13 Smoke in the atmosphere

The night sky a few nights ago. Evidence of the Australian smoke waft over the Tasman Sea to Tauranga on the East coast of NZ.

This was taken in auto, I've been using RAW the last few days as well as get used to the settings on my new camera. A steep learning curve using PhotoScapeX to read, process and file. Any suggestions?

[Fr1da]

Yes we heard the smoke haze drifted over. Great shot ! but so horrific about our fires...
I use On -One Photo Raw and I also have Affinity to process. I think you are getting some interesting skies.

[SandraD]

It is just unbelievable what's been happening for so long. Very sad for our Oz friends and family. I hope some relief comes soon. Too much loss. The drift that colours our skies daily reminds us how real it is.

Thanks for the info, will check them out. Soooo much to learn.

[Peter H]

Very interesting sky. I don't use that processing software, I use Adobe Lightroom, which is surprisingly intuitive, but not free. As a Canon user you can download (or you may have the discs) their free processing software, called Digital Photo Professional; this looks to be as good as Adobe Lightroom. If I was starting out again, personally I would stick with the Canon software.

[SandraD]

@peadar Great, thank you so much Paedar. There is a tutorial and so much more YouTube support. I'm working through it so I don't revert to Auto.

[Liana Bull]

The smoke haze from the fires has been somewhat challenging for us but it saddens me to think of how awfully devastating it is for our Ozzie neighbours. I use On1Raw and Photoscape X and I have tinkered with Digital Photo Professional and Gimp. I do enjoy the On1 Raw tutorials too. I shoot Raw + Jpeg to give me the option for quick uploads when I don't have much time to edit. I usually get frustrated with the Jpeg image though. It is all fun though not as much fun as taking my camera for a photo walk. I just need to learn how to stop taking so many photos each day - and be more ruthless with my culling.