Milky Way Over Mt Hood by Recalibration on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

~Milky Way Over Mt Hood~
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What I really like about this photo is how minimally processed it is. The location is so dark that I really doesnt need that many enhancements.
In RAW I used:
Dehaze
Decreased clarity,
Dropped highlights
Raised shadows
Sharpened
Denoised
Added a tiny bit of vibrance
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In Photoshop, I went back into Camera RAW Filter to decrease clarity twice.
Then I did a curves adjustment, and added additional brightness to make it pop on the phone screens, and just a titch of contrast to darken the blacks.

Okay maybe that seems a lot, but really it isnt all that much comparatively. No other alterations were made.

I might do another version with another capture in which I try to clean up the color noise, but I did want to show what "was there" without too many artistic embellishments.