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Recent storms in Southern California have left the local mountains covered in snow. I took this the day after one of the storms passed through. Remaining clouds were still lingering around the mountains. San Bernardino Peak, at 10,649 ft (3,246 m), is one of the tallest mountains in Southern California.
A short while later, the setting sun bathed the mountains in bright orange-pink color.
One thing I noticed when shooting was that despite it being very clear to the naked eye, the camera seemed to pick up a lot of haze when shooting. I couldn't really figure out what was going on with the original RAW file. I ended up exporting three copies of the RAW at -1 EV, +1 EV, and 0 EV and merging the files to HDR Pro in Photoshop before processing them through Lightroom. That seemed to bring out more detail and make the image easier to process in Lightroom, while also making it look more like what I saw in person. What's odd about this, though, is that I had taken bracketed shots in camera at the same exposure values and could not get similar results after merging. Anyone have any thoughts or ideas about this?
(Out of the camera shot with no adjustments)
A short while later, the setting sun bathed the mountains in bright orange-pink color.
One thing I noticed when shooting was that despite it being very clear to the naked eye, the camera seemed to pick up a lot of haze when shooting. I couldn't really figure out what was going on with the original RAW file. I ended up exporting three copies of the RAW at -1 EV, +1 EV, and 0 EV and merging the files to HDR Pro in Photoshop before processing them through Lightroom. That seemed to bring out more detail and make the image easier to process in Lightroom, while also making it look more like what I saw in person. What's odd about this, though, is that I had taken bracketed shots in camera at the same exposure values and could not get similar results after merging. Anyone have any thoughts or ideas about this?
(Out of the camera shot with no adjustments)
