Capturing the Color Noise under Water - Underwater Photography for Beginners
Not only Australia travelers who were able to experience a view underwater on the Great Barrier Reef, raving about the incomparable world that literally turns up when you descend. What lies closer as to capture this moment photographically? With a few tweaks even laymen can shoot impressive photos.
High quality pictures thanks to first-class equipment
Photographing underwater may feel for some like a leap in the dark. Better expressed: even underwater photographic unexperienced - yet even landlubbers photographers - can achieve stunning snapshots with the right knowledge. However, newcomers should not expect too much. "First-class pictures can only be taken with a first-class equipment," says the professional photographer Eckhard Krumpholz to Spiegel Online. Even in terms of equipment, there are several things to consider. For about 10 euros there are analog disposable cameras. Who wants to capture his impressions while snorkeling just for fun, is well advised with this variant, but must accept significant compromises in terms of picture quality.
Diving with the Olympus TG-3
Pricewise there seems to be no limit upwards. So already, an underwater housing for a reflex camera may cost 1000 euros. Very suitable are outdoor cameras and compact cameras, which are shockproof, as well as waterproof and require no additional housing. In particular, a lot of attention is produced to the Olympus TG-3 on Internet forums, with GPS, waterproof to 15m and quadruple zoom.
Mindful handling: Yes; Zoom: No
Regarding the zoom configurations, you may want to keep your fingers away under water. Experts advise the smallest possible distance (15cm - 2m) taking the subject in animal photography. But, be careful: In all Photo enthusiasm neither flora nor fauna should be impaired. A destroyed coral reef afterwards can yield to amends, no matter how successful your photo may become.
Golden tips for spectacular images
Perfect conditions for a photographic dive are a cloudless sky at midday, as quiet as possible water and good diving skills. Unlike on land, the color spectrum underwater turns into the blue, since the red components of the light are fished out with increasing depth of the water. Additionally, the refraction under water is different. Therefore, wide-angle lenses, which not only can capture coral reefs but also swarming fishs in a slick way, as well as additional electronic flashs and high-eypoint viewfinders are very useful.
