Need feedback

[DiveBandit]

I just used my olyc5050 and pt-015 housing for the first time on a gulf dive Sunday. Took a few pictures and am looking for feedback from you veteran photog's. If anyone has the time please take a look and suggest improvements. BTW, I don't yet have a strobe.


Thanks.
Dave

 

[kapula]

That's a good start. Like the nudi. You propably should pay more attention to your manual white balance adjusting since those pictures are bit blue

 

[maractwin]

It is a good start. Nice composition in several of the pictures.

One thing that often helps is, whenever possible, get slightly below your subject and shoot upwards. You'll get a rich blue background instead of sand or rocks.

Also, get as close as you possibly can. For instance, in the last picture the grunts aren't entirely clear and sharp because of the amount of water between them and the camera. By moving slowly, you should be able to get within 2 feet of fish like that. Then zoom the camera all the way out, and you'll get a better looking picture.

For the wreck shots you would need a wide angle lens to get closer. But if you positioned your model in the 2nd shot just in front of the wreck instead of behind it, at least they would be clearer.

The C-5050 has raw mode capabilities. If you've got a large enough memory card, then always shoot in raw mode. You can then adjust the white balance afterwards to avoid the blue tint on your pictures, as well as making minor adjustments on exposure.

If you don't have enough memory to shoot raw mode (each image takes 7Meg) then use manual white balance.

-Mark

 

[scubaaaronh]

Did you use white balance or flash?

 

[LVX]

That's a good start. Like the nudi. You propably should pay more attention to your manual white balance adjusting since those pictures are bit blue

Someone sent me a great PhotoShop action that removes the blue and adds red. For shots that have a great deal of ambient light, the action really helps.

 

[DiveBandit]

what version does it work with. Can you forward it ?

 

[AUTiger]

I ran your photo through the underwater.atn action available at Adobe for Photoshop (fullblown photoshop, not Elements). That action can be downloaded at

http://share.studio.adobe.com/axAss...ack=http://share.studio.adobe.com/Default.asp

This is straight out of the converter with no other work.

David

 

[AUTiger]

Here is what the underwater action did for one of your tank photos. In this photo, there was less of the red channel to work with, so the action doesn't do as well. It performs best when there is some red to enhance.

Keep shooting. I didn't have a strobe for my first year, either. Check out the UR Pro filters that enhance the red by decreasing the blue and green. They work best in bright shallow water and can give spectacular results.

David

 

[DiveBandit]

AU, they look better, I like what it does. I'm gonna download the action and run it. I have PS7 and PS elements. I'll do it in straight PS.

Dave.

 

[DiveBandit]

This action file works wonders, just load into photoshop and wala. Whether you use an Oly or not it's a great help. Only catch is you need Photoshop.

You can see a big difference in my gallery on the older spring diving pictures where I didn't use the action, and now on my wreck pictures where I did use the action.

The file and quick instructions are attached in a zip file.