{"id":29601,"date":"2019-06-26T07:52:39","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T23:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=29601"},"modified":"2019-08-05T21:37:51","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T13:37:51","slug":"olympus-tg-5-post-processing-maldives-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2019\/06\/26\/olympus-tg-5-post-processing-maldives-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympus TG-5 – Post-Processing @ Maldives 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Maldives trip was my first extensive sojourn into taking underwater stills of marine life, so it was a real eye-opener. I’ve commented on my experiences using the different equipment that I carted along for the trip, so here’s a post-processing perspective of the RAW files that came out from the Olympus TG-5<\/b>.<\/p>\n

The singularly largest correction needed in Lightroom for the underwater stills was in white balance. The photos were in fairly shallow waters of between 0.5 to 2 meters, and in ambient light. I didn’t bother with setting manual WB on the TG-5 before hitting the water, though I reckon there’s probably a preset for it already in-camera. Lightroom’s WB selector to find a neutral color point helped loads in this regard. The rest of the adjustments were to taste, but my usual preferences were slight bumps in Whites, Clarity and Contrast.<\/p>\n

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Four samples from across our four snorkeling outings:<\/p>\n

Sample #1<\/strong>: 1\/400s, f3.2, ISO200, 32mm. Adjustments were -0.81EV, Contrast +7, Highlights -70, Shadows +42, Whites +15, Blacks -37, Temp 4950K, Tint +57, Vibrance +15, Saturation +1, Clarity +31<\/p>\n

\"Before\"After<\/div><\/div>\n

Sample #2<\/strong>: 1\/400s, f3.2, ISO100, 32mm. Adjustments were -0.06EV, Contrast +7, Highlights -58, Shadows +34, Whites +23, Blacks -30, Temp 5350K, Tint +70, Vibrance +15, Dehaze +18.<\/p>\n

\"Before\"After<\/div><\/div>\n

Sample #3<\/strong>: 1\/800s, f2.8, ISO100, 25mm. Adjustments were -0.37EV, Contrast +7, Highlights -70, Shadows +48, Whites +5, Blacks -23, Temp 5650K, Tint +65, Vibrance +15, Clarity +18, Dehaze +32.<\/p>\n

\"Before\"After<\/div><\/div>\n

Sample #4<\/strong>: 1\/1250s, f2.8, ISO100, 25mm. Adjustments were -0.12EV, Contrast +7, Highlights -63, Shadows +44, Whites +12, Blacks -23, Temp 5200K, Tint +61, Vibrance +15, Clarity +19, Dehaze +17.<\/p>\n

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The Maldives trip was my first extensive sojourn into taking underwater stills of marine life, so it was a real eye-opener. I’ve commented on my experiences using the different equipment that I carted along for the trip, so here’s a<\/p>\n

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