My first video - Kenia Diani reefs

Hi,

I would like to share with you my first underwater video,

http://vimeo.com/17835132

i know that Buoyancy is not good but i'm working on it

don't hesitate and put your comments about it.

Best Regards

Peter

Hi,

 

I would like to share with you my first underwater video,

http://vimeo.com/17835132

 

i know that Buoyancy is not good but i'm working on it

 

don't hesitate and put your comments about it.

 

 

Best Regards

Peter

You are getting your feet wet and it sure isn't easy at first. Here are my bits of advice... First you are going to need to work on being steadier and smoother with the camera, you should work on very smooth pans if you want to show a wider scene. If you can work on getting closer to your subjects and just shoot them close up that will help. Use a few wide angle shots to tell the story but from a place where you can do a smooth pan. The great thing about post editing is you can use a lot of good stuff from a scene just by making it short to get rid of shaky parts. Your video will tell the same story to the viewer and be more interesting if you keep it shorter. This video could have been 2-3 minutes long and told the same story. This will be an addiction and you will love it so keep it up!

You are getting your feet wet and it sure isn't easy at first. Here are my bits of advice... First you are going to need to work on being steadier and smoother with the camera, you should work on very smooth pans if you want to show a wider scene. If you can work on getting closer to your subjects and just shoot them close up that will help. Use a few wide angle shots to tell the story but from a place where you can do a smooth pan. The great thing about post editing is you can use a lot of good stuff from a scene just by making it short to get rid of shaky parts. Your video will tell the same story to the viewer and be more interesting if you keep it shorter. This video could have been 2-3 minutes long and told the same story. This will be an addiction and you will love it so keep it up!

thanks for advice and agree with you regarding camera moves and pans,

what do you think about colors and quality of video?

thanks for advice and agree with you regarding camera moves and pans,

 

 

what do you think about colors and quality of video?

The quality of the video is good. The colors could use some adjustment. I don't know what software you are using to edit but I use Final Cut Express for my editing and it has a great little white balance tool in the color menu. I can get pretty great white balance results just by touching the white balance eye dropper on some sand which will bring the color back to a fairly nice quality. If you adjust your color so your sand is nearly white I think you will find the rest of the video colors will pop.

The quality of the video is good. The colors could use some adjustment. I don't know what software you are using to edit but I use Final Cut Express for my editing and it has a great little white balance tool in the color menu. I can get pretty great white balance results just by touching the white balance eye dropper on some sand which will bring the color back to a fairly nice quality. If you adjust your color so your sand is nearly white I think you will find the rest of the video colors will pop.

i'm using edius i also used white balance, but maybe FCP doing it better or maybe i don't know how to use it.