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I've figured out a suitable workaround for cleaning up individual images taken using a corroded M9 or Leica S2/S-E sensor.  

First, take a photo of your dog.  Notice the corrosion effects scattered all over the image, most visible along the evenly colored out of focus area on the left side of the image. 

Second, take a Corrosion image by photographing a well lit but also neutral background, such as a white wall or a cloudy sky (as used in this example).  This will highlight the corrosion.  Be sure to use the same F stop, because a different one will have a different effect.  If possible, try to have the focus at the same distance as well.

Third, in Photoshop, place the corroded image over the target image, and set the blend mode to OVERLAY

Next, apply the following image adjustment layers only to the Corrosion layer:

  • INVERT: this will allow the lights and darks of the corrosion image to cancel out the effects on the target image
  • BLACK AND WHITE: This will eliminate the color cast that may be present on your corrosion image 
  • CURVES:  You may need to bring up the shadows and midtones on the corrosion layer in order to match the original tones on the target image.

 

 

 

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And there you have it, a much cleaner image.  You'll still have soft spots and agitated bokeh where the corrosion was, but it will be much better.

Clear enough to catch the light drizzle of rain that day.

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Finally, here's the work.  You can save this as a template and apply it to other images in need of love.  Feel free try it out using my sample images from the first post.

 

I hope this is helpful to users in the future. 

 

-Shane

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