Coral Bommie

Blogged by Simon on January 23, 2010 10:51am | Last updated by Simon on February 03, 2010 12:50am | Category: Underwater Photography | Get a Print Get a Print |

Coral BommieHere we have a small bommie at Fan 38 East in Wakatobi, standing out nicely against the blue backdrop. I always try to look for these when diving, anything rising up high enough to be able to hover in about half it’s height is great. In this instance I shot wide angle with the Nikon 10-24mm (@10mm) in landscape mode, but cropped to portrait later because the image is more effective this way.

Camera settings f/11 for 1/60s, ISO 200. Post processing includes crop, underexposing -1EV, bumping up saturation to bring out the colors of the reef and level adjustments. In retrospect, should have gotten a little closer to the subject, shoot portrait mode and avoid the bottom 20% of the frame, then turn down my strobes just a bit to avoid some of the aggressive highlights and aim for a more even overall lighting. I also forgot to adjust white balance giving the coral in the bottom right corner a cyan tinge.

I’m still not unhappy about this shot, the colors and glow effect work out nicely.

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  1. Jan Paul
    on January 25th, 2010
    1

    Awesome shots. Thanks for sharing useful info on taking shots underwater. I’m just beginning shooting, but been diving for only 5 years. Thanks again.

  2. Simon
    on January 25th, 2010
    2

    Thank you Jan, great to hear from you and I’m happy you find this blog useful. I don’t think there’s such a thing as diving for 5 years “only”, that’s some good experience. Show us some of your photos.

    Cheers,

    Simon

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