speed of 1/125. The flash was in "Slow1" sync.
There was a nasty algae bloom going on yesterday-- the vis from the surface to about 15' was near zero. Below 15', the vis opened up to about 20', but there was still alot of loose, clumpy algae floating about. As a result, the only pictures I got that didn't have significant back scatter were macro. I eventually plan on getting a stobe, but I'll just stick close to my subjects until then.
Any feedback on the pictures would be appreciated. I know the focus is generally soft. I think may need to have a faster shutter speed and adjust the aperature accordingly to get things sharper. I fiddled around a bit in Photoshop, but I was never satisfied with the image sharpening that it was producing. Anyway, here are the pictures. Now let me have it...
This is the first time I have taken underwater photos, so to keep things simple, I just locked the camera in the "My Mode" setting at F2.8 and a shutter speed of 1/125. The flash was in "Slow1" sync.
There was a nasty algae bloom going on yesterday-- the vis from the surface to about 15' was near zero. Below 15', the vis opened up to about 20', but there was still alot of loose, clumpy algae floating about. As a result, the only pictures I got that didn't have significant back scatter were macro. I eventually plan on getting a stobe, but I'll just stick close to my subjects until then.
Any feedback on the pictures would be appreciated. I know the focus is generally soft. I think may need to have a faster shutter speed and adjust the aperature accordingly to get things sharper. I fiddled around a bit in Photoshop, but I was never satisfied with the image sharpening that it was producing. Anyway, here are the pictures. Now let me have it...