Does anyone know of a good guide to post-processing of the gravestone
images?  Gravestones can be so hard to read, as they get covered in
lichens and as they decay, or (if not carved) as the raised letters
drop off.  I have toiled with Photoshop trying to bring out the
captions on gravestones, altering different filters and
colour/vibrance sliders, sharpening options…..  Only to be frustrated
that I cannot make out a key date or name.  Or I still cannot read
much of it at all!  There must also be a best time of day/light angle
for bringing out the lettering (and use infra-red)? It looks so easy
when they are trying to process bad images on CSI-type TV shows. [I
have the same issues with getting better text from old deed
transcriptions that are badly faded or badly photographed].

Any advice would be appreciated.  I was going through several
churchyards last month, knowing that so many of my relations were
buried there, but so few of the gravestones were legible.  So frustrating.

Roger

Does anyone know of a good guide to post-processing of the gravestone
images?  Gravestones can be so hard to read, as they get covered in
lichens and as they decay, or (if not carved) as the raised letters
drop off.  I have toiled with Photoshop trying to bring out the
captions on gravestones, altering different filters and
colour/vibrance sliders, sharpening options…..  Only to be frustrated
that I cannot make out a key date or name.  Or I still cannot read
much of it at all!  There must also be a best time of day/light angle
for bringing out the lettering (and use infra-red)? It looks so easy
when they are trying to process bad images on CSI-type TV shows. [I
have the same issues with getting better text from old deed
transcriptions that are badly faded or badly photographed].

Any advice would be appreciated.  I was going through several
churchyards last month, knowing that so many of my relations were
buried there, but so few of the gravestones were legible.  So frustrating.

Roger