Wildlife Tech

How to fix too dark, blurry or overexposed wildlife images

Enhance wildlife photos with CLAHE on Animal Detect: fix low light, overexposure & blur. Adaptive histogram equalization gives sharper, vibrant animal images.

Hugo Markoff
Hugo Markoff
How to fix too dark, blurry or overexposed wildlife images

𝐓𝐨𝐨 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐀? 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝? 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐀𝐒𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐑𝐚𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐒π₯𝐝π₯𝐒𝐟𝐞 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬?

In wildlife image processing, challenges like low light, overexposure, or lack of sharpness are common. But did you know that CLAHE (Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization) can help tackle these issues?

In a recent post, I explored how moisture and water can blur wildlife images and mentioned that CLAHE has other powerful applications. Here’s a quick demonstration of how it can enhance visibility in dark or overexposed images. I encourage you to try it out for your own images, it’s simple, effective, and often transformative! 😊

At Animal Detect, we’re considering to use CLAHE to make it easier to visualize dark images.

For this demonstration, I used images from a dataset from LILA BC, which hosts diverse datasets for biology and conservation: https://lnkd.in/d9aEfBW5

Hugo Markoff

About Hugo Markoff

Co-founder of Animal Detect, the dog man.

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