{"id":2996,"date":"2009-06-28T00:02:24","date_gmt":"2009-06-28T00:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwphoto.onpressidium.com\/great-colors-underwater\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T14:55:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T14:55:40","slug":"great-colors-underwater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uwphotographyguide.com\/great-colors-underwater\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Color in your Underwater Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Underwater photos that stand out usually have great detail and color that pops. In this article I explore how to get the best possible colors in your underwater photos, whether shooting with or without a strobe.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-2990\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwphotographyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/483251229_Sxydq-S.jpg\" alt=\"janolus nudibranch, getting great colors\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwphotographyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/483251229_Sxydq-S.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.uwphotographyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/483251229_Sxydq-S-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-2971\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwphotographyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/479408902_od7Yf-S.jpg\" alt=\"mantis shrimp, better colors underwater\" width=\"150\" height=\"149\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwphotographyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/479408902_od7Yf-S.jpg 302w, https:\/\/www.uwphotographyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/479408902_od7Yf-S-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uwphotographyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/479408902_od7Yf-S-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.uwphotographyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/479408902_od7Yf-S-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <!--break--> <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Underwater Photography With Great Colors<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-2991\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwphotographyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/JS_r1.jpg\" alt=\"Closeup Texture of a Sea Star. Molokini, HI Canon 5DSr 100mm EF f\/2.8L Macro Lens Dual Sea &amp; Sea YSD2j Strobes\" title=\"Closeup Texture of a Sea Star. Molokini, HI Canon 5DSr 100mm EF f\/2.8L Macro Lens Dual Sea &amp; Sea YSD2j Strobes\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwphotographyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/JS_r1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uwphotographyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/JS_r1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uwphotographyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/JS_r1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uwphotographyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/JS_r1-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul> <\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #085c7f; font-size: 25.5px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;\">Tips for Getting Great Colors with a Strobe or Flash In Your Underwater Photos<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"display: inline !important;\">Expose properly &#8211; many colors are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwphotographyguide.com\/book\/underwater-photography-guide\/underwater-photography-lighting\/lighting-hot-spots\/\">easily blown out<\/a>, especially reds. Slightly underexpose them.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwphotographyguide.com\/underwater-photography-strobe-positioning\/\">Play with strobe position<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwphotographyguide.com\/book\/underwater-photography-guide\/underwater-photography-lighting\/underwater-photography-strobe-lighting-backscatter\/\">front lighting will enhance color <\/a>and saturation, but be sure to check your histograms with direct front lighting to watch out for blown out highlights.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Don&#8217;t shoot with your subject more than 1ft (.3 meters) away. For macro, try to be less that 6 inches away. This helps ensure that minimal reds and oranges are absorbed by the water.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Make sure your subject is not already brightly lit with natural light. If it is, your camera settings must block out that natural light with a <a href=\"\/underwater-photography-aperture\">small aperture<\/a> or fast <a href=\"\/underwater-photography-shutter-speed\">shutter speed<\/a>. Otherwise, the natural light will have many colors absorbed from it.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>This is related to the above item &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwphotographyguide.com\/book\/underwater-photography-guide\/underwater-settings\/underwater-camera-modes\/\">use manual mode if possible<\/a>. When shooting a shallow, sun-lit subject in clear, shooting at F8, 1\/100th will let in too much ambient light. You&#8217;ll need to shoot at a faster shutter speed so only your strobe is lighting the subject. Do a test &#8211; shoot with your hand covering the flash. If the photo is still exposed well, your settings are wrong.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Use the proper white balance setting when using a flash or strobe, auto or sunny is usually correct. Using cloudy will usually make the photos look too yellow or orangish.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-2992\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwphotographyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/502587736_ZYpw6-S.jpg\" alt=\"spanish shawl with nice colors\" align=\"top\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwphotographyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/502587736_ZYpw6-S.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.uwphotographyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/502587736_ZYpw6-S-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>What Not To Do For Underwater Color<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"line-height: 22.5px;\">\n<p>Using auto-flash instead of forced flash. Set your compact camera to forced flash, your internal flash goes off every time for added color.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height: 22.5px;\">\n<p>Not getting close enough. Red color is quickly&nbsp;<a href=\"\/underwater-photography-lighting-fundamentals\">absorbed by water<\/a>. If your photo subject is 3ft away, your strobe light is making a 6ft round-trip, the distance is more than enough to absorb a lot of the red color.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height: 22.5px;\">\n<p>Shooting in auto mode or priority mode, instead of&nbsp;<a href=\"\/underwater-camera-settings\">manual mode<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height: 22.5px;\">\n<p>Not using a&nbsp;<a href=\"\/underwater-photography-strobe-lighting-backscatter\">strobe or internal flash<\/a>. You can get decent color if you are very very shallow, but you really need a strobe or flash to get great colors underwater.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-2993\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwphotographyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/146682169_vsoZw-S.jpg\" alt=\"triggerfish with good color\" align=\"top\" width=\"200\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwphotographyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/146682169_vsoZw-S.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.uwphotographyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/146682169_vsoZw-S-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2>Getting Vibrant Color In Wide Angle Shots<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Shoot with the sun in front of you (sun behind the subject), so that the subject is dark and is mostly lit by your strobe. Use manual settings to underexpose the ambient light in the background.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Use a very wide angle lens, like a <a href=\"\/fisheye-lenses-underwater\">fisheye lens<\/a>, to get within 1ft of the subject.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-2994\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwphotographyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/567016061_jFgTg-S.jpg\" alt=\"cuttlefish photo with great colors\" title=\"My tokina fisheye lens let me get very close to the featherstars, allowing my strobes to give them a nice color. F13, 1\/160th, ISO 200\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; vertical-align: top;\" width=\"400\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwphotographyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/567016061_jFgTg-S.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.uwphotographyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/567016061_jFgTg-S-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>How To Get Great Colors Underwater Using Natural Light<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>Use <a href=\"\/underwater-photography-ambient-light-manual-white-balance\">manual white balance<\/a>&nbsp;and adjust every 5-10ft, or shoot in <a href=\"\/raw-versus-jpeg\">RAW <\/a>and white balance in your raw editor<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>Shoot in calm, shallow, sunny water &#8211; preferable in less than 20ft \/ 6 meters.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>Shoot with the sun behind you.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>Use filters to block out some of the blue spectrum, like a <a href=\"\/underwater-photography-filters\">magic filter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-2995\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwphotographyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/js_r2.jpg\" alt=\"Female Pencil Wrasse. Kona, HI  Canon 5DSr 100mm f\/2.8L Macro Lens with Ambient Light, 10ft deep\" title=\"Female Pencil Wrasse. Kona, HI  Canon 5DSr 100mm f\/2.8L Macro Lens with Ambient Light, 10ft deep\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwphotographyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/js_r2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uwphotographyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/js_r2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uwphotographyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/js_r2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uwphotographyguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/js_r2-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Further Reading<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"\/eliminate-backscatter-underwater\">Easy Ways to Eliminate Backscatter in your Photos<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwphotographyguide.com\/book\/underwater-photography-guide\/underwater-photography-lighting\/underwater-photography-ambient-light-manual-white-balance\/\">Shooting with Custom White Balance<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"\/back-button-focus\">The Breakdown on Back Button Focus<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"\/drift-diving-underwater-photography\">Essential Drift Diving Photo Tips<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Underwater photos that stand out usually have great detail and color that pops. 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