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Underwater Strobes:
A strobe, also commonly referred
to as a flash, is the most indispensable addition to a
photographer's underwater camera system.
Part 1. Why Use a Strobe: An Overview
In the
Underwater Photography section I mentioned the first advantage
of a strobe: bringing back colors that fade with depth.
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The second advantage of strobe lighting is illuminating
detail in shadow areas.
Normally, the sea fan would
have been a dark silhouette against an expanse of deep blue,
since it was shadowed by the light from above (the "starburst"
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For this image I used to strobe to
"balance" the light in order to fill in the detail in the shadowed
area. In other words, I used a light meter to determine the
ambient light and then used the strobe to "fill" in the darker
areas creating an image that is color rich, detailed and evenly
lighted. |
