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Dec 28, 2023 16:14:20   #
SalvageDiver Loc: Huntington Beach CA
 
ebrunner wrote:
Usually, in landscape photography at least, mist is a welcome element because it can often isolate an appealing subject that has a distracting background. I've wanted to take this photo of lower Manhattan from the Brooklyn side for a very long time. Unfortunately, this subject works best when the details are crisp and tack sharp. There was no way to get that on this day. So I reached into my bag of recently used Photo Shop filters to see what I could salvage. Let me know if you think this works; or if there is something else that I should have considered from the copious possibilities that you reach for in your bags of tricks.
Erich
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Erich, don't know how far you want to go to salvage this image but another approach is to try and remove as much, but no all of the fog as possible. Try using dehaze a couple of times. Then remove the colors of the NYC skyline. Find a similar stock photo from the same or similar location to add colors back in. Borrow the colors from the stock photo and add using a blank layer and set blend mode to 'Color'. Paint the correct colors back into your original. If the perspective is correct, you can even borrow some of buildings from the stock photo and paste into your image. The correct colors and/or buildings are to ensure an accurate skyline in the end.

Mike


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Dec 28, 2023 18:22:19   #
ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore
 
SalvageDiver wrote:
Erich, don't know how far you want to go to salvage this image but another approach is to try and remove as much, but no all of the fog as possible. Try using dehaze a couple of times. Then remove the colors of the NYC skyline. Find a similar stock photo from the same or similar location to add colors back in. Borrow the colors from the stock photo and add using a blank layer and set blend mode to 'Color'. Paint the correct colors back into your original. If the perspective is correct, you can even borrow some of buildings from the stock photo and paste into your image. The correct colors and/or buildings are to ensure an accurate skyline in the end.

Mike
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That sounds doable. I'm not whiz at PS; but what you are describing does not sound that hard. Thanks for the idea. I'll be sure to post my result if it works out. Thanks.
Erich

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