Need advice & help on getting rid of haze in landscapes in PP

Steve Bingham · Aug 8, 2016

Go to Color effects Pro 4 . . . FREE. It's a PS CC plug in. Select Tonal Contrast under Landscapes. Adjust sliders to taste. Only way to fly.

This took mere seconds. Not a great picture (I don't put those out). The saturation is a little much but was done for you to see the possibilities.

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plain text · Aug 8, 2016

Clear view in DxO, or dehaze in ACR

ruhell · Aug 8, 2016

KENTGA said:
Don't know how much this one can be "helped"

Most pictures can be saved in one or another way, but they might of course not fit everyones taste, too dark, too vibrant, too contrasty, too...something...if in doubt try B&W

Anyway, I did a quick play with On1 Photo10 whick I find quite brilliant these days. Selectively increased the contrast, darkened some, a little vignette, vibrance and some more...

You can also increase the in camera contrast, vibrance, sharpening and that will affect jpg out of the camera. DPP will also use those settings when it initially opens a raw from the camera

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brucet · Aug 8, 2016

This thread is a great example of 'one program doesn't do it all'!

We all 'push' our favorite programs when in reality most programs can do 'most' things! Well sort of. But the key to this thread, and many others, is not just the program but more about knowing your program.

Some great ideas.

regards

Steve Bingham · Aug 8, 2016

ACR. One click on the pull down menu in ACR called fx click on dehaze and use slider to taste. I forgot about this simple trick!

Getting old, I guess.

Steve Bingham · Aug 8, 2016

plain text said:
Clear view in DxO, or dehaze in ACR

Exactly. How quickly we forget. ACR, pull down menu called fx, select dehaze and use slider to taste.

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Novatos · Aug 8, 2016

KENTGA said:
Most of my photography is landscapes and scenic. If I don't own the software, I'll buy it.

Thanks in advance,

Kent

I'm getting off-tangent from your specific request for help in PP

For landscape, I use graduated ND filter to control the sky and background brightness / haze.

I seldom post process but when I do, I use Nikon Capture NX2. I use the "Color Point" to enhance the details, contrast, exposure to give the shot a pop. I don't know if Nikon Capture NX2 will work with Canon raw file.

KENTGA · Aug 8, 2016

Thanks "young" Jim. I'm "young" Kent at almost 75. DXO is on my "to get" list.

Kent

KENTGA · Aug 8, 2016

Canon software doesn't offer these fixes. I ask you to look at what the responders did to improve my landscape photos with the haze in the distance. They did a great job and I rest my case.

This is what I was looking for.

Kent

sabrina81 · Aug 8, 2016

ACR, Topaz Clarity, selective color, curves, shadows/highlights

brucet · Aug 8, 2016

We need to be careful with these sorts of adjustments. Unfortunately our environment is such that that blue 'haze' is all to common and is now a common component of our photos. So the question becomes - "is it 'realistic' to remove all the haze?"

Like shadows, is it realistic to open up our shadows so we can see everything and thus remove the dark spots that really were there?

Some of the above suggestions give excellent results. While others are simply removing that 'color cast' from the entire image. Before anyone uses any of the above suggestions I would urge caution about how much haze is actually removed. There is a danger with 'clever' software that we will eventually forget what we observed in preference to what we hoped we observed.

regards

KENTGA · Aug 9, 2016

I somewhat agree with you about making photos unrealistic. That's why I added the caption to the 3 boats photo that it should probably be left as is. I also think that what we see with our eyes doesn't have as much haze as what the photos show. Just my thoughts.

That's why I never use anything but "natural" when I combine exposure bracketed photos.

Thanks for your comments.

Kent

sabrina81 · Aug 9, 2016

brucet said:
We need to be careful with these sorts of adjustments. Unfortunately our environment is such that that blue 'haze' is all to common and is now a common component of our photos. So the question becomes - "is it 'realistic' to remove all the haze?"

Like shadows, is it realistic to open up our shadows so we can see everything and thus remove the dark spots that really were there?

Some of the above suggestions give excellent results. While others are simply removing that 'color cast' from the entire image. Before anyone uses any of the above suggestions I would urge caution about how much haze is actually removed. There is a danger with 'clever' software that we will eventually forget what we observed in preference to what we hoped we observed.

regards

GCam · Aug 9, 2016

sabrina81 said:
brucet said:

We need to be careful with these sorts of adjustments. Unfortunately our environment is such that that blue 'haze' is all to common and is now a common component of our photos. So the question becomes - "is it 'realistic' to remove all the haze?"

Like shadows, is it realistic to open up our shadows so we can see everything and thus remove the dark spots that really were there?

Some of the above suggestions give excellent results. While others are simply removing that 'color cast' from the entire image. Before anyone uses any of the above suggestions I would urge caution about how much haze is actually removed. There is a danger with 'clever' software that we will eventually forget what we observed in preference to what we hoped we observed.

regards

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old jim · Aug 9, 2016

I live on the Beach, and our most frequent wind is Easterly. There is always a fine layer of salt in the air, especially if the surf is up! Sometimes people mistake it for fog. Removing it is a must for me, and Clear View does the job, as do other software's demonstrated here!

Warmest regards,

KENTGA · Aug 9, 2016

Is Clear View part of a software package? If so, which one? If not, do you have a link for it? I tried to find it on the internet and got a lot of "Clear View's" but none were close to removing haze.

Thanks,

Kent

plain text · Aug 9, 2016

"Is Clear View part of a software package? If so, which one?"

DxO

KENTGA · Aug 9, 2016

Thanks!

Kent

Babine · Aug 9, 2016

It's here.

brucet · Aug 9, 2016

sabrina81 said:
brucet said:

We need to be careful with these sorts of adjustments. Unfortunately our environment is such that that blue 'haze' is all to common and is now a common component of our photos. So the question becomes - "is it 'realistic' to remove all the haze?"

Like shadows, is it realistic to open up our shadows so we can see everything and thus remove the dark spots that really were there?

Some of the above suggestions give excellent results. While others are simply removing that 'color cast' from the entire image. Before anyone uses any of the above suggestions I would urge caution about how much haze is actually removed. There is a danger with 'clever' software that we will eventually forget what we observed in preference to what we hoped we observed.

regards

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