How To Dehaze This Antique Photo?

[DBradley]

Got some serious fading going on in this old photo. Any ideas how to get rid of this hazing effect? It's a bit more than I've dealt with.

 

[DBradley]

Note: Tried dehaze slider in Lightroom. Didn't help.

[Chuck Uebele]

From you image, it looks like an issue called Silvering. You can eliminate it, but you have to do it when copying the photo. It requires using two light sources at 45 degrees to the print, Nd the lights have to have polarizing filters over them. Then you need a polarizing filter over your lens. This will eliminate reflections as well as silvering.

[DBradley]

Wow, I never thought a polarizing filter would penetrate that haze! I have a polarizing filter for my camera, but not lights. Playing around in photoshop has given me some good results though. I'll post here in a bit.

[Chuck Uebele]

If you're doing a lot of copying, it's worth it to get the filters for the lights.

[DBradley]

Figured it out! Found a Youtube guide on removing silvering.

[Jeff Arola]

I did some instructions for removing silvering using photoshop elements, however, it should work in photoshop as well.

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-elements-discussions/deleting-quot-silvering-quot-particles...

Though Chuck Uebele use of cross polarization filters yields a much better result.

[Chuck Uebele]

Here's an example of what cross polarization filters can do to remove silvering.