Noooo! David. You've blown out the highlights (which were on the verge of being completely fried anyway) and lost detail in the bootlace. You've gotta think about working on this pic locally rather than globally.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: David Nelson < > Here's a colour version: > http://davidavid.whatsbeef.net/bootlacea.jpg > I can see what you mean about contrast. It was an overcast day and not a > hugely contrasty lens either, and the histogram sure shows this (-: > Here's a slightly different take, trying for greater contrast as you > suggested (using the contrast tool plus more blue channel in the > conversion). > http://davidavid.whatsbeef.net/bootlaceb.jpg

