How we take pictures at POTO

[Pieces of the Ocean]

We received a lot of questions on how we take pictures here at POTO, so we took the most commonly asked questions and did a video on coral photography. Hope you like it. Thank you for watching!

 

[Peace River]

Thanks for sharing!

 

[Lazys Coral House]

Great tips Kenny, thanks for sharing

 

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[Dburr1014]

We received a lot of questions on how we take pictures here at POTO, so we took the most commonly asked questions and did a video on coral photography. Hope you like it. Thank you for watching!

Question, if you set up the white balance using the disk and then need lighting on the frag, does that change the white balance? Or maybe it doesn't change enough to worry about it?

Thanks.

 

[FMF0331]

POTO for the win - Thanks Kenny

 

[Pieces of the Ocean]

Question, if you set up the white balance using the disk and then need lighting on the frag, does that change the white balance? Or maybe it doesn't change enough to worry about it?

Thanks.

It does and there are two ways to tweak this:

1. addition/removal of the orange filter lense, and/or
2. using the white balance correction function. It looks something like this:

You can increase or reduce the blue using this function. I find myself usually in the top left quadrant of this bracket.

That's why you really have to play around as not all setups are identical. One more note is make sure your ceiling light or ambient light is off, close the curtains if you have a window. Those ambient lighting really do affect the outcome of the colors as well.

 

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Zoom in to see more details!

 

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[Chris Spaulding]

I am loving this
Thank You

 

[DIYreefer]

I am loving this
Thank You

Ditto.

 

[paragrouper]

Very informative, thank you.

 

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WD

 

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