Light Pollution Reduction in Nighttime Photography

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2106.10046v1
• Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2021 10:38:13 GMT
• Title: Light Pollution Reduction in Nighttime Photography
• Authors: Chang Liu, Xiaolin Wu
• Abstract summary: Nighttime photographers are often troubled by light pollution of unwanted artificial lights. In this paper we develop a physically-based light pollution reduction (LPR) algorithm that can substantially alleviate the degradations of perceptual quality.
• Score: 32.87477623401456
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: Nighttime photographers are often troubled by light pollution of unwanted artificial lights. Artificial lights, after scattered by aerosols in the atmosphere, can inundate the starlight and degrade the quality of nighttime images, by reducing contrast and dynamic range and causing hazes. In this paper we develop a physically-based light pollution reduction (LPR) algorithm that can substantially alleviate the aforementioned degradations of perceptual quality and restore the pristine state of night sky. The key to the success of the proposed LPR algorithm is an inverse method to estimate the spatial radiance distribution and spectral signature of ground artificial lights. Extensive experiments are carried out to evaluate the efficacy and limitations of the LPR algorithm.

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