Examples of Photos Enhanced
with a Luminance Layering Technique

These images show a variety of examples of digital photographs enhanced with a luminance layering techique inspired by a digital astrophotography technique and applied to standard terrestrial photographs. For details of the technique, please see part 1 and part 2 of my blog post on the subject.

To see the pre-enhancement version of each photograph, roll your mouse over an image.

The Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg, Germany

Carving in the Cloister at Bad Wimpfen, Germany

Door Latch, Bad Wimpfen, Germany

Tower in the Old Town of Heidelberg, Germany

Dusk in Bad Wimpfen, Germany

Sunset on the Blue Tower, Bad Wimpfen, Germany

Carvings in the Cloister at Bad Wimpfen, Germany

Amsterdam

Amsterdam

The images from Bad Wimpfen, along with many others taken there which have utilized this technique, are available in the book Bad Wimpfen: Photographs from a Southern German Town.