![]() I adjusted the White Balance from 6150K to 4350K. The version is nice and soothing cooled down. Now I’m going to take that high contrast version of the photo from the last example and change nothing but the color temperature. Perhaps even more so than anything the feel of the photograph and how it conveys mood is determined by the temperature of the color tones. Oddly enough, low contrast foggy photos can be surprisingly workable in black and white as well.īelieve it or not, color temperature has one of the most perceivable impacts on photos of fog and mist. Low contrast can make your image extremely delicate which imparts an artsy, nearly abstract vibe. Now I’ve lessened the contrast using the Tone Curve to fade out the tree. High contrast images, in general, have more impact but that’s more of a preference than a rule.Īlternatively, you can choose to embrace the softness of foggy images and decrease the contrast even more. The light areas become brighter and the shadows deepen. Here’s our test photo with a large amount of increased contrast ( using the Contrast and Blacks sliders) applied.Ī relatively large amount of contrast in a misty scene instantly changes the tone of the photo by adding a sense of brooding. You can choose to further reduce the contrast or bump things up as I’ve done in our first example. The reason I’m refreshing you with a little Photography 101 is that fog inherently makes most images low contrast. The opposite is true with low contrast photos where there is a very little gradient between the lights and darks. ![]() When there’s a big difference and the lights are bright and the shadows are dark the photo is said to be high contrast. At its core, contrast is simply the difference between light and dark in an image. We all know about contrast to some extent. Below we’re going to look at how some easy changes can literally transform this photo. It’s an image I made early one morning in the mountains of Virginia and of course, it is a RAW file…for now.
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