When you think of California, the first thoughts aren’t of lush farmland. At least, not when I think of California. Much of the area surrounding Monterey is produce. Much of the land in the middle of lower California is orchards (like my territorial designations?). And a lot of the land we drove through on the way to the redwoods looked like Virginia!
This picture was taken in the morning on our way south back to Monterey.
I took this with an iPhone, in a moving car. I think I at least rolled down the window. The original picture isn’t too bad considering those conditions, but I wanted to add a little bit more ambiance for the peaceful cows. 🙂 I cropped to straighten and remove the road. With the new Lightroom CC that I recently downloaded you have the option to reduce haze. OR you can do the opposite and ADD haze, which is what I did. I also reduced the saturation of the blues so the sky wouldn’t be so obvious and I added some grain. Here’s the original:
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Not So SAHM 
I never added haze, interesting idea. Certainly works for this image. Hope LR CC works well for you!
I’m not finding much time to play with CC. Maybe during Christmas – I’d like to learn more about Photoshop too!