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Light obscuration is a natural phenomenon that appears in images as a loss of contrast and detail, often caused by fine particles in the atmosphere. Dust, mist, rain, fog, smog, and smoke are the most common causes of hazy, low-contrast photos.
Landscape photographers frequently encounter this issue, even on clear days, because of the vast distances involved. Underwater photographers face similar challenges due to suspended particles such as salt or sediment.
DxO ClearView Plus is designed to tackle light obscuration head-on. It analyzes your image to restore lost contrast and reveal hidden detail, and can be adjusted so that you can fine-tune the effect to your liking.
What is haze?
It’s useful to understand what haze is and how it diminishes contrast.
Haze occurs when light is scattered by tiny particles suspended in the air. Even on a clear day, this scattering creates a faint veil — dry haze — that softens the appearance of distant objects.
When the scattering is caused by water droplets, it’s called mist — and when it becomes denser, further reducing visibility, it’s fog.
The diagram above illustrates how haze forms. Some of the light reflected by the subject — in this case, the building — fails to reach the camera because it’s absorbed or scattered by particles in the air, as indicated by the yellow arrows. This loss makes the subject appear darker, as if the sunlight were dimmer or the exposure shorter.
Another factor also impacts the image. Light from the sun is also scattered by those same particles, this time toward the camera — a phenomenon known as parasitic light, shown by the blue arrows. This additional stray light further washes out the image, making dark areas appear even fainter and reducing overall contrast.
This is where DxO ClearView Plus comes in to remove haze. It begins by analyzing each area of the image to assess how much definition has been lost. Then, it intelligently expands the contrast range so that the corrected image restores true blacks, pure whites, and accurate colors — effectively eliminating haze while preserving a natural, realistic look.
Not just landscapes
DxO ClearView Plus isn’t just great at bringing contrast back to landscape images. It’s also a fantastic tool for creating intensity in any photograph — especially portraits.
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