Cozumel D70 Gallery is up!

kdietz · Nov 22, 2004

Kimberly and I got to spend last week in Cozumel and got in 18 dives. We had forgotten the challenges of getting good pictures with the steady current, but we managed to get a few every dive. We stayed in town and walked to our dive shop and then to the pier everyday. We only had to take 2 taxi rides all week....to and from the airport.

Once again, our D70/Ikelite rigs were easy to handle and worked great. I'm a little dissappointed with my WA efforts, but we found plenty of macro critters to make up for it.

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Karl

lukeROB · Nov 22, 2004

kdietz:
Kimberly and I got to spend last week in Cozumel and got in 18 dives. We had forgotten the challenges of getting good pictures with the steady current, but we managed to get a few every dive. We stayed in town and walked to our dive shop and then to the pier everyday. We only had to take 2 taxi rides all week....to and from the airport.

Once again, our D70/Ikelite rigs were easy to handle and worked great. I'm a little dissappointed with my WA efforts, but we found plenty of macro critters to make up for it.

http://www.kdietz.com

Karl

Some great shots - especially the small crabs and shrimps.
Thinking of getting a similar setup to yours - how big is the ike dome?

kdietz · Nov 22, 2004

All Ikelite domes have a 3" radius....different lengths for different lenses....10.5mm is the shortest and is w/o shade....12-24 is a little longer and the 18-70 is longer yet!

You could get by with using the 12-24 with the 18-70 dome, but the corners will clip if the dome shade isn't aligned just right....it's worth the hassle to travel with one less dome IMHO

Karl

Dee · Nov 22, 2004

I don't think the currents affected you at all...fantastic shots! I'm really glad to see the one's from Palancar Bricks, it's probably my favorite dive sight there.

don't forget to submit some of them for our SB screensaver!

kdietz · Nov 23, 2004

Thanks Dee.....we saw 5 turtles and a spotted eagle ray at the Bricks.....it's a great dive site....stunning structure

Karl

chippy · Nov 23, 2004

awesome shots Karl, I really like the macro stuff, pin sharp and great colours.

justleesa · Nov 23, 2004

OK....so you got a few good shots,....now tell me, how good are your bad shots???

Fantastic slide show, the crispness...everything.....excellent! Thanks for sharing

marpacifica · Nov 23, 2004

Karl,

Great shots! What sort of digital workflow do you follow? The blues in your shots are really nice and I wonder if that's how it looks straight out of the camera or if they're adjusted in PS. Thanks for sharing.

kdietz · Nov 23, 2004

marpacifica:
Karl,

Great shots! What sort of digital workflow do you follow? The blues in your shots are really nice and I wonder if that's how it looks straight out of the camera or if they're adjusted in PS. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the nice comments and questions.

I shoot in RAW and tweak white balance, exposure and saturation a little if required. Then I'll save as a PSD and will try autolevels to see if I'm happy with the results...if not, I'll use levels manually for each color individually. The blues are pretty nice out of the camera, but I'll go to Hue/Saturation and will add +1 to +4 of hue and +4 to +10 or more of saturation for the other colors....don't over do it or it will look fake.

I usually get very little backscatter, but when I do I delete it with the healing brush and rubber stamp....with the image blown up to 400%....this process becomes an artform and requires practice to make it look good.

I'm always amazed how long it takes to go through a week's worth of shots. I don't spend more than a couple of minutes per shot with color queaking, but it adds up.

Karl

ssra30 · Nov 24, 2004

Excellent shots Karl. Thanks for sharing, also really appreciated you putting all the exif info on the pictures as well especially on all the WAL since I still have absolutely no clue about ideal setting for WAL. I think I need to go diving and practice some more soon!

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