Taking photos of your corals under blue lights can be difficult. In this video, I show you three easy ways to do so without leaving the pictures looking washed out.
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18 responses to “3 Ways To Photograph Corals Under Blue Lights”
Thanks!
Best advice for phone coral photography on YouTube IMHO. Thank you so much for sharing!
Is the orange filter available for all phones?
Thank you! I've been tweaking with snapseed in the wrong direction all this time. By the way, how do you get those amazing clpse up shots of the coral? Do you use a macro lens? Do you zoom optically or just crop what is taken? Can't seem to get the details in pictures I take no matter how close I am to the subject
Orange lens… aka "I'm Gonna Be Selling These Online" lens
I put my phone in the reef and take a picture
I use a fourth method not listed here. The phone cameras over saturate the blues. I find by increasing the white and decreasing the blue slightly the tank looks terrible to the eyes but perfect on the phone camera… No software tweaking no lenses no hassle other than changing the light via WiFi 🙂 don't try and replicate what you see on the camera but rather adjust the lighting until the camera sees what you would like it to.
Unfortunately the snapseed settings work mostly under BLUE light. Since the addition of ai prime hd and having purple, uv, white, red and green control, the settings make the photos look meh. Trying to set up photo shooting settings on the ai prime is a nightmare. Might try lenses though. Great Video.
DD yellow lens is what I use. I just dont get a crisp picture when I use the orange one for some reason.
I use snapseed all the time not only for the tank shots but for all my pictures i also use a s9+ on pro mode and set the WB.
Plus I use a Canon SLR and Photoshop to just to correct the WB otherwise you can make the pictures unreal looking.
You can also use a orange and yellow sweet wrappers to some effect you know the ones, that will give you a (magic moments) as you take you snaps and enjoying your tank eating them chocolates.
Happy Reefing.
Alex
Once again another great video excellent tips. I agree not everyone these days can afford a really good DSLR, Top endglass, and last but not least the best filter package. oops I forgot another important piece of equipment a quality tripod.
Oh well back to mobile phones.
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Great tips! I’ve tried various apps and haven’t found one that didn’t make the photo look extreme in some way. Haven’t tried Snapseed though, will check it out. 👍🏻👍🏻
Orange lens for sure! I have some yellow lens night driving glasses that i do my filming with.
The orange lens probably fits my budget best. Thanks for sharing the information. 👍😎🍻
Good stuff
Love seeing a good wave genny in a tank!
Nice video bud. I use the yellow dd lens but on pro mode and find i get pretty good natural images. Will be looking at that app though for sure 👍