I had to apply numerous adjustment levels to bring around the best second shot, levels, curves, more levels and curves with areas masked out. Lots of masking in the shadow areas so I could push any lighter areas.
Archive of posts tagged kelp
Octopus in Shell August in Catalina
Wow! These are photos from some of the best dive conditions I’ve seen. So perfect for natural lighting underwater photography. I really love the picture of the octopus in the sea snail’s shell. This is where color corrections and retouching techniques come in. The Octopus is camouflaged Big!. The photo is as [...]
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.
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 [...]
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.
