Visual Representation Of Spectrum Depth Penetration (1 Viewer)

[Cody]

I found this and thought it was very interesting. For reference of what light corals evolved to grow with, the average depth of the Great Barrier Reef is 35 meters or about 115 feet deep.

No wonder people like Jason Fox preach “as much blue as possible” considering he dives to find most of his corals.

 

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I’ve watched this video like 8 times lol. Thanks Cody.

 

[Cody]

I’ve watched this video like 8 times lol. Thanks Cody.

It's crazy how quick red and yellow disappear, then green a little while after. Red and yellow are completely gone at something like 20 feet deep. It makes you wonder about "full spectrum" lighting. These corals didn't evolve to live in much more than just straight up blue/purple light.

 

[R-BallJunkie]

You find most of your stony corals in the shallows, say 0 to 60 ft. Past that, more fans, tubestrea and harder encrusting corals. what you see with your eyes...........


looks totally different after you light the area up with strobes or even saturate post process....same dive, maybe 30' deep.

 

[Cody]

You find most of your stony corals in the shallows, say 0 to 60 ft. Past that, more fans, tubestrea and harder encrusting corals. what you see with your eyes...........


looks totally different after you light the area up with strobes or even saturate post process....same dive, maybe 30' deep.

Even at that depth it’s very blue. Where was your dive for these pics?

 

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That’s really incredible..

 

[Cody]

That’s really incredible..

All blue, baby!

 

[R-BallJunkie]

Even at that depth it’s very blue. Where was your dive for these pics?

this dive was Marita Shoals in the RMI....i don't think that really helps you, lol. Here's some more contrasting photo's to show the difference with lighting vs no lighting. You cannot just blast an area with your strobes, you kinda need to point the lighting outwards so you don't get tons of backscatter but still try to get some amount of lights on what you are trying to shoot. Takes some practice. For every 'good' shot, there's 10 bad ones....

I could post a bazillion pics...dont want to spam your post....just show the difference in what you can see at depths with and without lighting.

 

[Stickboy97]

All blue, baby!

So you changing your tanks to all blues?

 

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Yes.. yes he is..

 

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I have to say… those diving pictures are insane. I’m have been diving in mexico but nothing like that ever!!

 

[Empty V]

I used to dive the west coast on a weekly basis and got to hit some really cool wrecks on the east coast, gulf, and Hawaii. I shot a lot of video with a large prosumer setup and fabricated an amber colored filter to go over my camera lens. This basically added red back into the color spectrum giving everything a much better balance. The use of high powered daylight balanced lights gave me the extra light I needed on overcast, low vis, or deeper dives (150fsw). Which is about the same depth as Cody’s video. I’ll see if I can find an old video I shot in Hawaii.

Edit: just found it. This was all shot with my homemade filter and ultra wide flood lights. Without that stuff everything would look blue. It was also shot in 2008 @ 1080P. At that time 1080P was a new resolution so compressing and uploading to YouTube was a challenge. My 8 year old GoPro that has done nothing but collect dust would probably look better.

 

[Empty V]

I found this and thought it was very interesting. For reference of what light corals evolved to grow with, the average depth of the Great Barrier Reef is 35 meters or about 115 feet deep.

No wonder people like Jason Fox preach “as much blue as possible” considering he dives to find most of his corals.

Thank you for sharing, this is awesome.

 

[R-BallJunkie]

..... old video I shot in Hawaii.

Brr, too cold in Hawaii to dive

 

[Cody]

I used to dive the west coast on a weekly basis and got to hit some really cool wrecks on the east coast, gulf, and Hawaii. I shot a lot of video with a large prosumer setup and fabricated an amber colored filter to go over my camera lens. This basically added red back into the color spectrum giving everything a much better balance. The use of high powered daylight balanced lights gave me the extra light I needed on overcast, low vis, or deeper dives (150fsw). Which is about the same depth as Cody’s video. I’ll see if I can find an old video I shot in Hawaii.

Edit: just found it. This was all shot with my homemade filter and ultra wide flood lights. Without that stuff everything would look blue. It was also shot in 2008 @ 1080P. At that time 1080P was a new resolution so compressing and uploading to YouTube was a challenge. My 8 year old GoPro that has done nothing but collect dust would probably look better.

You know, they say that a criminal always returns to the scene of the crime. Why did you sink these ships?!!