Thursday's (Sep. 23) Maui pics

[Gilligan]

Today's dive was in the Ahihi-Kinau Reserve just south of Ahihi Bay.
The depth ranged from 20 to 35 feet.
For a change of pace the 4 photos are of the coral formations in that area.
All the photos were taken at F5.0, 1/80, Manual White Balance and an Inon Wide Angle Lens.

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[SuPrBuGmAn]

Beautiful

 

[lukeROB]

yes, you are the master of manual white balance.
Great shots.

 

[Dee]

Very cool formations...sort of reminds me of the Flower Gardens.

 

[Scuba65]

Very nice...very different also a bit of a change from the fish. thanks

 

[Jetwrench]

Very nice, Jim. So crisp. It did lack one or two of your surface shots though (I enjoy them also)

 

[ygthad]

They are Great.. Thanks

 

[calypsonick]

Jim, very nice!! Are you using any Photoshop color enhancement techniques on these or is it exclusively manual white balance that is getting the reds back into the shots?

Thanks
Nick

 

[Gilligan]

Jim, very nice!! Are you using any Photoshop color enhancement techniques on these or is it exclusively manual white balance that is getting the reds back into the shots?

Thanks
Nick

I usually only use "Auto Levels" and get these results with the Manual WB. Sometimes I also adjust brightness and/or contrast.
Now and then I also use Helicon Noise Filter. Those are usually the more distant shots that have more "noise" in them.
BTW, I had to use PS "Auto Levels" on the comparison shot I took with a filter and Manual WB. The comparison is HERE
Before I used Manual WB I had to use the "mandrake process" on the no-strobe shots and the results were not as good as those taken with Manual WB.

 

[PhotoTJ]

Interesting. The reds and blues seem slightly richer with the filter, but I'm not sure that isn't correctable with a tweak in PS. I think I'll try both and see what the result is in california waters. My shots seem to lean toward the green.