[Her_B4]

Originally Posted by steveb

You can look at adjusting the contrast and brightness of a photo the same way as you adjust a tv picture.
Turn the color all the way down (convert to grayscale), put the contrast somewhere in the middle range (it already would be in your pic), lower the brightness until details start to disappear from the blacks - in your photo, I'd be looking to keep detail on the dogs' noses. Then increase the brightness again just a tad. If the whites are too bright, without any detail, decrease contrast. Then recheck the blacks - and carry on adjusting the contrast and brightness until the both blacks and whites still have a little detail visible in them.
And if you're adjusting your tv picture, you can then start to increase the color until it looks good.

Excellent - thanks heaps. I will have another go at the original following your outline above and repost.


Cheers,