Friday, June 19, 2015

How about those green underwater photos?

I found a website with a personal guide to diving and staying in southern Baja California that's quite useful:

http://www.thehappytalent.com/blog/scuba-diving-cabo-an-illustrated-guide-to-the-best-sites-shops-and-people#comments

It included this photo of a ray:

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I copied this pic into Photoshop Elements 11, applied a little color correction voodoo, and got this:


So the next time you see a green-tinted underwater pic, you should realize that it may be possible to color-correct it pretty easily (if the subject isn't too deep).

For example, with another photo from the same website:

Picture

...I was able to remove the color cast but couldn't restore the original colors:


It's still an improvement, but I want to set your expectations realistically.