Here�s What Adobe Dehaze Can Do for Photos Taken in a Blizzard

I took a trip to Iceland this past March, but weather wasn�t the greatest while I was there. We encountered a few blizzards, and I took some photos to see what I could recover from them. Adobe recently announced a Dehaze tool for Photoshop CC and Lightroom CC, and I wanted to know how well it could recover image data from a blizzard � which could be considered be an extreme version of haze. After trying the slider on my images, I�m very impressed!

Example 1

Here�s one unedited photo. It�s just a straight RAW to JPEG conversion:

All we see is a nasty blizzard and the vague shape of a mountain in the background. The colors of the house aren�t clear either. Now here�s the Dehazed image at +90 without any other edits or raw filters applied:

Notice how the colors of the house and details of snow and rock from the mountain emerge after Dehazing.

Example 2

Now here�s a much more extreme photo of a blizzard in the same area. Notice how this image shows almost nothing but a vague shape covered by a blizzard:

I then applied the Dehaze filter at +90 (no other raw adjustments), and the details recovered are just spectacular!

Impressive, wouldn�t you say?

About the author: Bimal Ramdoyal is a software developer and a photography enthusiast based in Canada. You can find his photography and writing on his website and blog. This article was also published here.