Playing around with the fog
Playing around with the fog
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 :)
Odds are you could make the fog pop with a bit of post processing. Amusingly, if you took this on a phone it might have been actively fighting against the fog. If you have a raw file you'll have a bit more leeway for editing, but messing with the JPEG should be fine.
Found the fog while fooling around with a drone. It was too far out to walk so I flew there. This comes from the raw shot (dji Mini 3)
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.
