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Old 20-02-2007, 03:01 PM
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...the area i was in seemed to be quite plain from teh shore....
Yes, my photos were under this (attached). As a kid, I spent lots of time on these shores and never knew what wonders were beneath the surface. I snorkel here every chance I get when I visit Bundaberg.
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Old 14-03-2007, 04:37 PM
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hi Vingster

Just when you thought this thread was dead eh?

I was just searching and found this one and thought I might be able to shed some (less Green) light on the subject.

You see, colour dissapears very rapidly in water the deeper that you go. The human eye loses Red first at a depth of around 8 metres, then blue then yellow etc. This is the reason why you will see scuba divers entering the water during daylight with torches. The colours only come to light when the torch is shone on the fish/reef etc. You will see this in any underwater film footage, the colour is always in the spotlight and everything else looks green.

I threw in a shot of me with some fishy friends. In this shot there are colours on view even at 12 meters or thereabouts, a flash was used and I was diving in Malta with very clear water on a white sand bottom which helped. Again, this was a disposable camera with an underwater housing.
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Old 15-03-2007, 06:40 AM
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Something I learned a few years ago - if you want a nice bright torch to use underwater for photography you can't do better than visit a dive shop.

Dive torches are specifically very bright with very "full spectrum" light output so as to enhance all colours underwater. Oh yeah, and they're all really really waterproof too.
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Old 15-03-2007, 12:24 PM
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Awsome shots ving, i love the Bream shot, fantastic stuff and it is in focus well done, the luderick are nice too.
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Old 15-03-2007, 12:34 PM
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The thread lives!!!

thanks guys and thanks for the pic muddy... i see what you mean by colours getting washed out
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