On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:13:00 GMT, John Byrns
wrote:


I think the Irfanview processing took the overall brightness
back toward what the actual scene looked like, so that is good.
Unfortunately Irfanview also distorted the colors in the process, making
the reds and browns more orange than they actually were/are. I think
the colors in the original were pretty close to what they should be, the
excess darkness was the main problem that needed fixing.

One-button fix by photoshop (Image-Adjustments-Auto Levels)