| · | Photo Quality and Resolution The photos in the gallery are mostly saved in JPEG high quality format which is about 1/10th of their original RAW format quality. There are some old favourites which were captured in JPEG rather than RAW format due to my early naive understanding of digital photography formats. The thumbnails are set to a resolution of 300 pixels if you double click on them you will get a picture resolution of 972 * 678 pixels for Canon images or 864 * 648 pixels for Olympus images which is far smaller than the original size so that they fit most computer screens. |
| · | Photo Classification I have organised the photos into Albums based on scientific orders and classes this is basically for my ease and hopefully to help viewers understand a little more about the subjects. I don't claim to be a biological expert and I am learning as I go so please correct me if I misplace anything. |
| · | Photo EXIF Data Most of the photos when viewed in full will display core EXIF data like Focal length, Aperture, ISO, Shutter Speed and date and time of capture. From this you can work out which lens was used to take the photo and hopefully help some beginners work out the best manual settings to use. It is quite a learning curve and I still have a lot to learn myself so any tips are appreciated. |
| · | Cameras Used I originally used an Olympus 5060W camera in an Olympus underwater housing with a Fisheye video light. I then purchased a Canon 400D (Rebel XTI) and an Ikelite Housing with a single DS125 Strobe. I then purchased an Ikelite DS51 substrobe to reduce shadowing and plan on upgrading this to a Ikelite DS160 eventually. I use 3 main lens with my Canon the Tokina 10-17mm Fisheye which is great for wide angle, the Sigma 17-70mm for general purpose all rounder and the Canon 100mm macro. I would recommend all these lens however in hindsight I think the Canon 60mm macro would have been a better choice. |
| · | Photo Editing I am not an expert with photo editing and it really bores me so I don't use anything like Adobe Photoshop. I have tried a few flavours and if you like editing photos try GIMP (http://www.gimp.org/) it is a free and very powerful like Adobe. I personally like Capture One by Phase One (www.phaseone.com) it isn't free but it never alters the original photo it creates a seperate file containing your adjustments. I mainly only use crop for composition or exposure adjustment if it is too bright. But the best bet is take a good photo and you have less work to do. |
| · | Can you purchase the photos Yes you can I can have them professionally printed on whatever medium you like Gloss, Canvas, Matt etc. Price depends on size and quantity please use the contact button if you are interested in purchasing any images. I will only supply the original RAW file to magazines and book publishers under contract. You are welcome to download the JPEG images from the website as long as you do not edit them and remove or obscure the copyright watermark. |