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    Opinions needed regarding this photo

    I can't seem to make much headway reducing glair and bringing out detail without adding too much contrast in this image. Here is original.

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    Re: Opinions needed regarding this photo

    Getting rid of glare like this very challenging. Had you shot this image with a polarizing filter, you could have minimized this issue.

    To fix this, a lot of very small, delicate, local adjustments in both luminosity and colour will be required.

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    Re: Opinions needed regarding this photo

    Try this in Photoshop:
    Press channel
    Press RGB
    Press image
    Go to multiply and then press ctrl/command J, the more you do that the stronger the effect.
    Cheers Ole

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    Ed, I tried some severe haze removal but it was defeated by the reflections in the glass, FWIW.

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    Agree with Manfred about the execution of the shot (utilizing cpl) in helping control the flare, also positioning yourself perhaps even placing yourself between the source of light would've helped.

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    Re: Opinions needed regarding this photo

    Quote Originally Posted by xpatUSA View Post
    Ed, I tried some severe haze removal but it was defeated by the reflections in the glass, FWIW.
    By accepting the reflections in the glass, I managed to improve the detail a fair bit in RT:

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    Can provide the .pp3 sidecar file if requested soon (too many edits to list).

    Why "accepting the reflections"?

    The scene has them; they are part of the shot, like it or not. Just like roads around here have power lines on poles running down the side. Clone them and any 'bob wahr' out - and the scene is no longer a Texas rural thoroughfare. If there's stuff in the shot that you don't like, trash the shot, I say. Life's too short to be messing with layers, masks, etc. for this old man.

    Please pardon the rant.
    Last edited by xpatUSA; 6th June 2019 at 08:57 PM.

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