Help Needed With PP: So I got this shot in on an early foggy morn. Two things...in editing, why do I get these rings in the sky, and can someone with good PP/PS knowledge remove them...

busted_shutter

So I got this shot in on an early foggy morn. Two things...in editing, why do I get these rings in the sky, and can someone with good PP/PS knowledge remove them for me? Liking my reflections in the tracks, but the sky not so much. TIA.

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Bob Yankle Loc: Burlington, NC

busted_shutter wrote:

So I got this shot in on an early foggy morn. Two things...in editing, why do I get these rings in the sky, and can someone with good PP/PS knowledge remove them for me? Liking my reflections in the tracks, but the sky not so much. TIA.

The rings in the sky are gradient banding. .jpg files don't handle gradients very well. Save your original as a .png file, and most of that goes away.

busted_shutter

Thanks Bob.

Bill Houghton Loc: New York area

You Might also wish to bring up the resolution from 72 to about 300 that might help some.

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

busted_shutter wrote:

So I got this shot in on an early foggy morn. Two things...in editing, why do I get these rings in the sky, and can someone with good PP/PS knowledge remove them for me? Liking my reflections in the tracks, but the sky not so much. TIA.

One reason to shoot raw and when finished processing save as a 16bit image.

Bill Houghton Loc: New York area

If am not mistaken this is a scanned photo, right. If so I have yet to see a scanner with a RAW option.

trc Loc: Logan, OH

busted_shutter wrote:

So I got this shot in on an early foggy morn. Two things...in editing, why do I get these rings in the sky, and can someone with good PP/PS knowledge remove them for me? Liking my reflections in the tracks, but the sky not so much. TIA.

Marshall,

Take a look at both of these and see if you think one may be any better than what you posted. I finally got a chance to play, so here it is!

Best Regards,
Tom

Rendered Trying to Get Rid of Rings 1

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Rendered Trying to Get Rid of Rings 1a

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busted_shutter

In your first, not so much. Second, not bad. Thanks

trc Loc: Logan, OH

busted_shutter wrote:

In your first, not so much. Second, not bad. Thanks

Marshall,

Hey, you made it back - good to hear from you. The first one was not all that good, but then I went in and worked on it a little more (can't really remember what I did since it was so long ago and I have worked on several images since then). Thank you.

Tom