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Haze & Sunbeams

  • 06-02-2008 10:46am
    #1
    PopeBuckfastXVI
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,155 ✭✭✭


    Hi All,

    I have a question or two...

    I was out the other weekend on a grand sunny day, found myself at the top of a high bump in Kildare (we don't really have hills or mountains).

    I took a load of pictures of the surrounding flatlands and the foreground and sky were lovely, however the middleground was completely horrible due to it being a hazy day. Not really fog or anything, just haze. I'm sorry I don't have pictures to post, I didn't even bother processing them from raw.

    So my question is how do you all deal with haze, is there a filter you can get which helps eliminate it, are there settings you use that help, it does my nut in, cause even on a nice day in Ireland it tends to be quite hazy instead of nice clean air.

    Also on a related but opposite note, how do you capture sunbeams? They never look as good in my pictures as they do with my eye? Is there a filter etc? Or would you be better off just postprocessing the crap out of them in ps or similar?

    Thanks in advance!


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  • #2
    Thirdfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,110 ✭✭✭Thirdfox


    I think UV filter cuts down on haze too? Maybe circular polariser...

    Being obtuse about it - an infra-red filter would definitely cut out the haze (and pretty much all visible light). Not quite what you're looking for though I'd guess ;)


  • #3
    Borderfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,263 ✭✭✭✭Borderfox


    Maybe a polariser, I have had some really hazy shots and recovered them in RAW by sticking a lot of contrast back in. For sunbeams I use spot metering/centre weighted and meter off the brightest part of the scene.


  • #4
    TJM
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 548 ✭✭✭TJM


    There is a technique which can help to minimise haze in post processing using a graduated unsharp mask via a new layer + linear gradient. I've seen a very good tutorial for doing this on aerial photos but can't find it at the moment. This site has a less clear tutorial which will hopefully get the point across:
    http://www.photokaboom.com/photography/learn/Photoshop_Elements/haze/3_haze_unsharp_mask_filter.htm


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