r/underwaterphotography

Pic is mostly for attention. I’m reading an excellent book about creativity mostly because I’ve been feeling- uncreative. One of the ideas proposed was that friction between people drives creativity and innovation. Besides the obvious stuff like dive more etc what do you people do to improve your photos? Are there good subreddits (maybe this one?) where people give you feedback etc? What do you do when you’re feeling like your photos are mostly ID photos or when you need inspiration? Lately I feel like my mind is cluttered or I have no ambition and my work reflects that.

Amazing news!!!

Sony a74
12-24 F4
Seafrogs Housing

Amazing conditions at Santa Barbara Island, Channel Islands, CA

Cornwall the other day.

TG7 and twin Orcatorch d710v

Depth 12m, temp 19 degrees.

In Koh Tao for a month, doing underwater photography for the first time! I read somewhere that it’s addicting, boy you were so right.

Eugene Dive Club dove Clear Lake Oregon today. Impressive blue colors above and below the surface.

Local SoCal nudi, would likely be the state Nudibranch if we had one.

OM-1, Pany 45 macro, AOI housing 2x AOI strobes

I came back to the dive shop I did my instructors at to take up some underwater photography. This is my PB from the first month; ~20 dives

Info on each image and full photographer credits here:

https://www.popsci.com/environment/2026-ocean-photographer-of-the-year-awards-finalists/

After I posted my squid photos, someone gave me the advice, “Don’t just post them as they are. At least do a little editing.”
So, taking that advice to heart, I tried editing a photo for the first time. Here’s a clownfish.
The subject was already pretty dark, so maybe the editing doesn’t make as much of a difference as I’d hoped. 😅
Still, I’ll consider this the first step in getting some practice with photo editing.

Is there anywhere I can get a set of O rings for my Nikonos IV?
Thanks.

Went on a group tour and this guy popped up behind us, was the only one that got to it before it dived

From Kalimantan OM-1 AOI, Panasonic 30 macro lens saga ringflash