Cozumel Photos

[pelsasser]

Lots of recent Cozumel galleries being posted so figured I would post the link from my recent trip as well.

Mexico - 2019 - Elsasser Photography

Below is my favorite shot from the trip.

Enjoy!

 

[ReadyDiverOne]

Very nice! Particularly like the Arrow Crab closeup, well done.

 

[pelsasser]

Very nice! Particularly like the Arrow Crab closeup, well done.

Thank you! Second trip with a new camera and really enjoying it.

 

[though13]

Wow! Amazing pics! How do you get the colors so vibrant?

 

[pelsasser]

Wow! Amazing pics! How do you get the colors so vibrant?

Strobes! Cozumel is extremely colorful naturally, it’s just a matter of getting that color to show up in the image. Shooting up on a subject to frame it against the blue of the water and then getting enough light on the coral / sponges to get them to pop against the blue of the water.

The other tip that I have is getting very very close to your subject, strobe lighting dissipates underwater very quickly and along with it goes all of the color.

 

[cicopo]

Phil, were you shooting RAW?

 

[LimitedSlip7]

Awesome pics! What camera/strobe setup are you using?

 

[pelsasser]

Phil, were you shooting RAW?

Yes. Always

 

[pelsasser]

Awesome pics! What camera/strobe setup are you using?

Olympus em1 mk2
Nauticam housing
2x ysd2 strobes
All macro shots are with the oly 60mm
And wide angle with the Panasonic 8mm fish eye lens

 

[cicopo]

Thought so. You should have mentioned that in the reply on how you get those vibrant colours. Not everyone understands how much more can be done when processing RAW files.