Correcting Tone and Exposure - Beginning Photo Retouching and Restoration Using GIMP - page 57

Figure 3-25. Sampling the darkest and lightest pixels to remap tonality
If the effect is too strong, it can be toned down just a little. You can fine-tune the results by reducing the
Contrast Adjustment layer by 5-10%. The end result is an image that, although not perfect, is much better
than before (Figure 3-26 ).
Figure 3-26. Before and after comparison