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Moved my photoshop diver blog to a new URL; catalinaunderwaterphoto.com. Successfully! Welcome!
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Archive of entries posted by catalina1
Moved my WordPress blog to a new URL!
Lobster Photos at Invertebrate Reserve Catalina Island
No wind, no current, warm water, hot sun. We dove spots we usually don’t get to, like this cool wall that is exposed and usually has way too much wind and current to dive. We dove the invertebrate reserve and I got some nice photos of lobster.
Bat Ray Dive Day, Catalina
Another great dive day. I got some great photos of Bat Rays, one of my favorite subjects. I also got some great movies.
Back to strobe shooting, Farnsworth Banks, Backside Catalina
The backside spots were very cool, that’s the only time I’d been there. We were mostly in deep spots, and I think I was too narked from the previous dives to get many photos, the ones not posted were blurry and generally f’d-up.
Strobeless again, Santa Barbara Island, 5-04
Okay this was such a great day and I love how these photos turned out. We had bright sun and great vis. No strobe on this session, I’d been using it for a while now and always wound up liking my results better after some simple photoshop work and no flash. So [...]
Photos from beneath the surface of Catalina 4-04
This batch marks my return to strobeless shooting. And right away, over 20 usable photos instead of 8, with some help from Photoshop of course. Check ‘em out.
Catalina Dive Photos 11-03
I continued to use the strobe for more sessions but eventually stopped using it. Main reason is that I could get more usable shots when not using a strobe. Sounds strange, but it’s true. Before using the strobe and after giving it up, I would get 20 or more usable photos per session, as opposed to 6 or 10 usable photos when using it.
Catalina Island 9-03
…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…
More Manual Strobe Photos – Catalina Island 8-03
But I was really getting the hang of this manual strobe… I like the way the light was just falling off the subject and allowing lots of blue and green to show in the background. I also got a few shots of an Abalone I fed kelp to.. the way I light these shots still leaves plenty of room for my usual levels and curves adjustment layers.
to the home of my underwater scuba photo galleries. Check out my photos and movies and see how and why I use software like Photoshop, Final Cut and Aftereffects to color correct my images and video clips.
