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There’s probably a better way than cloning, but that’s what I used in the example above. I’d have to explore more. There’s a lot of debris in the water that BS Eliminator did not help.

Here are a couple of more shots of the Mosshead Warbonnet.

Thanks! They don't make it easy tucked back into those holes!

Thank you! At best we are very amateur photographers, that especially applies to editing. Apple users editing on an old 24inch iMac running Final Cut Pro X, FCPX, Adobe Bridge and Adobe Photoshop. Cameras are one Sony RX100 IV, with two old S&S strobes, Nauticam housing, CMC1 macro lens. Video mainly from a Cannon HFG50 with +2diopter, Gates housing and two 4k Kraken video lights. Editing process. (sorry stream of conscious post) Of course we research our destination and have some idea of images we want to capture. We talk to our dive guides on arrival about our hopes, ideas and what could actually be done given we are typically diving with others. While traveling minor deleting of clearly bad images/clips. Get home and download all images to old 6 terabyte hard drive. I set up KEEP FILES/Folders and as I review all the images I move all potential keepers into these folders, don't bother with deleting individual non-keeper images. As I go through images themes start to appear...for us that includes where my wife shot good video of a subject that I may have decent stills of. Once I have the base Keeper images I edit the stills and convert them to jpgs. Once I have all the Keeper images and clips I import into FCPX. In Final Cut Pro I start pulling the best video clips and cutting them down from their original length to 4 - 15 second clips, just the best action. Start pairing video clips with matching still images, typically by subject matter. At this point it is all the "best" clips/images and in the timeline well over an hour of images. In no particular order First I do a long version of the video just for my wife and I. It will be long, often +30mins. This is cut down from the +1hour "raw" version. Like movies, books, etc I go by the High, Low, High format. Big "exciting" start to the video, then into slower more detailed/artsy middle and finish the video with the best, most action filled images/music. NOTE: I hate the sound of my own voice so just use text clips for info. Once the draft for us is done I start editing the video clips and just putting the long version into a more polished final cut. For the Youtube page I try to cut down the long version to 7-12mins for public consumption. FYI we just finished a 18 day, 5000mile roadtrip to Alaska and came home with 12,000images, 1 terabyte of data, lol. I think for these longer journeys I will try going to a Chapters style. Maybe by days, routes or subject matter. For example this Alaska roadtrip could be broken into Bears Eating Salmon, Incredible Glaciers, Wildlife we saw along the way, etc. That way Youtube viewers can just pick the parts they are interested in. Another thing to play with. Anyone else have input feel free!

Those are great shots Dave. I really struggle to get light into octo dens and you nailed it.

Hey John I tried to find in My Orders on Amazon what mesh pouch I had bought - but couldn't find it! On the LSD, I have a Zeagle BCD and can j-u-s-t about squeeze the LSD into the Zeagle Tech Utility Pouch - the one with a small secondary compartment. The pouch is good as, in addition to the zip closure, it has a D-ring inside which makes it easy to clip accessories inside the pouch and not worry about them floating out if the pouch is accidentally left open. I've got the Retra Reflector and Macro Rings set up so that they can be clipped inside the Zeagle pouch. No way will they all fit but I find, usually, that I am using a combination of them and can, generally, store things I'm not using in the pouch.

I use a Apex Cargo pocket WTX large model, mounted on the side, over my BC pocket Closes with a zipper, has 2 attachments inside onto which I mounted rings. I then clip neoprene lens pouches inside (similar to the one Davide posted) - Fits 2 or 3 diopters.

The Remove brush in Photoshop is going to work about 1000X better than Gimp. It is also better or more precise than remove in LRc.

Timely topic. After getting advice from some here, I have purchased an LSD, which has not shipped yet. I know that I will need some method to carry the thing during shore entries, on and off boats and perhaps when not "on" a subject. I have been looking for some pouch/pocket options to consider once I have the ting and can get accurate measurements. I think mesh might be best. Some I am considering (but not sure they will work) include: Zeagle Expandable Quick Pocket (probably too narrow) Scubapro S-Tek Expedition Thigh Pocket Apeks WTX Mesh Expansion Pocket Zeagle Tech Utility Pocket Zeagle Zena Utility Pocket Force6 9x3 pocket Since I don't have the LSD yet, theses are based on a lot of guesswork. I am not sure which Amazon product Tim chose, and when I looked there were a lot of possible options. Maybe the list above will help Chris and others and I would love any thoughts about what I am considering. They are mostly somewhat expensive for pockets and I don't want to have to buy and return a bunch of stuff.

Amazing colour on that mossy. Lovely!

Thank you for your example work and explanation. How would you remove the EMWL reflection parts in the photo I marked in photoshop? With a "clone" tool? I work with Gimp and there is a "heal" and "clone" tool but I think it is very time consuming and feels like kind of "painting the photo"...

Great take @Dave_Hicks ! That warbonnet is something!

I typically edit in Lightroom for exposure, shadows, highlights and color balance, then I export the photo as a large jpeg to Photoshop where I can run Backscatter Eliminator. I then spot out the tedious bits that BS Eliminator did not fix, then export as a small file for social media. https://www.goaskerin.com/backscatterxterminator

Thank you for the compliment! With the blue parts I agree it´s easy but I find editing the part of the anemone's arms quite challenging to do it perfectly and it s time consuming... May I ask how you would approach the editing in general and what software you are? And how long will you spend on these parts editing to get a proper result? Here is another example for a reasonable photo but terrible reflections on the diver....

Red Irish Lord: All from the same dive.

And a Jellyfish:

Oh yeah. Love Wolfeels too! This one was right next to the warbonnet.

Thanks also for thise response to my problem! During my last dive, I had the shades attached to a carabiner and used them whenever I felt like it... Unfortunately, this means I can't illuminate nearby objects very well... But otherwise, if everything worked perfectly, it would be too easy ;-) Thanks for the props - I am a beginner with this system by step by step I am getting closer to shots I am happy with :-)

That warbonnet is so cool looking - glad you made the rig you had at the time work. I'm a huge fan of being able to shoot a big range of sizes each dive :) Any wolfeels? I've never dived with one and I am kinda in love with them!

Thanks a lot! I got now shades and so far I cant reproduce these reflections but just did two dives...

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