I do a lot of photography on the water. A common problem (especially in the summer) is haze and humidity leading to muted colors.
Is there anything (short of shooting only on clear days) to improve the situation? I usually have a UV filter on. I've tried a circular polarizer, which helps a little, but not much. Are there other filters I should try?
Is there anything I can do in post processing that might help?
>I do a lot of photography on the water. A common problem (especially in > the summer) is haze and humidity leading to muted colors.
> Is there anything (short of shooting only on clear days) to improve the > situation? I usually have a UV filter on. I've tried a circular > polarizer, which helps a little, but not much. Are there other filters I > should try?
> Is there anything I can do in post processing that might help?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ And which filter would that be? Haze causes diffusion in the image, affecting both detail and contrast. You can make the picture look somewhat sharper by digitally increasing the contrast, but detail, once gone, is gone. Sharpening may seem to help some by creating edges artificially out of the blur, but this runs the risk of putting outlines around things where they do not belong.
OTOH, if you were shooting in black and white, a filter could help, by eliminating that part of the spectrum that is affected most by droplets or dust. If I remember right, you want to eliminate the blue end of the spectrum and favor the red, or even infra red.
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