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Results: Underwater Tour Awards 2021
The 2021 Underwater Tour Awards has announced its winners. The Guru Grand Prize is awarded to the individual with the highest scored images across all the categories. The winner of this award was Amanda Blanksby. Wetpixel offers hearty congratulations to all the winners.
Wetpixel Live: Using an LCD to Assess Exposure
Wetpixel Live: Metering Modes for UW Photography
Most cameras offer a variety of metering modes, and this can lead to some confusion as to which is the most suitable for gauging the exposure of images. Alex Mustard and Adam Hanlon discuss the most commonly available options and go on to explain that they both tend to rely on “Eyeball Mark 1” to gauge the exposure of their images.
ON1 Announces NoNoise AI
ON1 has announced the development of their NoNoise AI plugin that the company claims will provide better results than any existing apps. It uses AI to process images, which are exported in DNG format. NoNoise AI will be a stand-alone app, as well as a plugin for Adobe Lightroom Classic and Photoshop, Affinity Photo, Corel Paintshop Pro, Apple Photos, and Capture One.
Reef ID Book Publishes Flatworm Photo Guide
Reef ID books have announced the release of its latest marine life guidebook. Marine Flatworms of the Tropical Indo-Pacific by Andrey Ryanskiy is a photo guide that catalogs over 580 species from the Red Sea, East, and South Africa to Hawaii, Marshall Islands, and Guam. The publishers are offering a special 20% discount on the eBook version to the Wetpixel community.
Wetpixel Live: Strobe Power Primer
Alex and Adam chat discuss strobe power. They talk about when it is needed and how the quality of light produced by strobes is more important than the amount of light they output. They also provided some tips about how to play to the strengths of your particular strobe, rather than trying to make each one good for all purposes.
Wetpixel Live: Nature’s Best 2020
Saga Ships 4’ Dome Port for Ikelite
Saga has announced a new BK-7 optical glass 4” (100mm) dome port for use with Ikelite DL port system housings. The dome has an external coating that maximizes light transmission, and an internal anti-reflective one. The port is optimized for use with fisheyes lenses, specifically, the Tokina 10-17mm and both Nikon and Canon 8-15mm lenses. The shade and back pane is constructed of anodized aluminum, and the shade is removable to allow for full circle images.
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