PP to Get Rid of Haze

[Comanche]

Folks - I'm not too bad with the basics of Photoshop, but I need help with this one.

I have seen it written up (somewhere) how to greatly reduce haze. I have someone who wants a print of this shot, but obviously, I can't print this thing. The haze really dulls the shots.

This is right out of the camera, except for resizing. Canon 30D, 70-200 f2.8 at 200, 1/4000 at f 2.8, ISO 100 on a tripod.



You can process this if you wish, but what I really need is how you do any processing so I can do it on the original. Yes - I'll do some cropping - and I'll straighten the horizon too.

Thanx in advance.

[NoLight]

This is the best I could do. Levels set black point and white point then USM 20/60/0

[nuke]

Here is an edit I did in Lightroom. If you like it, PM me and I can give you the settings. I tried editing it in CS2 alone, and couldn't get it to look as good. I'm going to warn you, my monitor *may* be out of calibration, so if this looks terrible, please let me know!

[zepp]

Doug

On the sample provided try the unsharp mask filter in Photoshop with the following settings:

Amount = 100
Radius = 60
Threshold = 0

Good luck....

[zepp]

Since I was private messaged soon after submitting my post above and asked how the unsharp mask filter increases contrast without adding sharpening at the extremely high radius setting, I thought I would follow up and post a few links explaining the technique I learned years ago.

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tu...ancement.shtml

http://www.lonestardigital.com/photoshop_quicktips.htm

http://www.bythom.com/sharpening.htm

Frank

[Comanche]

Originally Posted by zepp

Since I was private messaged soon after submitting my post above and asked how the unsharp mask filter increases contrast without adding sharpening at the extremely high radius setting, I thought I would follow up and post a few links explaining the technique I learned years ago.

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tu...ancement.shtml

http://www.lonestardigital.com/photoshop_quicktips.htm

http://www.bythom.com/sharpening.htm

Frank

Hi Frank - thanx for the feedback.

True enough, using USM in that manner does add contrast. What I remember (actually, don't remember) is an article I read once as to how to get rid of the dull blue cast of haze along with USM. It was a process that was much more than a couple of layers adding USM and removing the cast, but it made a real difference. I'll keep Googling it. Thanx.

[nuke]

Originally Posted by Comanche

Hi Frank - thanx for the feedback.

True enough, using USM in that manner does add contrast. What I remember (actually, don't remember) is an article I read once as to how to get rid of the dull blue cast of haze along with USM. It was a process that was much more than a couple of layers adding USM and removing the cast, but it made a real difference. I'll keep Googling it. Thanx.

Doug - If you find anything on removing that blue cast, let me know!

[JohnT]

Doug, is this it?
http://www.lunacore.com/photoshop/tutorials/tut016.htm

[Ahh!]

Originally Posted by JohnT

Doug, is this it?
http://www.lunacore.com/photoshop/tutorials/tut016.htm

Wow! Excellent.

[BrokenBiker]

Originally Posted by JohnT

Doug, is this it?
http://www.lunacore.com/photoshop/tutorials/tut016.htm

I use that technique on a lot of photos. It even worked on my mother-in-law's safari pics real well. One other thing that (sometimes) helps out w/ haze is using the High Pass filter. This can create a halo effect, or create a look that you might not want in parts of your image. To correct this, just create a layer and apply the filter where you want it.

Create a new layer, apply Filter>Other>High Pass. Place the settings between 5 & 10. Change the blending mode of that layer to Overlay. Create a mask for that layer and use B/W brushes to apply as desired.

Below is a "before and after" w/ the High Pass filter masked to show just the hills in the background....a subtle but useful difference, IMO.

[Demonic]

Here is my crack at it



I used (in photoshop CS3) curve adjustment layers w/ masks (seprate ones for the background and foreground) and some color adjustments using hue / sat and selective color.

maybe a bit over done but i was trying to get the background to stand out a bit more.

[Comanche]

Originally Posted by JohnT

Doug, is this it?
http://www.lunacore.com/photoshop/tutorials/tut016.htm

Yuppers! That's it!

Thanx, John.

However - just so everyone knows - this senility thing is tough. Would you believe I had this page bookmarked! (Duh!)

[Comanche]

Originally Posted by Demonic

Here is my crack at it

I used (in photoshop CS3) curve adjustment layers w/ masks (seprate ones for the background and foreground) and some color adjustments using hue / sat and selective color.

maybe a bit over done but i was trying to get the background to stand out a bit more.

Excellent, Scott! That really brings out the hills behind the church. Thanx!

[lhdvies]

This was done with elements 3 simplified mode and a FM 30D scpro Plug-in. Not the best,but interesting. I couldn't seem to get the mtn trees haze out.





I hope you get it worked out for it is a beautiful shot, scenery and comp(with straightening) wise.

[brianmcho]

wow....

good job all.