"self" <me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> How do I duplicate an underwater photo of a color wheel?
>
>
> I want to try to correct underwater photos that I took to reflect the
> fact that some colors do not show correctly at depth. I took a color
> wheel to a depth of 50 feet and photographed it using natural light. [ I
> did not use a flash.] I then took the resulting photo of the color wheel
> and tried to use Photoshop to alter the color so that it would match the
> original.
> I can't seem to get the photo of the red sector to look even remotely
> like the red original. I do not know much about Photoshop, is my
> approach wrong or did I overestimate the ability of Photoshop to restore
> the original colors?
>
> --
> Pat
As you go down you will lose colors in order of the spectrum (red, orange,
yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet). I asked someone once if I should
get yellow fins so they will be easier to see, and was told that the only
place you will see them is if you are in trouble and waving them over your
head on the surface. As you can see by the spectrum, yellow is one of the
first colors to go, and will just turn gray to the diver's eye.
The only way I know of to correct colors underwater is to use lights or a
flash. If you know what the colors are you can always fill them in using
a
program like Photoshop, but it won't look as natural as with a flash or
lights.
Good luck.
Sheldon
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