Best way to take pics?

[dylan ringwood]

Using a cannon and can't seem to get good pictures with blues on and tips?

 

[dylan ringwood]

Alright Wil have to look into it girlfriend camera was trying to have take actually good pics instead of my camera phone

 

[tater]

My canon seems to take great unaltered pics. Try shooing in raw. I've never messed with white balance on the camera, but I adjust all my pics in Lightroom.

 

[jrhunter0000]

waterproof camera!

 

[tater]

If you're using an iphone get the app snapseed, works great

 

[lsu_fishfan]

Bgcoop8784;969416 wrote: normally you would have to change the white balance, but turning the whites up works also. My camera has white balance settings that you can change real time so that you can match the colors that you actually see, but I don't know with a cannon without changing the white balance.

What camera do you have?

 

[dylan ringwood]

Using Samsung and is raw a setting or what? Sorry again not my camera thanks for the helps guys!

 

[tater]

Yeah it's one of the formats you shoot in. It makes it so you're using the raw image as it is, looks much better and way easier to edit.

 

[dylan ringwood]

Thanks guys!

 

[jrhunter0000]

tater;969423 wrote: Yeah it's one of the formats you shoot in. It makes it so you're using the raw image as it is, looks much better and way easier to edit.

Just iphone no android?

 

[oldedb]

FWIW - I have noticed that the blue LED's cause major problems with cameras. The pictures that I take w/ T5's on turn out much better than the LED's. If I am taking pictures w/ LEDs, I typically crank the whites up and the blues down.

 

[gacolt]

use polarized sunglasses it will cut out all the blue

 

[bulkrate]

Awesome set of quick tips there, Allen. Just tried a few of your more basic ones using my smartphone and the shots are noticeably better. Not perfect, but for taking a lazy "hey that's neat" camera phone picture your tips just made it a lot easier on me.

Thanks!

 

[oldedb]

gacolt;969511 wrote: use polarized sunglasses it will cut out all the blue

Just tried this w/ an iPhone 5 and this is the single best photo tip I have ever gotten. I couldn't believe the difference
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[bulkrate]

Heh... mine are prescription. It'll fix the smurf-blue effect, but then the camera gets to try deal with focusing while seeing the world though my admittedly horrible vision.

 

[bulkrate]

"Derp" moment... I don't have to use MY sunglasses. Any el-cheapo set of polarized glasses will work. Now I have something to try out.

 

[gacolt]

oldedb;969560 wrote: Just tried this w/ an iPhone 5 and this is the single best photo tip I have ever gotten. I couldn't believe the difference

glad i could help.its a cool trick

 

[dylan ringwood]

Allen;969445 wrote: RAW (or NEF's if you're shooting Nikon) files are images that are unprocessed and given to you just as the image sensor "sees" the image (like film). RAW files are most commonly processed with a program called Lightroom. (See what they did there? Film was processed in dark rooms, RAW files are processed in Lightroom.) Anyway, Since the camera doesn't process a RAW file for you, you have a much broader range of adjustment without sacrificing quality. Don't delete any pictures in camera because they may turn out okay in post-production. I used to have a bad habit of deleting something that wasn't exposed properly.

Don't spend too much time messing with white balance settings in camera as it will be 100% adjustable in post as long as you shoot in RAW and edit in Lightroom. If anything, put it on "shade" or "cloudy." If you have a telephoto lens, try using it. I have found if you take a tight shot from a few steps back, the blue LED's won't blow out the picture as bad.

Clean your glass. Stay as perpendicular as you can to the glass. Turn off any device that moves the water. Keep that aperture wide open (low f-number) and shutter speed no lower than 1/30. Depending on the camera body, you will probably want to stay under ISO800. If you're shooting coral, set your autofocus to single point servo. If you're shooting fish, you want to set your focus to continuous autofocus, and you want to pan the camera with the fish's movement. The latter is not easy, and takes practice.

I just realized that I typed all of this not knowing if you're using a DSLR or point a shoot camera...

Hope it helps, anyway!

Yes I belive it is a dslr. Guys thank you for all of your advice I'll now try to put it into action! On the flip side I'm excited that I've created a thread that helps alot of people not just me!