Dead Tree
Aug 5, 2013 22:11:21 #
I took this photo on a very foggy morning on the Blue Ridge Parkway, not far north of Asheville, North Carolina.. I was able to get a clearer photo in PP, but I'm very frustrated with this effort. I want a clear photo, but I'm not going back to re-shoot it. What can I do the further eliminate the haze? I use Elements 9.
Aug 5, 2013 22:55:03 #
I love Asheville having grown up there (but as Thomas Wolfe wrote, you can't go home again). The photo is very nice. I wonder what it would it look life if you tightened up on the dead tree a bit.
Aug 5, 2013 23:44:52 #
Spent two weeks in the area 3 years back. my only regret is I didn't have a decent camera at the time. It's such a beautiful place.
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Aug 6, 2013 01:34:52 #
Aug 6, 2013 06:27:05 #
breck wrote:
A levels adjustment would help
Thanks, Breck, but it's already level. Look at the trunks of trees in the background.
Aug 6, 2013 08:03:15 #
sunshooter wrote:
I took this photo on a very foggy morning on the Blue Ridge Parkway, not far north of Asheville, North Carolina.. I was able to get a clearer photo in PP, but I'm very frustrated with this effort. I want a clear photo, but I'm not going back to re-shoot it. What can I do the further eliminate the haze? I use Elements 9.
As someone fairly new to DSLR photography I wonder if a ND filter (graduated type) would help. Anyone else please comment if this is on the right track. I've been in a photo opportunity like this before but did not have an ND filter at the time to try out.
Aug 6, 2013 09:59:11 #
I don't use Elements, so perhaps this advice won't work. I find that applying an s-curve frequently helps in these situations.
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Aug 6, 2013 10:09:15 #
I wonder what it would look like cropped a bit from the right side. My untrained eye doesn't see much haze but maybe the cropping would help bring the tree in more clearly. Just an amateur's thought :)
Aug 6, 2013 10:30:04 #
Aug 6, 2013 10:33:46 #
sunshooter wrote:
I took this photo on a very foggy morning on the Blue Ridge Parkway, not far north of Asheville, North Carolina.. I was able to get a clearer photo in PP, but I'm very frustrated with this effort. I want a clear photo, but I'm not going back to re-shoot it. What can I do the further eliminate the haze? I use Elements 9.
Very interesting shot Sunshooter. My I suggest 2 things? One, reload the image with "Store Original" checked so others can download and take a shot at processing. Two, introduce this thread in the new Post Processing section here at UHH. Responses there should give the steps used to achieve the results you are looking for.
Aug 6, 2013 13:48:45 #
breck
Loc: Derbyshire UK
Image, adjustments levels, then dragging shadows and midtones slightly to the right will increase the contrast after having reducing the highlights in the output levels.
I find it a good way to increase contrast without burning out highlights or blocking in shadows
I find it a good way to increase contrast without burning out highlights or blocking in shadows
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Aug 6, 2013 13:55:33 #
Aug 6, 2013 13:57:06 #
Aug 6, 2013 15:17:43 #
Thanks, y'all. Breck, that's what I did...your seems to have worked better, though - perhaps since you did it after I had already increased the contrast (and filtered for noise) once.
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