kc_moses

Okay, just try to get a general feel.

Let's say you're at an exotic dive trip, and the chances of coming back is almost none. You're at the last few dives of the vacation, and encounter unique marine life to the region, and it's getting swimming away. You have a split second to make a decision: "If I don't go after it, I may not see it again". 

I know constantly chasing a sea creature is a very amateur move and often frown upon as it scare them away so other divers won't have the chance to see them. But I'm wondering at what point, would you go after them? If you let them be where they were at, do you wait for 5 minutes, 10 minutes etc. hoping they will get close to you. Or you would just swim away to join the dive group?

I'm interested to hear what majority of you did to get good result, and be a better UW photographer/videographer.

Moses

I'm admiring the seriousness of the videography, yet the narration......well, see for yourself, quite entertaining:

And there is one about Mantis Shrimp!

Just curious, what's the result? The Canon7D with raw video would beat the Panasonic GH3.

I'm looking to get a 67mm filter. I'm wondering if anyone has experience comparing the two. The Magic Filter (Auto-Magic) is $20 more expensive than the 10Bar.

The filter will be used for video and custom white balance. If the Magic Filter is better, how so?

Thanks!

Hi all, just finish reading Alex's old article about strobe filter to affect blue water color:

The article is here.

One of the sample that caught my attention is the comparison:

That lead me to the question. The Inon Z2400 is 5500K, while the YS-D1 is 5600K. If I were to attach a gel filter on the YS-D1, which one should I get?

I'm also getting a bit confuse while reading the article. So to get the kind of blue in the picture on the right, I need to warm it up (to about 4300K?). If that's the case, would a filter be easier, or manual white balance to a Kelvin that's warmer then the strobe (not custom white balance on a slate).

By the way, the kind of blue I get is more on the left side of the sample, I thought it was because the sun was not behind me, and I don't have a magic filter. Thought?

PS: I know Lightroom/Photoshop can adjust the blue, but I would rather get it right in the first place instead of spend days in front of the computer, and also I may switch to a camera that doesn't have RAW feature, using a Panasonic LX-7 now.