Walt D Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Hello everyone. Even though I'm a new user, I'm delighted with all the edits I've been able to learn so far from from this board and from Youtube tutorials. However, I've got a common problem in my images that I can't find a solution for. I live in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, and they are called Blue Ridge because of the very common haze that hangs in the valleys. I'm trying to reduce the white, washed out sections between the mountains. I can make individual masks for each range, then manually adjust (brightness, blacks, clarity) but its hard to keep it looking natural. Any ideas? Attached is the jpg, the raw file was too large. Thanks, Walt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Photographers usually try to get that fade out look, not to remove it... But haze removal filter seems just to make hills bluish. Clarily filter layer brings out details which may be preferable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 You can colour shift and enhance some of the details in the foreground mountains but I don't see any real way to remove the haze from the mountains in the background and to recover any details in them. Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 One method I have seen recommended is: Convert the image to LAB mode. Add a Curves Layer Select the a component (which seems to be labelled AOpponent!) and move the sliders in the corners inwards symmetrically. Do the same with the b component (BOpponent). This procedure acts to accuentuate the saturation of the colours. I did this for your image and it seemed to reduce the haze, but the sky became rather lurid. John Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt D Posted December 8, 2020 Author Share Posted December 8, 2020 OK, thanks guys. Don't get me wrong, I do like the effect of haze in the valleys but sometimes I think it gets too strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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