The element-wise logarithm can be used to display images with a large contrast range.

#!/usr/bin/env ruby require 'hornetseye' include Hornetseye raise "Syntax: logarithm.rb <input file> <output file>" if ARGV.size != 2 img = MultiArray.load_sfloat ARGV[0] Math.log( img + 0.1 ).normalise.save_ubyte ARGV[1]