Photography question..
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Hiltonc57
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I just took some and posted them. grey cards are just to balance to light over the whole picture. Its the 'neutral' in the picture if that makes sense. I have a Nikon d90 and shoot with a nikon dx18-105mm lens and a Tamron 70-300mm normal/macro lens. I have my camera on f11 ap (aperture priority) ISO auto and color temp set at 8330-1000(only some cameras have this option). By all means im not a pro at taking pictures and i dont use photo shop. I also shoot everything in RAW format on the manual setting.
2nd Hiltons post.
***shoot in RAW mode, JPG doesn't cut it!***
take a picture of an 18% grey card (waterproof kind or laminate one). then (depending on your software), set your white balance using select as much of the grey card as you can. Adjust from there using balance fine adjustments.
here is a copy/paste of a post I put up earlier in the week (for Nikon):
- always shoot raw & with a tripod. Stock 18-55 will focus at about 11" out. Set camera to Aperture priority mode, set F11 to start with
- take a picture of a stock grey card which is a neutral gray in your tank. I picked up the card at a photo store and had it laminated
- turn off pumps!
- take pictures of some corals (aperture priority mode, start with F11, Iso 100)
- download the NX2 software from Nikons site (60 day trial)
- color balance against the card (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzvPVgRNk6k)
- copy settings
- open raw pictures of corals and paste settings (it's in the you tube link)
- adjust as needed
- save as JPG with another name
- post really cool pictures
***shoot in RAW mode, JPG doesn't cut it!***
take a picture of an 18% grey card (waterproof kind or laminate one). then (depending on your software), set your white balance using select as much of the grey card as you can. Adjust from there using balance fine adjustments.
here is a copy/paste of a post I put up earlier in the week (for Nikon):
- always shoot raw & with a tripod. Stock 18-55 will focus at about 11" out. Set camera to Aperture priority mode, set F11 to start with
- take a picture of a stock grey card which is a neutral gray in your tank. I picked up the card at a photo store and had it laminated
- turn off pumps!
- take pictures of some corals (aperture priority mode, start with F11, Iso 100)
- download the NX2 software from Nikons site (60 day trial)
- color balance against the card (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzvPVgRNk6k)
- copy settings
- open raw pictures of corals and paste settings (it's in the you tube link)
- adjust as needed
- save as JPG with another name
- post really cool pictures
I dont think the underwater cameras are worth the price.Most every shot you see around taken top down and looks like its taken underwater are most likely with lookdown boxes.Basically cuts the glare and lets you get closer shots.
I use a canon t1i with a macro lens but I dont shoot in raw so it loses alot of detail.
I use a canon t1i with a macro lens but I dont shoot in raw so it loses alot of detail.
fatrip
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I agree with not getting an underwater camera unless you are droping a lot of cash on one. The pictures will just come out like a normal P&S in a water tight plastic style bag.
With the white balance you can use gray, white or black cards depending on the situation. But when creating a digital image as a RAW file there is no need to do this. With a RAW editing program like Lightroom, you can create the balance of colors that was either what you saw when taking the photo or a more vibrant colored picture.
If you are wanting to get into photography as a new hobby I would suggest a lower end DSLR to start with. Nikon and Canon are nice. Canon's lens' are a bit cheaper tho so most would stear that way. If trying to shoot corals up close I would suggest a fixed focal length Macro lens as this will get you the best picture without distortion unlike a zoomed "Macro" lens.
With the white balance you can use gray, white or black cards depending on the situation. But when creating a digital image as a RAW file there is no need to do this. With a RAW editing program like Lightroom, you can create the balance of colors that was either what you saw when taking the photo or a more vibrant colored picture.
If you are wanting to get into photography as a new hobby I would suggest a lower end DSLR to start with. Nikon and Canon are nice. Canon's lens' are a bit cheaper tho so most would stear that way. If trying to shoot corals up close I would suggest a fixed focal length Macro lens as this will get you the best picture without distortion unlike a zoomed "Macro" lens.
