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Atlantis Submarine Tour Waikiki, Oahu

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Photography Tips

Before and After Photo

Original (left) and Fixed (right) Photo Taken from the Atlantis Submarine

Photo by John Fischer
Taking photos is a real challenge unless you do some homework beforehand in what settings to use on your camera. I didn't do my homework, but, luckily, I learned that the digital photos I took are easily "fixed" with most photo software to provide a more accurate version of what you see.

I use JASC Paint Shop Pro Photo Album 5 and a mere click on "Quick Fix" really makes a difference as you can see from the "before" and "after" shots above. I was interested to see that the video I took with my new Canon ZR200 Digital Video Camcorder turned out much better than still pictures and required no adjustment.

If I had to do it all over again, I would just take video and then grab some snapshots from that using a program like Windows Movie Maker 2.0 that comes with most new PCs with Windows XP.

The actual submarine tour lasts about 45-minutes. The time goes by very quickly - believe me. Before you realize it, the submarine surfaces and you disembark past a new group of guests awaiting their Atlantis adventure.

The trip back to the Hilton Pier takes about 20 minutes and you get to re-experience those great views that you had while you cruised to the submarine just a little over an hour before.

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