Pics from Cypress and Becton Springs 6-19-5
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andrea31419
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Nice pics.
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SuPrBuGmAn
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Thanks
Cool pics. The first one is surreal with the unlimited visibility and the diver off in the distance.
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SuPrBuGmAn
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I think that particular picture wouldn't have been interesting at all without the diver in it. It would have made the dive site look much smaller and shallower than it really is(not that its really large or deep in the first place).
f3nikon
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Good job, with the visibility that good UW, how does the surface look like? This looks like a great place for above and below, half and half shots. The type of pictures seen in travel mags.
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SuPrBuGmAn
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Whats the best way to go about taking an over/under shot? I've tried a few times, but my UW half ends up being too dark or the AW half ends up being blown out. Unfortunately, I don't remember what my settings were on the last time I tried a shot like that...
Maybe its time to try again
Maybe its time to try again
f3nikon
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SuPrBuGmAn:Whats the best way to go about taking an over/under shot? I've tried a few times, but my UW half ends up being too dark or the AW half ends up being blown out. Unfortunately, I don't remember what my settings were on the last time I tried a shot like that...
Maybe its time to try again
Well with film they used a custom-made screw-on lens filter. The top half, for above water had a neutral density filter that was cut in half, this would lower the light on the water surface by a stop or two, the bottom half or the UW part, had a close up lens cut in half.
With the lens and filter working together the boat or the shoreline subject will be in focus because you can focus to infinity while keeping the UW subject in focus due to the close-up lens. Then the exposure will also be balanced because the ND filter will balance the bright surface light with the darker UW light.
But that was then, lets fast forward the age of computers and cheat! Take an UW shot with the camera lens just below the surface then pop the lens above the surface readjust the focus and exposure and take a surface shot. Let the computer splice the two together.
You can even make it look realistic by including a water line or wave action. On second thought take the surface shot first to avoid the water drops, when taking the lens out of the water.
Oh, don't just take one shot each, bracket and take a dozen or so above and below.
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SuPrBuGmAn
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I'll give it a shot next time around. The spring can be picturesque ontop at times, then at times its overrun by the local necks
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