Umbria Sudan

Any suggestions on these couple ?

They were taken on the stern of the Umbria just outside Port Sudan and are ambient light.

http://www.polarinstruments.com/~paulc/Images/Umbria-BW.gif

http://www.polarinstruments.com/~paulc/Images/Umbria.gif

Going back and changing the angle is not an immediate option. The vis was not great that day also

Having just figured out how to post images ( see elsewhere ! ) I figured it would be good to get some criticism.

Paul C

Thanks for sharing Paul.

BW works for me, but I think it could do well with a bit more contrast. I also like the colour though. Did you have a magic filter with you?

Have to admit I also like the BW - will try for a bit more contrast.

I did have a magic filter but this was at about 20m so did not bother with it, also I planned to move on into the holds and turn the strobes on.

As usual on these dive trips there was only two dives on the wreck - which reduces somewhat the options.

In the RAW file the red channel is non existent.

Paul

In the RAW file the red channel is non existent.

There is a script action for photoshop on the Abobe website that will create a red layer for you.

It's somewhat similar to what the feature that Robert Delfs wrote.

I ran it on your picture and this is the result.

You can argue if the color looks better, but that's where tweaking comes in.

If you want it, send a message and I'll send it over.

Of the two posted I like the color version better. I do think the image would look better in B&W. I'd say back to PS and try again.

That Mola in the Blue article is some piece of work - I have read through it before.

I will give it a try.

I did try a few things to crank the contrast up - to be honest most ended up not looking too good.

The original RAW is pretty washed out - but it is what I have !

Thanks again.

Paul C