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Beginner hoping for some suggestions for how to better edit these photos

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Beginner hoping for some suggestions for how to better edit these photos

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  1. I just bought my first underwater camera (a point and shoot), and bought Adobe Photoshop Elements. After taking a hundred or so photos on a snorkeling trip in the Kerama Islands, Okinawa, Japan, I edited a few. I mainly used the automatic color correction tool, but I also did a little manual color correction, adjusted contrast, etc. Would appreciate suggestions for additional edits I could make to improve the photos.

     

    Photo 1:

    Before: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152764425005400&l=16e59ddb98

    After: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152815788480400&l=f8059b5370

     

    Photo 2:

    Before: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152764416800400&l=c49f9715d3

    After: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152815789265400&l=7b3c0449f8

     

    Photo 3:

    Before: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152764416650400&l=14d8904f2e

    After: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152815789345400&l=192fa1d9b6

  2. Dear Adam,

     

    Welcome to the forum! :)

     

    Unfortunately I do not think there is much you can do to drastically improve the images shown above.

    You already did quite a good job on correcting the color.

     

    What I would recommend you to do is work on camera skills rather than editing skills, you will get much better results, much faster! :)

     

    Read a few articles on composition, learn how to use the macro mode, exposure control and white-balance settings, that should get you started nicely!

     

    All the best from beautiful Bali, Morten :)

  3. Curious do you have a strobe or do you religh solely on natural light?

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