Happy Valentines day

 Wishing you all a very happy Valentines Day. This is Caron my gorgeous valentine and dive buddy, life partner, soul mate,  best friend and lover. I am so glad we met and thank you for putting up with me!

 

Magic filters DVD

I recently ordered a copy of Alex Mustard and Peter Rowlands Shooting Magic DVD. I have been using magic filters (http://www.magic-filters.com/)in blue and green water for some time. This is an example of a green water shot:
 
What is amazing is that the combination of filter and high ISO/slow shutter has meant that it actually shows more  detail than I could  actually see through the viewfinder! I've had a similar experience using a green water filter on my video camera. The blue water filter brings out the fantastic coulours on the reef. This was shot using a blue water magic in the Red Sea:
 
Anyway, the DVD arrived and it is amazing how much more it gives! The practical advice on all sorts of things-even just getting the Anthias to point in the right direction(!) is great. You can order it from magic filters at http://www.magic-filters.com/

Getting in tight with Lightroom

I was playing with the perch pictures that I put up. I had posted them onto wetpixel (www.wetpixel.com) and thought that I would like to maybe improve the crop on them. This was the result! 
 
The level of detail post crop is amazing! All I did was tweak the white balance a tiny bit.