Halemaʻumaʻu at night, lit from within

How it was made

1. 1

   Cut the lens flare

   Cropped away the purple flare at the bottom, then smoothed the night-shot grain.

   2 tool calls

   1. Cropped the photo· to 4032 x 2268

      crop · height 2268 · left 0 · top 60 · width 4032

   2. Adjusted the color and light· Night noise

      add_adjustment · strength 4 · type noise_reduction
2. 2

   Lit the smoke from within

   A midtone lift revealed the buried billows, a green curve turned the hottest areas gold, and a red rolloff kept the core from clipping.

   3 tool calls

   1. Adjusted the color and light· Light the smoke

      add_adjustment · points 6 points · type curves

   2. Adjusted the color and light· Green heat

      add_adjustment · channel green · points 5 points · type curves

   3. Adjusted the color and light· Red rolloff

      add_adjustment · channel red · points 4 points · type curves
3. 3

   Framed the vent

   Tightened to 3:2 around the plume and fountain, keeping the branch as a frame, with a soft vignette.

   2 tool calls

   1. Cropped the photo· to 3132 x 2088

      crop · height 2088 · left 900 · top 80 · width 3132

   2. Added an effect· Focus on the vent

      add_effect · center x 0.55 · center y 0.55 · radius 1.7 · type vignette
4. 4

   Removed a lens ghost

   AI removal erased a small green ghost beside the branch and filled it to match the smoke.

   1 tool call

   1. Removed an object

      remove_object · box 675,955,760,1075 · grow px 12

8 steps in one conversation with Claude.