Above and Below

[Alan]

..the waves. A beautiful morning for a bit of surfing and playing with the Coolpix.

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[seaslug]

Came out quite well Alan.

The underwater ones are a bit out colour wise but that's understandable. Sometimes I find if I run the shallow water ones with available light through photoshop auto levels before resizing, they come up a treat.

The spots in some of the shots are either tiny air bubbles on the lens or if the flash fired, backscatter from sand particles in the water column.

[Alan]

Thanks Greg. I tried all sorts of things on the underwater ones, including Auto Levels and Auto Curves (which I had to pull back somewhat). Even tried a Multiply Mask to try to get a bit of contrast and detail. I wouldn't even have tried it except for the school of fish that hung around

The flash didn't fire, but yes, there was sand and bubbles everywhere at times, even though the water was quite clear otherwise. I had no mask on, so it was all blind shooting and had no idea if I had recorded anything until I got back home. All good fun and filled in a pleasant hour

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[loose cannon]

Beautiful series Alan. That water looks incredibly tempting.

[Alan]

Thanks Mick - it was just one of those beautiful mornings