Tursiops
Forum username: tursiops
Posts: 438
Active years: 2015—2023
Primary forums: Shooting Technique/Workflow/Editing, Photography Gear and Technique
Specialization: Photo editing software, Olympus/wide-angle systems
Community Role
Tursiops was an active Wetpixel community member during the mid-2010s through early 2020s, contributing across gear, technique, and post-processing discussions. The username references Tursiops, the genus of bottlenose dolphins, suggesting a marine biology connection. With 438 posts over eight years, Tursiops was a consistent presence particularly in discussions about photo editing workflows and wide-angle underwater photography equipment.
Notable Contributions
Photo Editing Software Advocacy
Tursiops started one of the most active post-processing discussions on Wetpixel — “Probably going to scrap Lightroom for ON1” (58 replies) — which became a community-wide debate about alternatives to Adobe’s subscription model. Frustrated by Adobe’s move to cloud-based subscriptions, Tursiops evaluated ON1 RAW, Exposure X3, Luminar (Macphun), and Darkroom as potential replacements. The thread captured widespread community sentiment against subscription-based software pricing and sparked discussion about catalog migration challenges ([1]).
Wide-Angle and Macro Systems
Tursiops contributed to discussions about Nauticam wet wide-angle lenses, including sharing experiences with a scratched WWL-1 lens (14 replies) ([2]). Also participated in lens choice discussions for the Olympus OM-D system, including what lenses to use for rhinopias photography ([3]).
Other Notable Threads
- Nauticam WWL-C discussion (45 replies) — Participated in the new Nauticam wet wide-angle lens discussion ([4])
- Blue light photography (10 replies) — Discussed blue light removal in post-processing ([5])
Activity Profile
- Peak years: 2017—2021
- Focus areas: Post-processing software (Lightroom vs. alternatives), wide-angle wet lenses, Olympus OM-D underwater systems
- 438 posts across gear, technique, and editing forums
Sources
- Forum thread: Probably Going To Scrap Lightroom For On1 ↩
- Forum thread: Scratched My Wwl 1 Glass ↩
- Forum thread: What Lens For Olympus Om For Rhinopias ↩
- Forum thread: New Nauticam Wet Wideangle Wwl C ↩
- Forum thread: Fix Neo Blue Light Remove Blue In Post Processing ↩
- Probably going to scrap Lightroom for ON1 (forum) ↩
- Scratched my WWL-1 glass (forum) ↩
- What lens for Olympus OM for rhinopias (forum) ↩
- New Nauticam wet wideangle WWL-C (forum) ↩