Key West: View from below

[Q B@LL]

Hey gang! Just wanted to follow up on my post a few weeks back... Blue Springs: Beneath the Surface, where I got to test out the underwater housing that I got for our S500. That was the "dry run" :) . So now I've got some pics from our trip to Key West (actually still on it). They're a little better but still needed some touch up in PS, and prolly still need more (these are the most "post" worthy). I also tried to acutally compose shots as I could, but it's a lil more difficult than on land (and I've already got problems with that!). Anyway, hope you enjoy and I'll have some top side pics to follow soon!

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Part of a wreck (the Bent Wood)

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a Maze Brain and a Seargent Major

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Brain and a Neon Goby

[Bluedog]

Do post more Q B@LL ... Key West > the American Tropical Island < I love that place and only wish I had my digital stuff back in '97 ... :(

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Can you find the way through the maze?

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A ray of some sorts

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Same ray...closer

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A fan to help with the heat...

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Swim thru...

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and lastly a couple attempts at silouettes (sp?)

[Bald Eagle]

All i can say, is i wish i had gone with you, you are having entirely too much fun. Awesome photos. post more soon. you lucky dog. ;)

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last attempted silouette...

[Bald Eagle]

like i said, way too much :D

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Bluedog, BE:

Thanks for the compliments! BE, I'm here til Monday :D (no more diving though... now just getting "tanked"!!!

[Bald Eagle]

lets see, i can be there in 4 hours, you're getting tanked, hmmmmmmmmm, just got to trade the wife and son in, and i'll be there. :eek:

[phistio]

i nearly cried...

man i miss diving, and have got to plan a trip soon!

all i can say is "fantabulous" photos!!! :D

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phistio:
Thanks for the compliment! Diving is definitely in a league of its own as far as the experiences you can have under the water, but it does share a similarity with my other hobbies.... $$$ But always well worth it!

[iplayazi]

I know you did ps. But what settings did you use??

Nice pics!

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iplayazi:

Thanks for the feedback! As for the settings in PS, I used a few different ones. I mostly used the automatic ones just because they were easier and I wanted to post pics :D But to be specific, I used the levels, contrast, shadow/highlight, USM, and that about it I think. Then I just tweaked them so that the pics kinda looked like what I saw down below...

[iplayazi]

Cool!

I thought I would show you one of my pics I already use auto levels. Do you think theres anything else I can do to improve?

[Q B@LL]

Cool puffer pic! You could also try a little saturation adjustment that would make the colors pop a lil more. Just be careful that you don't ever do it :D BTW, I'm no PS pro... I just use what pleases my eyes when I see the pic.

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[phistio]

...but it does share a similarity with my other hobbies.... $$$ But always well worth it!


then i'm sure you and i have nearly the same hobbies... ;)

(saltwater fishtanks, diving, fast cars, photography, guitar, hi-fi home theatre, poker, etc., etc., etc.) :D

[gstafleu]

I thought I would show you one of my pics I already use auto levels. Do you think theres anything else I can do to improve?

First, instead of auto levels do a manual levels (on the pic as shown). Pull the left (dark side) slider a bit to the middle.

Then do Filters | Sharpen | Unsharp Mask. Use amount=100, radius=1.

[TheObiJuan]

Even better would be to use selective color in CS. You can make the images look just like you saw it when you were there, not with a massive cyan bias.