diff --git a/src/everystamp/everystamp.py b/src/everystamp/everystamp.py
index ea7467d..587d793 100644
--- a/src/everystamp/everystamp.py
+++ b/src/everystamp/everystamp.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 from astroquery.skyview import SkyView  # type: ignore
 from everystamp.cutters import make_cutout_2D, make_cutout_2D_fast, make_cutout_region
 from everystamp.tonemapping import lhdr, normalise
+from everystamp.tonemapping.stretches import TimmermanStretch
 
 logging.basicConfig(
     format="[%(name)s] %(asctime)s - %(levelname)s: %(message)s", level=logging.INFO
@@ -271,8 +272,8 @@ def _add_args_plot(parser):
         default=None,
         type=str,
         required=False,
-        choices=["log", "sqrt", "squared", "asinh", "sinh"],
-        help="Stretch an image with a certian function.",
+        choices=["log", "sqrt", "squared", "asinh", "sinh", "timmerman"],
+        help="Stretch an image with a certain function.",
     )
     required_args.add_argument(
         "--cmap",
@@ -830,6 +831,7 @@ def _process_args_download(args):
     if args.lotss_release == "dr3":
         print("LoTSS DR3 is not yet publicly available. Please authenticate.")
         import getpass
+
         user = getpass.getpass("username:")
         password = getpass.getpass("password:")
     for ra, dec in zip(ras, decs):
@@ -879,6 +881,7 @@ def _process_args_download(args):
             if args.mode == "both":
                 raise ValueError("FIRST download does not support `both` (yet).")
             from everystamp.downloaders import FIRSTDownloader
+
             vd = FIRSTDownloader()
             vd.download(
                 ra=ra,
@@ -1017,6 +1020,8 @@ def _process_args_plot(args):
             bp = BasicFITSPlot(args.image)
         elif args.style == "srtplot":
             bp = SRTPlot(args.image)
+        else:
+            raise ValueError("Unkonwn plot style specified.")
     else:
         # Probably an image format.
         bp = BasicImagePlot(args.image, wcsimage=args.wcs_image)
@@ -1168,7 +1173,11 @@ def _process_args_plot(args):
             stretch = astropy.visualization.AsinhStretch()
         elif args.stretch == "sinh":
             stretch = astropy.visualization.SinhStretch()
-        bp.data = stretch(normalise(bp.data), min)
+        elif args.stretch == "timmerman":
+            stretch = TimmermanStretch()
+        else:
+            raise ValueError("Unknown stretch passed")
+        bp.data = stretch(normalise(bp.data))
 
     if args.contour_image and (args.style == "normal"):
         bp.plot2D(
@@ -1184,9 +1193,16 @@ def _process_args_plot(args):
     if args.image.lower().endswith("fits") and (args.style == "normal"):
         bp.savedata(args.image.replace(".fits", ".tonemapped.fits"))
         if args.contour_image:
-            bp.plot_noaxes(cmap=args.cmap, cmap_min=args.cmap_min, cmap_max=args.cmap_max, contour_image=args.contour_image)
+            bp.plot_noaxes(
+                cmap=args.cmap,
+                cmap_min=args.cmap_min,
+                cmap_max=args.cmap_max,
+                contour_image=args.contour_image,
+            )
         else:
-            bp.plot_noaxes(cmap=args.cmap, cmap_min=args.cmap_min, cmap_max=args.cmap_max)
+            bp.plot_noaxes(
+                cmap=args.cmap, cmap_min=args.cmap_min, cmap_max=args.cmap_max
+            )
 
 
 def _process_args_cutout(args):
@@ -1211,7 +1227,9 @@ def _process_args_cutout(args):
     coords = SkyCoord(ras, decs, unit="deg")
 
     if args.region and (args.from_catalogue or args.size):
-        raise ValueError("Cannot specify a region, and a catalogue or size at the same time.")
+        raise ValueError(
+            "Cannot specify a region, and a catalogue or size at the same time."
+        )
     if args.region and (args.cutout_mode == "fast"):
         raise NotImplementedError("Cutout mode `fast` is not supported with regions.")
 
diff --git a/src/everystamp/tonemapping/stretches.py b/src/everystamp/tonemapping/stretches.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c18cf49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/everystamp/tonemapping/stretches.py
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+from astropy.visualization import BaseStretch
+from astropy.visualization.stretch import _prepare
+from typing import Optional
+import numpy as np
+
+
+def findrms(mIn, maskSup: float = 1e-7):
+    """Find the rms of an array, from Cycil Tasse/kMS"""
+    m = mIn[np.abs(mIn) > maskSup]
+    rmsold = np.nanstd(m)
+    diff = 1e-1
+    cut = 3.0
+    med = np.nanmedian(m)
+    for i in range(10):
+        ind = np.where(np.abs(m - med) < rmsold * cut)[0]
+        rms = np.nanstd(m[ind])
+        if np.abs((rms - rmsold) / rmsold) < diff:
+            break
+        rmsold = rms
+    return rms
+
+
+class TimmermanStretch(BaseStretch):
+    """A stretch originally devised by R. Timmerman to (approximately)
+    conserve the visual dynamic range between background noise and source emission.
+    """
+
+    @property
+    def _supports_invalid_kw(self):
+        return True
+
+    def __call__(
+        self,
+        values: np.ndarray,
+        rms_factor: float = 2.5,
+        peak_factor: float = 75.0,
+        clip: bool = True,
+        out: Optional[np.ndarray] = None,
+        invalid: Optional[float] = None,
+    ):
+        """
+        Transform values using this stretch.
+
+        Args:
+            values : array-like
+                The input values, which should already be normalized to the
+                [0:1] range.
+            clip : bool, optional
+                If `True` (default), values outside the [0:1] range are
+                clipped to the [0:1] range.
+            out : ndarray, optional
+                If specified, the output values will be placed in this array
+                (typically used for in-place calculations).
+            invalid : None or float, optional
+                Value to assign NaN values generated by this class.  NaNs in
+                the input ``values`` array are not changed.  This option is
+                generally used with matplotlib normalization classes, where
+                the ``invalid`` value should map to the matplotlib colormap
+                "under" value (i.e., any finite value < 0).  If `None`, then
+                NaN values are not replaced.  This keyword has no effect if
+                ``clip=True``.
+            rms_factor : float
+                Sets the minimum value of the stretch based on the rms.
+            peak_factor : float
+                Proxy for the maximum value of the stretch based on the rms.
+
+        Returns:
+            result : ndarray
+                The transformed values.
+        """
+        values = _prepare(values, clip=clip, out=out)
+        replace_invalid = not clip and invalid is not None
+        with np.errstate(invalid="ignore"):
+            if replace_invalid:
+                idx = values < 0
+            rms = findrms(values)
+            rms_factor = 2.5
+            vmin = -rms_factor * rms
+            vmax = np.nanmax((peak_factor * rms, np.nanmax(values)))
+            power_scaling = np.log(0.2) / np.log(2 * rms_factor * rms / (vmax - vmin))
+            values = values**power_scaling
+
+        if replace_invalid:
+            # Assign new NaN (i.e., NaN not in the original input
+            # values, but generated by this class) to the invalid value.
+            values[idx] = invalid
+
+        return values
+
+    @property
+    def inverse(self):
+        """A stretch object that performs the inverse operation."""
+        raise NotImplementedError