Main post-processing issues: noise and cleaning up due to water on the dome port
Lightroom, ACR, Photoshop
Double RAW smart objects to treat the sky with Linear Profile whilst keeping the waves in Adobe Color profile
NR in ACR (50) + masking of ACR sharpening in order to keep the image as clean as possible
TK8 Clarity Action
FS clean up of some distracting bubbles in the foreground and some reshaping (to be returned to)
This is super cool - underwater housing?
I love how I feel like I’m almost submerged!
The bright areas at the top are my only concern… maybe burn them a slight bit?
Hi Matt, Many thanks for the feedback. The HL are considerably reduced compared to the RAW file, but it appears that there still is some way to go. Thanks for pointing that out. I have posted a quick fix; it will probably require more complex work for printing. Yes, I am floating in the water and the camera is in a housing with a dome port. @Matt_Payne
Laura, your eye-level-with-the-waves shots are incredible!! And the sky here is a surprising element that makes it feel more like a more distant landscape. The lines of the sky converge so nicely with those of the waves!
