Video, Galapagos

Please feel free to critique my latest video.

Diving the Galapagos Islands, August 2019

Very blue and dark. Gopro?


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Some clips were GoPro7, but others were RX100VA. I'd say that it was more because of bad viz which was at times 10M. I don't think we had better than 20M viz.

Galapagos rarely exceeds 15 meters from what I have seen but its dark
Did you use a filter?


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No filter on either camera. Weather was generally overcast.

I’ve reviewed  the video and light levels are consistent with my memories of the dives.

I’ve reviewed  the video and light levels are consistent with my memories of the dives.

4 hours ago, Interceptor121 said:

What does that mean? The whole point of underwater lighting techniques is to bring back the lost colours you can’t see with the naked eye.


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It means that I was diving in a sea that had low viz and low light levels, as if one were diving in a watery fog, and the video shows this. There was a lot of particles in the water so I refrained from using video lights as I preferred not to risk backscatter.  I did some adjustments to luma in post but was content to let the video reflect the low viz low light environment.

Colour grading is a different matter entirely. If you can't see the colours with the naked eye during a dive, should one expose the missing colours in the video? If the water looks green, should one change it to blue? For wide angle with open water backdrops, I tend to lean towards leaving the water blue. With coral backdrops, I tend to introduce more red. For this video, I reduced green in many clips. Obviously my attempts at colour grading did not meet your exacting standards so I'll have to try harder for my next video.

@Interceptor121

I thought it might be interesting to compare what the footage looked like straight out of the cameras against the footage after my corrections for colour, exposure, contrast, and luma. The following video shows uncorrected on the left and corrected on the right. I would appreciate your thoughts on what I could do to further improve.

Corrected video appears on the right. Raw video is on the left.

Galapagos Video Comparing Before and After Corrections

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I thought it might be interesting to compare what the footage looked like straight out of the cameras against the footage after my corrections for colour, exposure, contrast, and luma. The following video shows uncorrected on the left and corrected on the right. I would appreciate your thoughts on what I could do to further improve.
 
Corrected video appears on the right. Raw video is on the left.

Thanks for the pointer to URPRO filters. I did not know they existed.

The URPRO filters are very good. Worth checking out too Magic Filters if you've not come across those. A production of Wetpixel's very own Alex Mustard.

20 minutes ago, TimG said:

The URPRO filters are very good. Worth checking out too Magic Filters if you've not come across those. A production of Wetpixel's very own Alex Mustard.

Thanks

Thanks

1 hour ago, Interceptor121 said:

The benefit of URPRO for Galapagos is that they hold better blue green water and also there is an external version that goes on the Inon UWL-100 branded ikelite so when it gets too dark you can take it off. Magic will go inside the housing and will be a permanent choice for the dive


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Thanks for that clarification. Much appreciated..

Thanks for that clarification. Much appreciated..

5 hours ago, Interceptor121 said:

Not a problem
The other option for Galapagos is of course the keldan spectrum for wwl-1 however the -2 stop light loss are hard to take and you dont actually need such a wide lens
So the URPRO for me is the best for those conditions

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Many thanks

Very nice, great video.

Thanks