How to Recover Lost Colors in Underwater Photos Using Lightroom
AI image depicting Recovery of Lost Colors Underwater photography comes with challenges, and one of the biggest hurdles is dealing with lost colors. Those vibrant reds, oranges, and yellows can quickly disappear as you descend, leaving your images washed out and dominated by blues and greens. Fortunately, Adobe Lightroom has tools to restore these lost colors and bring your underwater photos to life. This guide dives deep (pun intended) into why colors disappear underwater, how to recognize the problem and a detailed, step-by-step process for recovering them in Lightroom. Understanding Lost Colors in Underwater Photos Light behaves differently underwater than it does on land. Water absorbs light wavelengths, starting with reds, then oranges, yellows, greens, and finally blues as you go deeper. By reaching 10-15 feet, red is almost entirely gone, giving photos a blue or green cast that grows stronger the deeper you go. Without artificial lighting like strobes or a flash, images lack the