Wednesday photo, Not Fade Away, Kelp Macro

[ChrisM]

Kelp, Catalina Island

 

[Dee]

Boy...that second strobe sure makes a difference in color, doesn't it? I love both colors!

 

[Rooster]

Very nice! I Like!

 

[Finesse]

Very Nice......Can you share with us how you set that one up??

 

[diverkim]

This was digitally altered after, yes?

 

[ChrisM]

Thanks - the only post-production done on this pic is compression in the histogram (which I do to all my pics), some minor backscatter removal, and slight sharpening to bring out the "fringes" in the edges of the frond.


Settings were f5.0, 1/800, 100 ISO.

Can't remember specific strobe settings, since it was my first time out with two strobes, but probably -5 and -7 or so. Strobes were positioned above and below kelp.

 

[clive francis]

what do you mean by compression in the histogram?

 

[ChrisM]

DOn't know if compression is the right word, but I go into the histogram and slide the black and white points until their they are just inside the edges of the curve.