Image Rescue

What to do when mist has flattened out your photo

Mis ty and murky conditions have resulted in a flat, unappealing image, but there is a

lovely shot waiting to be brought out. First we need to address the sloping horizon – a tell-tale sign of a handheld ‘grab’ shot. We can rectify this in Lightroom’s Transform panel simply by hitting the Level button.

To put some crispness back into the hazy buildings in the background, use the Dehaze slider. A tweak to the right of +40 sorts this out, before using the Tone Curve to slightly lighten the whole image. The Dehaze filter has blocked out some of the darker tones on the boat, so run an Adjustment Brush over it and push the Shadows slider to +60. Finally, it’s all a bit blue and cool, so warm the image up using the White Balance slider.