<p>Hi Alex,</p>
<p>Exactly, the cards were used as calibration targets. Yes that sounds like a similar problem (bit of a relief that it's not just me!)</p>
<p>I did find this post about gamma correcting imagery (the answer at the bottom). I haven't figured out how to do it or whether it will help with my problem yet but in case its useful to you:
http://gis.stackexchange....ngle-image</p>