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09/25/2002 06:33:02 PM · #1 |
I am just in awe of the possibilities that open with underwater digital photography. How in the world is it done? Jean, did you buy a special housing for your camera? I'm really interested in this because this will open new worlds for me. The picture is one of my favorites. Thanks in advance! :-)
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09/26/2002 06:08:58 PM · #2 |
Helloooooo? I think I'm invisible! Is there anybody here????
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09/26/2002 06:15:25 PM · #3 |
| I bet it could be done with a plexiglass box... just submerge the box and take the photo from within it without getting your camera wet. Just a thought. |
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09/26/2002 06:18:52 PM · #4 |
| Grayce you may have to ask directly. Not sure Jean visits the forum. |
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09/26/2002 08:59:35 PM · #5 |
I'll have to contact her ;)
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09/26/2002 09:10:19 PM · #6 |
| I was wondering that myself... I thought an interesting solution would be to stick the camera into a small aquarium and submerge it partially. I'd probably still be paranoid that the camera would get splashed, though. |
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09/26/2002 10:15:03 PM · #7 |
An aquarium or plexiglass box sounds feasible. Why didn't I think of that? What ever she did really yielded a fantastic image. I was looking over her pictures...she sure is good!
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09/26/2002 10:38:55 PM · #8 |
yeah i posted this same question on her image. go take a look ... you might have read me asking that. :)
no reply as yet ...
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09/27/2002 12:19:54 AM · #9 |
Firstly I would like to apologise for not replying earlier. With the eight hour difference between EST and Mauritius I only saw the thread this morning.
Yes, I did use an underwater housing for my 'Out of the Blue' photograph. I then put on my wetsuit, being winter here, and climbed into our swimming pool. I asked my son to partially submerge his face in the water. I positioned myself in such a position so as to eliminate any refracted images from around the pool, in this way I managed to achieve the plain blue background. The blue being the reflected colour of the pool, I then rotated the image 90 degrees. Unfortunately the faint band to the right of the face is the waterline and according to rules I could not spot edit it out, nor the few air bubbles on his face.
I used a similar process with my previous photograph 'Lemon Slices and an Ant'. But here here I wanted refracted images from around the pool and the clouds to create the desired effect of the lemon slices appearing to be suspended in the sky. The ant was a mistake and again here I could not spot edit.
Hopefully I have explained sufficiently well how I achieved 'Out of the Blue'. |
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09/27/2002 12:35:14 AM · #10 |
Excellent shot and thank you for the 'how-to' :) Personally I thought the air bubbles added to the shot. Congrats on a great photo :)
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09/27/2002 06:42:26 AM · #11 |
Thanks Jean ....
and to me .. the air bubble add to the picture, it does not subtract from me. I would be like the human/life element that because it makes the 'formal picture' 1% less 'perfect', make the actual picture better. Sorry for the 'quotes' I am not sure to be clear but ... I like the picture like this.
Congrats again
Lionel
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