tri4funnow 0 Posted June 22, 2014 Hi all, I am back in the water after a 5 year break from photography and the water. I took this in Kona, HI right near the harbor entrance. I struggled a ton with the color...may just be the limits of light, depth, and GoPro. Spinner dolphins under a boatLocation: Kona, Hi near the harbor entranceGoPro Hero 3+ Adjustments in Aperture (totally new to this): Temp: 4345k Tint: 10 Exposure +0.08 Black Point +14.29 Brightness +0.06 Definition +0.43 Saturation +1.0 Mid Contrast +17.26 Looking for any help, constructive criticism, composition advice, or resources Thank for the help and inspiration, James Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jmauricio 23 Posted June 26, 2014 my humble opinion... Nice image overall. I like how the dolphins and boat line up. I like the blue in the bottom 2/3 of the frame, I don't like the surface color in the top 1/3. It looks too washed out/over processed. Perhaps play with your white point or selective white balance The blotch or speck or bubbles in the bottom left quadrant is distracting. I would clone out or crop. Perhaps consider black & white conversion? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gargar 2 Posted June 30, 2014 I like the shot. If it were a raw file and being edited in lightroom i think you could really do a lot more with it. But to get ideal color and exposure in all areas of this shot from a jpeg image would be impossible without reducing the overall image quality. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom_Kline 84 Posted June 30, 2014 (edited) There is a limit to how much color correction (white balance) that can be applied even from a raw file. Here are two versions from the same raw file pic, also from Kona. In one version the color temperature was set to "daylight" using the pull-down selection in Lightroom, the other I maxed out both the color temperature and tint sliders, respectively, all the way to yellow and magenta. The issue is shooting through too much water, which acts as a blue-green filter. The longer the distance the greater the filtration effect of water. Edited June 30, 2014 by Tom_Kline Share this post Link to post Share on other sites