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Best viewed at 1024 x 768 or greater screen resolution, 16 bit color or better. All content & photographs copyrighted, all rights reserved. The Clarifier (Targeted Local Contrast Enhancement) Take the hazy look out of a picture using an ultra-high radius, low amount of unsharp mask. Because of the extremely large unsharp mask radius, it doesn't add any sharpening to the picture. I regularly use two settings, one for light haze removal, the other for more extreme haze. This is a great haze removing & detail enhancing procedure (examples shown below). (Above) Original: A little bit hazy. (Above) Light haze removal using Unsharp Mask: Amount 20%, Radius 30, Threshold 4 (Above) Stronger haze removal, using Amount 20%, Radius 60, Threshold 4 Links to other web articles covering local contrast enhancement using Photoshop Unsharp Mask: The Luminous Landscape - "Understanding Local Contrast Enhancement" Cambridge in Colour Tutorials - "Using Local Contrast Enhancement"