A long Road ahead!

doUbleCHIN · 17th June 2008

My first attempt with Ikelite housing and Fuji E900. My first leisure dive and first dive experience at Tioman. The visibility I thought was ok but my buoyancy skill probably more suited to play in baby pool.

I have much to improve and buoyancy is top priority before more damage is done.

Below are taken mostly at Soyak dive site.

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bighead · 17th June 2008

I think you should do something abt the purple cast for the seafan. Very unnatural ..

doUbleCHIN · 17th June 2008

Is called SeaFan ah!...

Oh! thanks for pointing that out. Ya! I think PS auto color screwed the color. Honestly I also not sure how it is not suppose to look.

I guess have to use some common sense.

Will fix it soon. Two more. I think the top one suffered what they called "backscatter". Correct?

kthan · 17th June 2008

the E900 is a very competent cam.....use manual white balance or shoot RAW.

doUbleCHIN · 17th June 2008

Thank Kthan. I will look up how to obtain proper white balance underwater. My next dive, I will hantam entirely in Raw.

Gymrat76 · 17th June 2008

Hey Chin,

Looks like we WERE on the same trip..

You have a pic of me holding the SMB spool

Auto-correction in PS don't work very well, learn to tweak the various settings, and how to set your white balance properly when U/W will help a lot in improving the colour casts. Maybe time for DUP course?

Cheers mate, nice diving with ya, though we wern't really in the same group!

ndroo · 17th June 2008

Wah! Nice! Nice! Time to upgrade to a DSLR n strobes lah!

Gymrat76 · 17th June 2008

Oops, sorry on closer inspection, it wasn't me holding the spool!

BUT we were on the same trip

doUbleCHIN · 17th June 2008

Originally Posted by ndroo

Wah! Nice! Nice! Time to upgrade to a DSLR n strobes lah!

Oh! Nice. The celebration for me living on earth for so long is coming soon.

I really dun mind having such a fantastic setup as present.

doUbleCHIN · 17th June 2008

Originally Posted by Gymrat76

Oops, sorry on closer inspection, it wasn't me holding the spool!

BUT we were on the same trip

Is ok man. No problem. We all look almost identical down there.

Gymrat76 · 17th June 2008

Originally Posted by doUbleCHIN

Is ok man. No problem. We all look almost identical down there.

No we don't

doUbleCHIN · 17th June 2008

ok ok!

ndroo · 17th June 2008

Originally Posted by doUbleCHIN

Is ok man. No problem. We all look almost identical down there.

He can ID u by ur chins lah

lovells19 · 17th June 2008

eh thats not the right way to use a finger spool

don't use auto in photoshop, have to manually adjust to get the correct colors.

get a strobe

Gymrat76 · 17th June 2008

[quote=lovells19;4099170]eh thats not the right way to use a finger spool

QUOTE]

Think he was just holding it leh... then what is the correct way? Cos that's the way i hold it also (make a ring btw thumb and middle finger)

talbazar · 17th June 2008

Nice first shots I'd say.
About post processing, I had (and still have

) the same problem.
Here is a link which helped be quite a lot at the beginning:
http://www.gadling.com/2005/02/11/ho...rwater-photos/

Hope you enjoy...
Cheers,
Pierre.

lovells19 · 17th June 2008

Originally Posted by Gymrat76

Think he was just holding it leh... then what is the correct way? Cos that's the way i hold it also (make a ring btw thumb and middle finger)

His thumb is outside the spool.

17th June 2008	#1
doUbleCHIN Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 470	A long Road ahead! My first attempt with Ikelite housing and Fuji E900. My first leisure dive and first dive experience at Tioman. The visibility I thought was ok but my buoyancy skill probably more suited to play in baby pool. I have much to improve and buoyancy is top priority before more damage is done. Below are taken mostly at Soyak dive site. Last edited by doUbleCHIN; 18th June 2008 at 11:43 PM.

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doUbleCHIN Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 470	Re: A long Road ahead! Last edited by doUbleCHIN; 18th June 2008 at 11:43 PM.

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doUbleCHIN Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 470	Re: A long Road ahead! Last edited by doUbleCHIN; 18th June 2008 at 11:43 PM.

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doUbleCHIN Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 470	Re: A long Road ahead! Last edited by doUbleCHIN; 18th June 2008 at 11:43 PM.

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bighead Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 361	Re: A long Road ahead! I think you should do something abt the purple cast for the seafan. Very unnatural .. __________________ The rule is there are no rules.

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doUbleCHIN Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 470	Re: A long Road ahead! Is called SeaFan ah!... Oh! thanks for pointing that out. Ya! I think PS auto color screwed the color. Honestly I also not sure how it is not suppose to look. I guess have to use some common sense. Will fix it soon. Two more. I think the top one suffered what they called "backscatter". Correct? Last edited by doUbleCHIN; 18th June 2008 at 11:43 PM.

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kthan Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 2,318	Re: A long Road ahead! the E900 is a very competent cam.....use manual white balance or shoot RAW.

17th June 2008	#8
doUbleCHIN Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 470	Re: A long Road ahead! Thank Kthan. I will look up how to obtain proper white balance underwater. My next dive, I will hantam entirely in Raw.

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Gymrat76 Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,591	Re: A long Road ahead! Hey Chin, Looks like we WERE on the same trip.. You have a pic of me holding the SMB spool Auto-correction in PS don't work very well, learn to tweak the various settings, and how to set your white balance properly when U/W will help a lot in improving the colour casts. Maybe time for DUP course? Cheers mate, nice diving with ya, though we wern't really in the same group!

17th June 2008	#10
ndroo Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: www.fuzzyeyeballs.com Posts: 6,719	Re: A long Road ahead! Wah! Nice! Nice! Time to upgrade to a DSLR n strobes lah! __________________ fuzzyeyeballs

17th June 2008	#11
Gymrat76 Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,591	Re: A long Road ahead! Oops, sorry on closer inspection, it wasn't me holding the spool! BUT we were on the same trip

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doUbleCHIN Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 470	Re: A long Road ahead! ok ok!

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lovells19 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Deep Deep in the sea Posts: 3,235	Re: A long Road ahead! eh thats not the right way to use a finger spool don't use auto in photoshop, have to manually adjust to get the correct colors. get a strobe

17th June 2008	#18
Gymrat76 Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,591	Re: A long Road ahead! [quote=lovells19;4099170]eh thats not the right way to use a finger spool QUOTE] Think he was just holding it leh... then what is the correct way? Cos that's the way i hold it also (make a ring btw thumb and middle finger)

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talbazar Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 89	Re: A long Road ahead! Nice first shots I'd say. About post processing, I had (and still have ) the same problem. Here is a link which helped be quite a lot at the beginning: http://www.gadling.com/2005/02/11/ho...rwater-photos/ Hope you enjoy... Cheers, Pierre.