On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, Thomas Heide Clausen wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 16:25:24 -0400 (EDT)
> Mark Dapoz <md@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Actually, it's partly the camera's "fault" (the water does look a
> > bit murky).
>
> Actually, it is always the photographers fault, if anything :)
True, if for no reason other than not using the correct equipment :-)
> The secret to good underwater photographs is to reduce the column of
> water between the camera and the object one wishes to take photos of.
> There's a good reason why many UW photographers prefer rather
> extreme wide-angles.
Yes, that helps as well, mostly to reduce the number of floating particles
between yourself and the subject. You still need proper illumination though.
If there's no red's or yellows present, it doesn't matter how close you
are, the photo will still look blue :-) Here are a few example of what good
lighting combined with close distances can produce:
http://olympus.dementia.org/misc/uw_macro1.jpg
http://olympus.dementia.org/misc/uw_macro2.jpg
http://olympus.dementia.org/misc/uw_macro3.jpg
Sorry, no OM content there, that's purely Nikonos territory.
-mark
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