Useful (aquatic) photography websites

Hi guys,

Started this thread to provide some useful photography websites so that folks here can use it as a resource.

Links will be included if they are related to the following:

1. Directly related to aquatic photography
2. Direct discussions on specific equipment for macro/fish photography
3. Discussion on techniques useful for aquatic photography

General photography/brand sites (e.g. www.clubsnap.com or www.canon.com) will be omited as these can be found easily from any search engine.

This thread will be locked to prevent off topic discussions.

We welcome contributions to update links on this thread via Private Messaging. Contributors will be acknowledged accordingly. Let's all share and learn together.

Thanks!

Cheers,

Ok. The following links related to aquatic photography are recommended by swedish photographer, Max Strandberg.

Hope you guys will go through it and digest.

Digital Aquarium photography by Max Strandberg

Randy's Aquaria - Digital Aquarium Photography

Photographing your fish - a collection from The Krib

Takishi Armano's nature aquarium photography by vectrapoint

The Cichlid Room Companion - Fish Photography by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

Photographing Tanks And Fish by Marcos A. Avila from The Age of Aquariums

Photographing fish and aquarium by Henry

Aquarium Photography - By 2ManyFish

Digital Photography and the Aquarium by Mike Cameron (Recommended)

Cichlid photography by Fredrik Hagblom (Recommended)

ATJ's Marine Aquarium Site - DIY - Close-Up Photography Techniques

Aquarium Photography by William R. Kenney


Feel free to start new topics for further discussion. More to come later.

Cheers,

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Cheers,

Here's a neat program that was recommended by cci[RR]us.

DCE AutoEnhance

DCE AutoEnhance is a stand-alone batch processor. Adobe Photoshop plug-ins versions are also available.

Features

• Automatic Balance

• Remove Blue Cast

• Adjust Mid-tones

• Enhance Colors

• Enhance Details

• Remove Hot Pixels

• De-noise the image

• Portrait De-Focus Filter

• Resize the image

• Finds the JPG quality for each image according your needs

• Add a text or Exif data such a date of shot taken, shutter speed, ISO etc. into the image with great control about the colors and parameters

• Duplicates source folder structure for output images

• Color Match Minolta DiMAGE files to sRGB

Free trial version is available for download on the recommended site.

Cheers,

Hi guys,

Here's a new site to share with those interested in aquatic photography.

www.aquatic-photography.com

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Cheers,