LCD Washout Underwater

"Rudy Benner" <bit_bucket@rudybenner.com> wrote in message
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> > Rudy,
> >
> > Your photos are awesome!
> >
> > I have a Canon Powershot S500 (5 Megapixel) and just bought the Canon
> > underwater
> > housing. Is your camera similar to mine?
> >
> > Sy
> >
>
> The group from April 2005 were done with a little Canon A85. I am in the
> process of re-editing the whole bunch, I screwed up and deleted all my
work
> by accident.
> The group from Feb/March 2006 were taken with a Olympus C-7070 iusing raw
> mode. Big improvement by going to raw mode. Strobe is Inon D-2000.
>
>
Rudy
I did notice the difference between 2005 and 2006. Vastly different I must
say. This accounts for what I said in my previos post to you regarding the
quality of equipment.
Marcel

"Celcius" <celcius38@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Rudy Benner" <bit_bucket@rudybenner.com> wrote in message
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>> "> There are plenty of forums online which deal with the subject of
> underwater
>> photography.
>>
>> Primary to good underwater photography is good diving skills, ie, good
>> buoyancy control and trim.
>>
>> I have a few of my UW pictures posted at www.rudybenner.com/album
>>
>> R.
>>
> Hi Rudy!
> I know you from rec.scuba, where I don't go anymore because they talked
> more
> about politics and guns than scuba diving.
> Yes, you're absolutely right about buoyancy, control and trim. As a matter
> of fact, I became a better diver because I did photos and films
> (camcorder)
> underwater. This is critical while filming, but even more so while
> photographing : you don't want to crash into the coral and you don't want
> to scare your model away.
> The other important thing is to have reasonably good equipment. For
> instance, whereas you don't necessarily need strobes on a camcorder, you
> need some sort of flash / strobe on a camera. You can pan with a
> camcorder,
> but with a camera, especially with the likes of a 35mm lens, you better
> shoot up close, unless you have a very powerful flash. The camera and
> lens,
> as above water are also very important. Lastly, your own skill plys a
> major
> part. Taking many photos and analysing the results plys a major part.
> Take care,
> Marcel
>
>

I agrree about rec.scuba, it used to be useful.

I seldom use my strobe, I prefer to use ambient light.

Good technique eclipses good equipment.

A lot can be done with post processing to improve images taken with ambient
light. I do a lot of work with photoshop.

I think my switch to raw mode was the best move I made.

"Celcius" <celcius38@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Rudy Benner" <bit_bucket@rudybenner.com> wrote in message
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> >
> > "> There are plenty of forums online which deal with the subject of
> underwater
> > photography.
> >
> > Primary to good underwater photography is good diving skills, ie, good
> > buoyancy control and trim.
> >
> > I have a few of my UW pictures posted at www.rudybenner.com/album
> >
> > R.
> >
> Hi Rudy!
> I know you from rec.scuba, where I don't go anymore because they talked
more
> about politics and guns than scuba diving.

Ah, but you *do* still go there. :^)

> "Rudy Benner" <bit_bucket@rudybenner.com> wrote in message
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>> Shutter lag can be largely eliminated through the use of manual
>> settings.
>>
>
> I agree Rudy, I've had alot less problems with shutter lag on my
> canon a70 by usig manual focus. You can see some of my pics here:
> http://www.divewithjay.com/gallery.htm
> Jay

Hi Jay

Can you explain the hows & whys of this bobble pic to me please, I'm
intrigued

http://www.divewithjay.com/gallery/a..._02_05.093.JPG

Thanks

Tim

> >>
> >
> > I agree Rudy, I've had alot less problems with shutter lag on my
> > canon a70 by usig manual focus. You can see some of my pics here:
> > http://www.divewithjay.com/gallery.htm
> > Jay
>
> Hi Jay
>
> Can you explain the hows & whys of this bobble pic to me please, I'm
> intrigued
>
> http://www.divewithjay.com/gallery/a..._02_05.093.JPG
>
> Thanks
>
> Tim
>
>


http://bubblerings.com/bubblerings/faq.cfm is a good place for more info.