Dealing with Thermal Haze

[Anybothe1982]

having problems with thermal haze, i didn't wanted to create a new thread but wanted to ask you if you have any tips for me in regards to this? if you're still here Jim A.
if there's anyone else who has some recommendations - always appreciated.

[xpatUSA]

having problems with thermal haze, i didn't wanted to create a new thread but wanted to ask you if you have any tips for me in regards to this? if you're still here Jim A.
if there's anyone else who has some recommendations - always appreciated.

Soma apps have a dehaze or equivalent function.

Original:


De-Haze (RawTherapee):


Adaptive Histogram Expansion (CLAHE - a plug-in for ImageJ)


Both are one-click solutions as opposed to lots of messing around in post ...

[Manfred M]

Putting items into a new thread is usually the best route, so I have moved this question into a new one.

The question I had for you is trying to get a better idea of what you mean. Do you want to accentuate or reduce the haze? Posting an example of what you are dealing with is always the best way to proceed as we can look at the specific issues of the image.

[Geoff F]

From my experience it is better to accept the situation and work with the haze than attempt to defeat it. Or if you can't change the composition/camera angle, sometimes just walking away is the best option.

I do occasionally use a little Dehaze but with great caution and I often find that simply adjusting things like Curves or tweaking the Exposure and Black Level during Raw image conversion plus careful sharpening gives better more natural looking results.

[xpatUSA]

There's another function called Retinex invented by Edwin Land (he of Polaroid) and supposedly used by NASA for "seeing through clouds". I find it almost uncontrollable but here you are, anyways:

[rpcrowe]

Occasionally and only if the angle of the sun is just right, a CPL filter will help penetrate haze by reducing the reflections on the particulates in the air...

[xpatUSA]

Also, some folks like UV filters which are said to "cut through the haze".

Various filters are demonstrated here:

https://pages.mtu.edu/~shene/DigiCam...filter-UV.html

... although I don't see a great amount of cutting compared to my examples posted earlier.