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Playing around with the fog (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by Nooodel to c/photography
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Saw this wonderful fog the other day and tried to capture it. Turns out it's not as easy as I first thought. Am not quite happy when th the result yet. Any pointers to how to capture fog well are very welcome :)

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[–] IMALlama 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Here are two somewhat heavy handed edits using the jpeg on .world. Obligatory I am not a great editor, but I think the fog needs a touch more definition and a more contrasting background to pop better.

The first photo has:

  • local contrast to give the fog a little more definition. This is the only thing I masked, everything below was applied to the whole photo
  • shadows and highlights, mostly to crush the treeline behind the fog some and give the fog more contrast
  • tone curve + base curve, again to add some more contrast
  • haze removal to make the tree line darker

The second edit only has the addition of low light vision to de saturate and further add some contrast.

[–] Nooodel 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wow, your edit is amazing. Thank you for the insights and for putting so much work in it!

[–] IMALlama 1 points 2 days ago

Ha, thanks. I'm glad you found the post somewhat informative! It looks like it was a pretty cool scene.