Symmetry and haze

[napatom2005]

Took a shot of an enthanol train as it rolled through a town near where i live. i wanted a shot of the engines and cars, but a stubborn storm that was rolling in prevented it. still managed to get a shot of the ethanol tankers stretching out of sight. but my question is, what cause the back of the picture to look grainy? i set the camera on auto and shot it. is it the mix of the heat and the haze? or just the wrong camera setting?

[ELAY]

I had a quick peek at the original, and my best guess is that what you are seeing is not noise or grain, but just the effect of the trees on the hills in the very background being filtered through haze. So yes haze is the problem I think. Nothing to do with the camera, though a polarizing filter can help cut the hazy look.

If you are doing post processing, one thing to try is local contrast enhancement to see if that gets rid of a bit of it.

EL

[dolphin]

First of all I really like the picture.
As you can notice the cars on the right are in focus, and the more you look at the cars on the left the more they are out of focus, including the haze as an extra.

I'm not sure that the same picture on a sunny, hazy free moment of time, I do not think I would like the picture as much.

[ELAY]

Yes, Eddy makes a good point. I agree that the haze/dust adds some atmosphere and forgot to say so. For a train shot () this is a good photo.

EL