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Offline Mightytboy

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« on: November 21, 2006, 02:40:51 PM »
I just got back from Maui yesterday and here are some of my pics.





















I took about 300 pics but these are some of the best.

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« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2006, 02:47:13 PM »
Excellent! What kind of watercase do you use? Or is it a camera specifically engineering for underwater photography?

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« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2006, 02:56:13 PM »
Nice photos MB:)

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« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2006, 03:00:08 PM »
Great photos MB.. thx for sharing.

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« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2006, 03:02:07 PM »
ReefMaster DC310 Digital Pro Set

I've had it for about 2 years and with the wide angle and zoom lens you can get some really great shots.

I take a a couple of hundred shots and normally 1/2 come out good.

Well good for me at least.

I even got some good dolphin pics and movies but the movies are over 3 meg in size. One is over 8 meg.

I posted most of them here if you are interested.



http://www.nlcs.k12.in.us/dewey/hawaii/

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« Reply #5 on: November 21, 2006, 03:02:37 PM »
Good stuff. Looks like you had a great time. I'm so jealous...........:cry
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Re: Hawaii pics
« Reply #6 on: November 21, 2006, 03:08:50 PM »
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I immediately noticed the high contrast situation in this first photo MB and I loaded it into photoshop to try something. This is the result:



If you have followed my progress since I first got my digital camera you might remember I had a lot of early problems shooting in high contrast situations...with lots of reading and the use of photoshop I found combinations of adjustments that help bring out detail and colour in this type of circumstance.

What do you think? *shrugs*

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« Reply #7 on: November 21, 2006, 03:22:24 PM »
Those are great Mightyboy.  Imiss Hawaii; I lived there 10 years ago.

xrtoronto,

Was gamma the main thing that you changed?

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« Reply #8 on: November 21, 2006, 03:25:01 PM »
Very neat, makes me wish. Great work on the underwater shots, as ususal.:aok
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« Reply #9 on: November 21, 2006, 03:29:05 PM »
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Those are great Mightyboy.  Imiss Hawaii; I lived there 10 years ago.

xrtoronto,

Was gamma the main thing that you changed?


In photoshop CS2 (version 9) there is image/adjustments/shadow&highlight... that is the first and most important command that I have found for this kind of situation...then I tweak saturation/lightness and then contrast/brightness...took less than a minute

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« Reply #10 on: November 21, 2006, 03:31:40 PM »
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« Reply #11 on: November 21, 2006, 03:38:41 PM »
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In photoshop CS2 (version 9) there is image/adjustments/shadow&highlight... that is the first and most important command that I have found for this kind of situation...then I tweak saturation/lightness and then contrast/brightness...took less than a minute


I've never used Photoshop; just cheaper programs.  Sounds like gamma though.

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« Reply #12 on: November 21, 2006, 03:48:18 PM »
Great underwater pictures!  That's a pretty nice camera you've got there too.  

When I was in Hawaii two years ago, I tried the disposable underwater cameras but was very unhappy with the results.
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« Reply #13 on: November 21, 2006, 04:11:15 PM »
Look out Xrtoronto, the Bye Bye photoshop police siren just went off....:confused: :confused: :confused:

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« Reply #14 on: November 21, 2006, 04:18:28 PM »
very nice shots.
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