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Recents shots from Bay of Pigs, Cuba

Started May 31, 2019 | Discussions thread
PHXAZCRAIG
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Re: Recents shots from Bay of Pigs, Cuba

I always do a white balance, with or without strobes.   The color temp of my strobes is (I think) close to 5600k, but 5250 with a diffuser.  In any case, those numbers may get me close, but I still want to do an accurate white balance on something as neutral as I can find.   And it turns out there are lots of bits you can use for white balance in typical underwater shots.  Most metals and black neoprene, some white spots on both divers and fish (if not blown with overexposure), and frequently some bit of bleached coral that I take as pure white.

In your edits, the Christmas Tree worm closeup looks much softer now.  I think it was soft before, but the bright highlights drowned out the details in the white tips.

I suspect you should be adding a fair bit of sharpening, with a small radius value.

The one where you toned down the harshness of the background coral is improved, but the white balance seems a bit off.  I'd keep playing with it, but I don't know how to describe what I'd be looking at and doing exactly.

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