…I fired off about 30 shots but only came up with about 4 usable photos. I was shooting only macro with my manual strobe loaded with my super-diffuser cap. The vis was terrible for this dive trip. We started west of Parson’s Landing then moved east to Parson’s itself and then on to two more dives at Emerald Bay…
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Masking Adjustment Layers and When (not) to Sharpen — Mantis Shrimp Photo
any times, if I’m getting my exposures right, and there is adequate lighting, i.e., I’m not too deep and the visibility is not too poor, the resulting photos will clean up nicely with a simple levels adjustment and maybe an added contrast curve. Then there are the other times when maybe the lighting was not [...]
Catalina Island, Church Rock 12-02
Dive trip photos improved with photoshop levels and curves. Used “cheater curves” on worst photos to see affected levels adjustments then readjust or delete cheater curve. Used second targeted levels adjustment to further improve effects of poor lighting.
to the new home of my underwater scuba photo galleries. Read on and discover why Photoshop should be every underwater photographer's best friend.