Couldn`t sleep, some actinic shots.

Enjoy!

 

Nice addictions Jeremy!

 

yes I'd have to agree those are WAAAAY sweet!!!  did you have the frag of the acan spoken for yet?

 

Way cool man.

 

Nice

 

Nice pictures!

Camera?

Settings?

Enhancements (Photoshop/etc)?

-Eric

 

Camera? Yes

Settings?Manual

Enhancements (Photoshop/etc)? Nope

 

Ahahaha I used an old 5mp Canon A610 in manual mode and don't remember the settings i used. I just tinkered with them until things looked cool.

 

Didn't know I could still pull the data from GIRS.
Acan (1st pic)






[ PhotoME ]

PhotoME version:
0.8ß2 (Build 891)

[ Overview ]

File name:
acan.jpg

File type:
JPEG

File size:
142.9 KB

Creation date:
10/17/2009 21:07

Last modification:
10/18/2009 11:27

Make:
Canon

Camera:
Canon PowerShot A610

Lens:
7.3-29.2mm

Software:
Firmware Version 00.00

Dimension:
640 x 532 px (0.3 MP)

Focal length:
29.2 mm (equiv. 140 mm)

Aperture:
F4.1

Exposure time:
1/4"

ISO speed rating:
100/21°

Program:
Manual (Manual)

Metering Mode:
Evaluative

White Balance:
Underwater

Focus Mode:
Single

Flash:
Off, Red-eye reduction

 

3rd pic/Yuma






[ PhotoME ]

PhotoME version:
0.8ß2 (Build 891)

[ Overview ]

File name:
yuma-1.jpg

File type:
JPEG

File size:
107.9 KB

Creation date:
10/17/2009 21:08

Last modification:
10/18/2009 11:27

Make:
Canon

Camera:
Canon PowerShot A610

Lens:
7.3-29.2mm

Software:
Firmware Version 00.00

Dimension:
640 x 393 px (0.3 MP)

Focal length:
29.2 mm (equiv. 140 mm)

Aperture:
F4.1

Exposure time:
1/4"

ISO speed rating:
100/21°

Program:
Manual (Manual)

Metering Mode:
Spot

White Balance:
Underwater

Focus Mode:
Single

Flash:
Off, Red-eye reduction

 

Unbelievable pics!
I have a Powershot and I'll give your settings a try.
Good stuff from a free proggie, PhotoMe, that lists the exif data (for anyone wondering) so you can see the camera's settings/duplicate a shot. 
http://www.photome.de/

-Eric

 

Thats a cool program, i could have looked if would have know you really wanted the settings.

The i found the hardest thing is getting focus, especially for the stuff towards the front of the tank. Using a tripod and moving a ways back helps not to focus on the glass.

I have this firmware add-on, you can do a lot of amazing things with these little power shots.

http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK

 

Thanks for the info!
I never thought about hacking firmware in a camera.  If it can do as it says I'll be amazed - raw would be nice w/Photoshop.
BTW - I have a Powershot A620 so it's virtually identical to yours aside from the megapixels...and I've never gotten shots like the ones you posted!
-Eric

 

Practice Practice Practice

 

It does allow me to shoot in raw - and after a conversion to DNG can open in CS4!
Hmm....now I need to learn about working with raw images.
Thanks again!
Any more pics?
-Eric

 

Posted By Eric on 10/20/2009 12:00 AM
It does allow me to shoot in raw - and after a conversion to DNG can open in CS4!
Hmm....now I need to learn about working with raw images.
Thanks again!
Any more pics?
-Eric Doesn't CS4 work directly with "raw"?

 

I have a ton of old pic in my gallery if you want to check them out.

http://www.greateriowareefsocie...fault.aspx
There are a few nice ones in there, others not so much.  A lot of them were taken with my underwater housing as well.

 

Posted By CyberJester on 10/20/2009 04:20 PM

Posted By Eric on 10/20/2009 12:00 AM
It does allow me to shoot in raw - and after a conversion to DNG can open in CS4!
Hmm....now I need to learn about working with raw images.
Thanks again!
Any more pics?
-Eric Doesn't CS4 work directly with "raw"?
Yes - but it doesn't like the default format created with the camera.  I had to download a free proggie to convert to the universal DNG format.
This camera was not released as being able to output in raw format and CDDK software is forcing it to.
-Eric

 

Posted By Waverz on 10/20/2009 04:48 PM
I have a ton of old pic in my gallery if you want to check them out.

http://www.greateriowareefsocie...fault.aspx
There are a few nice ones in there, others not so much.  A lot of them were taken with my underwater housing as well.
Those were all with the Powershot? (GIRS stripped the exif)
Very nice!  Looks I need to get busy as I was going to replace my camera but apparently it has capabilities!
-Eric

 

Yup, those were all with the A610. If you can figure out how to use bracketing with CHDK it would really help. That way you can just take a bunch of pics in continuous mode and pic the ones you like and delete the rest.
Another good tip is to use the underwater white balance setting. It was perfect for my XM 20k's and seems to work pretty well with my 14k Radium as well.


Got a tripod?