Lightroom 5 dehaze
In scenes without distinct polarization all it does is kill 51% of the light.Before we get into this, just a heads up: this isn’t a hidden feature - it’s a workaround for people who have Lightroom and Photoshop, but at least it works.įirst, the problem - as awesome as the new Dehaze slider is (it’s found in Lightroom CC’s “fx” menu), the problem with it is that it applies the effect to the entire image. I keep mine on most of the time and remove it in mid-low light. For removing reflection from water surface there is no alternative and sometimes this changes the dynamic range of the image dramatically. Using a polarizer allows your camera to differentiate between light at different polarizations.
#Lightroom 5 dehaze software#
There is no way to emulate a polarizer in software and there will never be. It’s true that it can be used to remove some haze and that depends on the object and the light that is illuminating it. A polarizer is very different and removes light reflected or scattered in a certain direction. An area in the image affected by haze would show low contrast on blue channel compared to red. A Software dehaze algorithm would manipulate the luminance of an image (it’s intensity) based on contrast differences between colors. A physical dehaze filter basically cuts most of the blue light out. So blues scatter way more than red and greens. Haze occurs when particles scatter light on its way to your camera. I've got to say it's improved things a lot, the no filter image was already more clear through the haze, but now, the hills are much darker and more prominent in the frame.ĭehazing and Polarizer are very different. I wanted to allow the tool to work at removing the haze, but not be so harsh that the entire scene darkens. Taking the same two images, I applied +32 Dehaze to the no filter shot. No Filter, Dehaze Applied Versus Polarizer In the no filter image, the distant hills are darker against the sky, which is opposite to the results I was expecting to see. However, it's interesting to note that the haze seems worse with the polarizer on than without. I prefer the polarizer image here because it gives truer color accuracy to what I saw with my own eyes, and it looks technically more balanced. With the polarizer on, the grass and sea are greener, sand much more yellow, and the cliffs have much more contrast between bright highlights and dark shadows. in order to keep this as consistent as possible.Īs you can see, no filter captures a much bluer wash across the whole image. No other settings were changed to alter color or contrast, etc.
#Lightroom 5 dehaze pro#
In this test, I'm using a Nikon D750, a Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR Lens, and a NiSi Pro Circular Polarizer Filter, as well as Adobe Lightroom Classic version 9.2.1. I used a Nikon D750, a Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR Lens, and a NiSi Circular Polarizer Filter