The Point & Shoot Challenge
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This is my pentax wpi... its old and beaten up and I love it, none of these were done with a tripod, i believe i held the camera underwater for all of them
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KingRicky
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I use a Polaroid i630, I set the white balance to auto for this shot of my Sun Coral.
I haven't really messed with the white balance settings, will have to give it a try tonight.
I haven't really messed with the white balance settings, will have to give it a try tonight.
Canon PowerShot A510 - straight out of camera, no WB.
OP
OP
Stunreefer, you wouldn't need white balance adjustment because you used flash and the flash will override the color temperature of the tank lights. Nice shot. Lots of good fin and scale detail.
Gary
Gary
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OP
Not doubting your reading comprehension skills, but I'm surprised it requires a gray card to set a custom white balance. Most require a white surface. If it requires a gray card, then I learned something today.
GAry
GAry
mitch could u laminate a cardboard one?
Crooks
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All shot through the front of the tank. Camera is a Samsung TL34 HD. I have raduims and I have the white balance set to custom get rid of all the blue.I seem to have a harder time with getting things in focus especially things in the back of the tank. Please let me know if I can do something different.
with the help of Gary, here's some shots I've been able to take... I'm much happier with these than my "Blue" pics... camera used for this is a Canon SD 1200 IS ($150 value)... set the white balance myself by using a white ceramic plug; resized & processed the pics using IrfanView (free program)...
OP
OP
The white balance looks pretty good in the images you posted. Some people have lighting setups that don't require an adjustment. The white on your egg crate looks normal and I don't see much, if any, blue tint to the images. To set a custom white balance you typically fill the frame with something in the tank that's as white as possible. White sand will often get the job done. If you don't have a large enough, white enough surface, then put a white tile or piece of plastic in the tank.
You might try turning off the flow so you don't have coral movement and all of those streaks from particles moving through the water.
Gary
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KingRicky,
You might be getting closer than your camera lens can focus. All lenses have a minimum focusing distance and moving any closer will result in blurred images. Try backing up to see if the focus gets better. Also, if you can, try forcing your camera to expose your images one stop darker. They're all overexposed.
Gary
You might be getting closer than your camera lens can focus. All lenses have a minimum focusing distance and moving any closer will result in blurred images. Try backing up to see if the focus gets better. Also, if you can, try forcing your camera to expose your images one stop darker. They're all overexposed.
Gary
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Broncos,
There's too much blue in your shots. Try setting a custom white balance. They're also rather blurred. A tripod or some other camera support will make a big difference. It's extremely difficult to get sharp images handholding the camera at these close distances.
Gary
There's too much blue in your shots. Try setting a custom white balance. They're also rather blurred. A tripod or some other camera support will make a big difference. It's extremely difficult to get sharp images handholding the camera at these close distances.
Gary
TritonsGarden
Coral Farmer Wannabe
Canon PowerShot A700
Got some blur because I didn't turn off the pumps.
Jack
Got some blur because I didn't turn off the pumps.
Jack
