STJ Under The Surface

awardb · Post by **awardb** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 3:24 pm

Thanks to Cptnkirk for giving me the impetus to post these, after his excellent collection went up a few days ago. Again, if you read the other thread, these were taken over a 3 year period on (underwater) STJ with the now-infamous $69 Vivitar camera. As I noted before, last year the camera leaked, and we're replacing it this year with a new TS3 Panasonic, upon which I'll report when we return, along with more picture posts from that camera.

You can click on Slideshow on the upper left on this page with a sampling of the pics taken with that camera AND edited with Picasa to achieve this quality....

https://picasaweb.google.com/awardb/StJ ... cbQ1oHRmwE

You'll have to look closely to see the lobster in the one pic!

EagleRayLover · Post by **EagleRayLover** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 3:34 pm

Enjoyed! thank you

cptnkirk · Post by **cptnkirk** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 4:07 pm

Nice pics to a fellow forum peep from the Buckeye state. Looks like they have replaced the vivatar 6200 with the 8400 more MP so you should be able to get even better cropping results. Looks to be more competition for this camera now. Noticed Kodak has a 12 MP for $69 could crop the heck out of a pic and not loose much quality. I do a lot of cropping from normal focus cause ya know how fast the pics degrade when you use the digital zoom on that camera. I will keep using this little guy until it springs a leak. So far been lucky, figure it has at least 50 hrs of water time on it. I like the fact if it springs a leak I didn't just ruin an expensive camera.

vav · Post by **vav** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 4:17 pm

What the heck, Here's my 2 Cents
http://svav.zenfolio.com/p43605767/slideshow

EagleRayLover · Post by **EagleRayLover** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 6:13 pm

loving this thread with all the underwater photos!! making me very excited for our trip in a couple months! i love to take pics underwater but have never tried any photoshop or any other type of "clean up" of pics so I really can't wait to give it a try! In the mean time , you all are giving me a much needed fix for my underwater addiction!!

Coden · Post by **Coden** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 6:37 pm

awardb and vav - thanks for helping me get through a horribly hot day!!

awardb · Post by **awardb** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 6:46 pm

Coden - I know what you mean - I felt cooler on this hot day just by uploading those photos - made me feel like I was underwater and cooler.....with turquoise-green water washing over me....

Capn - what part of the Buckeye State? Columbus,here.

BTW, LOVED your description of the water as "gin clear"! Doesn't get any more to the point than that...

Backtotheislands · Post by **Backtotheislands** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 8:20 pm

More awesome pictures! Vav, is yours a Vivitar, too? If my underwater come out nearly as good as all of these, I'll be thrilled!

shoemak38 · Post by **shoemak38** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 8:42 pm

thanks all love the photo's

vav · Post by **vav** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 4:38 am

No, it's a canon G10. But all underwater pictures will look better with the proper white balance and exposure. And it's a lot easier than you think with the right software to edit them.

ccasebolt · Post by **ccasebolt** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:09 am

Beautiful! Thank you!

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STJ Under The Surface

STJ Under The Surface