The Noises 13-12-08

Azza · **Joined:** Thu Aug 23, 2007 7:50 am **Posts:** 846

Like this Martin?

Cannafish · **Posted:** Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:33 pm

Go to the 'filter'' drop down and select 'unsharp mask'. Then type in the fields i suppled and click ok. :wink:

Cannafish · **Posted:** Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:41 pm

Hard for me to tell with two images on different pages. Try 75,2,3 in the unsharp. That's a good portrait sharpening setting and may make the image more 'punchy' which would work well with that subject. Mail me the pic and i can do a before and after.
Sometimes the sharpening in PS will not work too well with P&S cam's. They often run very high in cam sharpening settings. Best to turn off the cam's sharpening settings, take images at the highest quality you can and just put up with the 'meagre' 500 shots you can get rather than 50million poor quality ones. :wink:

Cannafish · **Posted:** Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:45 pm

With a bit of playing about you could bring the colour right back too.

Thats a nice capture and worthy of getting the colour and sharpening spot on, you could even get away with slightly contrasty colours and a bit of over sharpening...

The composition of your pics are excellent. I can see a budding photographer there. :wink:

aquakiwi · **Joined:** Sun Jun 01, 2008 6:30 pm **Posts:** 80

Nice shots Azza, always wondered what the Noises were like, Nice simple P/S explanation Martin, i understood most of it.

Space Kat (=^.^=) · **Joined:** Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:03 pm **Posts:** 39

Nice pics! Did you get any macro shots of the orange nudibranch egg coil in the 6th photo ?

ScubaGirl · **Posted:** Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:02 am

Great pics Azza, looks like a nice dive site!

I could definately do with some lessons in photo editing, does anyone know of a good basic/beginners guide to underwater photo editing using photoshop? (or any other software for that matter) At the moment I just play around with the photos but have no idea what I am actually doing..

Hybrid · **Joined:** Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:30 am **Posts:** 226

Just to add to the photoshop lesson, don't use the unsharp mask until you've done all your other colour adjustments.

To fix the colours being out of whack, I usually use 'Levels', then adjust the red, green and blue histrograms one at a time. There is lots of room for adjustment, and you can spend ages working it all out.

You can also use the "quick mask" option to set the levels on difference parts of image.

I'll try and find some good online lessons

Or on CS4 you can just use the auto-levels and it actually works! Muhc improved on CS3, CS2.

Azza · **Joined:** Thu Aug 23, 2007 7:50 am **Posts:** 846

Cheers for all your help guys.

PH I tried your flash idea today and it doesnt work so well with Macro and a fixed flash. Maybe I need side strobes...

This is "as is" from the camera..you dont really notice the flash

This is with Auto Levels and Colour - Notice how the flash really stands out? This is with a diffuser in place

Took a few others...

This is as is from the camera

With Auto Levels and Auto Colour

Escaping Scally

Packhorse · **Posted:** Mon Dec 22, 2008 6:49 pm

Wow thats such a huge difference. Viz looks good.
Any crays about?

Flipper · **Posted:** Mon Dec 22, 2008 8:18 pm

nice shot - never seen a scolly grin before

Azza · **Joined:** Thu Aug 23, 2007 7:50 am **Posts:** 846

Viz was crap for the cray dives...maybe 2 metres

Scallop diving was around 4

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