Backscatter

[kwickert]

I am always amazed how helpful this board is.

Thank you guys.

Ken

 

[justleesa]

That pic is very dark. When you let the filters work on it something shows up, but it looks more like a cartoon/coloring book picture. Sorry but that one is a gonner.

 

[kwickert]

I am hoping by manually calibrating my white balance and turning off the strobe I can do better next time.

Ken

 

[justleesa]

I am hoping by manually calibrating my white balance and turning off the strobe I can do better next time.

Ken

That will make a BIG difference. You might want to check out this thread. It has some good tips on setting the MWB.
Good luck!

 

[beserker_77]

Wow thats a good photo after editing! how did you go about editing it? Possible to share a few tips?

The back scatter in the picture that you posted could be erased with the proper processing software. here a before and after processing pic:

 

[Zorrr2]

Jinx Zorrr2!....lol...

Picture turned out well . . its a keeper !!

 

[justleesa]

Wow thats a good photo after editing! how did you go about editing it? Possible to share a few tips?

I just go thru the filters that I have:
Auto levels (if I have a red hue after using the levels filter I go back to the original photo and use the color cast tool and start from the top again)
Auto color correction
Auto contrast


If I still don't like the colors I sometimes go in and add some red and green.

Then sharpen the picture up a bit

Finally use the clone (stamp) tool to erase the backscatter

Let me know how it works for you.

Aloha,
Lisa

 

[kwickert]

Thanks sooo much Zorrr2!!!

Looks like the old one goes to the bin, if you don't mind, I believe you did turn that into a keeper. I appreciate you going out of your way to do that for me.

http://allenhost.com/albums/wicksdivepics/abk.sized.jpg

Thanks again.

Ken

 

[justleesa]

check the link...it doesn't seem to work

 

[Jason B]

worked for me, looks good.