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Sony A6500 or A7iii to photograph whales underwater?

Started Dec 19, 2018 | Discussions thread
kelpdiver Veteran Member • Posts: 5,564
Re: Sony A6500 or A7iii to photograph whales underwater?

daveco2 wrote:

The big challenges for me underwater are framing moving targets and their backgrounds, water clarity, and backscatter with strobes.

using a very broad stroke, since we're not dealing with specifics - backscatter strobe problems beg the question of orientation.  If you're pointing them at the target, or straight forward, you probably shouldn't.   Aim outward.  And are you using diffusers or no?

On the LR vs PS angle-  if you're nearly entirely doing global edits, then LR is the answer, so long as your camera is supported by the version you have or can get a license for.  If false, or if you're doing a lot of spot fixes, then the $10 subscription for PS probably pays off.   On the Bahamas trip I watched a particularly skillful editor remove unnecessary divers from the background of her pictures.   This sort of removal and cloning stuff works a lot better with the tools in PS.     Some believe that is wrong - the picture should be 'honest,'   She represents the other camp where the picture is supposed to highlight the subject (shark), not include distractions that don't contribute.  It's not reportage photography.

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