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Underwater Imaging, Photography, and Visibility
The Underwater Photographer
Author: Martin Edge
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2012-08-21
Total Pages: 538
ISBN-13: 1136098615
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The award-winning third edition of 'The Underwater Photographer' dragged the topic kicking and screaming in to the digital age and with the fully updated fourth edition highly respected photographer and tutor Martin Edge takes you deeper in to the world of Underwater Photography. Practical examples take you step-by-step through the basic techniques from photographing shipwrecks, divers, marine life and abstract images to taking photographs at night. Brand new chapters cover not only highly specialist Underwater Photography techniques such as low visibility/greenwater photography, but also the digital workflow needed to handle your images using the latest software such as Lightroom. Packed with breathtaking images and an easy to read style honed from over twenty years of diving photography courses, this book is sure to both educate and inspire underwater photographers of all skill levels.
Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Multidisciplinary Research & Applications (ICAMRA-2023)
Author: Prof.(Dr). Alok Bhatt
Publisher: INENCE PUBLICATIONS PVT LTD
Published: 2023-06-14
Total Pages: 135
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The International Conference on Advances in Multidisciplinary Research & Applications (ICAMRA-2023) is an esteemed gathering of researchers, academicians, industry professionals, and experts from around the world. This conference serves as a platform for exchanging knowledge, insights, and ideas across various disciplines, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, and exploring the latest advancements in research and their applications. ICAMRA-2023 will feature a diverse range of topics encompassing multidisciplinary research, interdisciplinary applications, and cutting-edge innovations. Participants will have the opportunity to delve into emerging trends, discuss global perspectives, and contribute to the advancement of knowledge in their respective fields. The conference will cover a wide array of thematic areas, including but not limited to sustainable development, data analytics and artificial intelligence, digital transformation, health and wellness, environmental science and conservation, education and pedagogy, social sciences and humanities, business and economics, engineering and technology, cybersecurity and privacy, big data and cloud computing, medical advancements and healthcare systems, and energy and renewable resources. ICAMRA-2023 aims to provide a conducive environment for networking, collaboration, and intellectual discourse. It offers a platform for researchers, practitioners, and industry professionals to share their research findings, exchange best practices, and explore potential collaborations for addressing real-world challenges. The conference will feature keynote speeches, plenary sessions, panel discussions, paper presentations, and poster sessions, enabling participants to showcase their research and engage in stimulating discussions. Attendees will have the opportunity to gain insights from renowned experts, attend workshops and tutorials, and connect with fellow researchers and professionals from diverse backgrounds.
Advanced Concepts for Intelligent Vision Systems
Author: Jaques Blanc-Talon
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2011-09-06
Total Pages: 777
ISBN-13: 3642236871
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Advanced Concepts for Intelligent Vision Systems, ACIVS 2011, held in Ghent, Belgium, in August 2011. The 66 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 124 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on classification recognition, and tracking, segmentation, images analysis, image processing, video surveillance and biometrics, algorithms and optimization; and 3D, depth and scene understanding.
Deep Learning for Marine Science
Author: Haiyong Zheng
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Published: 2024-05-15
Total Pages: 555
ISBN-13: 2832549055
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Deep learning (DL), mainly composed of deep and complex neural networks such as recurrent network and convolutional network, is an emerging research branch in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning. DL revolution has a far-reaching impact on all scientific disciplines and every corner of our lives. With continuing technological advances, marine science is entering into the big data era with the exponential growth of information. DL is an effective means of harnessing the power of big data. Combined with unprecedented data from cameras, acoustic recorders, satellite remote sensing, and large model outputs, DL enables scientists to solve complex problems in biology, ecosystems, climate, energy, as well as physical and chemical interactions. Although DL has made great strides, it is still only beginning to emerge in many fields of marine science, especially towards representative applications and best practices for the automatic analysis of marine organisms and marine environments. DL in nowadays' marine science mainly leverages cutting-edge techniques of deep neural networks and massive data which collected by in-situ optical or acoustic imaging sensors for underwater applications, such as plankton classification and coral reef detection. This research topic aims to expand the applications of marine science to cover all aspects of detection, classification, segmentation, localization, and density estimation of marine objects, organisms, and phenomena.
Underwater Photography Masterclass
Author: Alex Mustard
Publisher:
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781781452226
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →There is an astonishing world just waiting to be photographed underwater. With marine biologist Dr Alexander Mustard as your guide you can learn all you need to know to explore the amazing creatures and landscapes that lie beneath the surface. From information about diving equipment and cameras, to crucial advice on understanding and controlling light underwater, this book provides all the background you need before you take the plunge. Topics covered include wide-angle light, macro lighting, ambient light and macro techniques
Winning Images with Any Underwater Camera
Author: Paul Colley
Publisher: Dived Up Publications
Published: 2014-05-29
Total Pages: 227
ISBN-13: 1909455040
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →‘This book will arm and inspire you to transform your underwater photographs, whatever camera you use’: Alex Mustard (from the Foreword) The best underwater images don’t just capture the subject well, they also capture mood, emotion and atmosphere. Unlike most other underwater photography books, Winning Images with Any Underwater Camera focuses on composition and techniques rather than the all-consuming camera technology that people tend to chase first. This makes it a supremely cost-effective tool for improving images; and there is no discrimination between users of different camera systems — this truly is a book for all. International award winner and instructor Paul Colley reveals the short cuts and shows the vital bits of artistic theory as it applies to underwater photography, grappling with composition in much greater depth than in other books. He also includes easy-to-remember reference models for underwater composition: pre-planned concepts for twelve typical underwater scenes, with the principal considerations boiled down to those essentials that will help you achieve great results, time and again.
Polarized Light
Author: Dennis H. Goldstein
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2017-12-19
Total Pages: 809
ISBN-13: 143983041X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Polarized light is a pervasive influence in our world—and scientists and engineers in a variety of fields require the tools to understand, measure, and apply it to their advantage. Offering an in-depth examination of the subject and a description of its applications, Polarized Light, Third Edition serves as a comprehensive self-study tool complete with an extensive mathematical analysis of the Mueller matrix and coverage of Maxwell’s equations. Links Historical Developments to Current Applications and Future Innovations This book starts with a general description of light and continues with a complete exploration of polarized light, including how it is produced and its practical applications. The author incorporates basic topics, such as polarization by refraction and reflection, polarization elements, anisotropic materials, polarization formalisms (Mueller–Stokes and Jones) and associated mathematics, and polarimetry, or the science of polarization measurement. New to the Third Edition: A new introductory chapter Chapters on: polarized light in nature, and form birefringence A review of the history of polarized light, and a chapter on the interference laws of Fresnel and Arago—both completely re-written A new appendix on conventions used in polarized light New graphics, and black-and-white photos and color plates Divided into four parts, this book covers the fundamental concepts and theoretical framework of polarized light. Next, it thoroughly explores the science of polarimetry, followed by discussion of polarized light applications. The author concludes by discussing how our polarized light framework is applied to physics concepts, such as accelerating charges and quantum systems. Building on the solid foundation of the first two editions, this book reorganizes and updates existing material on fundamentals, theory, polarimetry, and applications. It adds new chapters, graphics, and color photos, as well as a new appendix on conventions used in polarized light. As a result, the author has re-established this book’s lofty status in the pantheon of literature on this important field.
Image-Based Damage Assessment for Underwater Inspections
Author: Michael O’Byrne
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2018-07-18
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 1351052578
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Inspection is crucial to the management of ageing infrastructure. Visual information on structures is regularly collected but very little work exists on its organised and quantitative analysis, even though image processing can significantly enhance these inspection processes and transfer real financial and safety benefits to the managers, owners and users. Additionally, new opportunities exist in the fast evolving sectors of wind and wave energy to add value to image-based inspection techniques. This book is a first for structural engineers and inspectors who wish to harness the full potential of cameras as an inspection tool. It is particularly directed to the inspection of offshore and marine structures and the application of image-based methods in underwater inspections. It outlines a set of best practice guidelines for obtaining imagery, then the fundamentals of image processing are covered along with several image processing techniques which can be used to assess multiple damage forms: crack detection, corrosion detection, and depth analysis of marine growth on offshore structures. The book provides benchmark performance measures for these techniques under various visibility conditions using an image repository which will help inspectors to envisage the effectiveness of the techniques when applied. MATLAB® scripts and access to the underwater image repository are included so readers can run these techniques themselves. Practising engineers and managers of infrastructure assets are guided in image processing based inspection. Researchers can use this book as a primer, and it also suits advanced graduate courses in infrastructure management or on applied image processing.
