A method includes sensing a plurality of luminance values associated with ambient light from a physical environment. The plurality of luminance values quantifies the ambient light arriving at a see-through display. The method includes identifying respective portions of the plurality of luminance values, across the see-through display, based on corresponding portions of rendered image data. The method includes modifying one or more of the respective portions of the plurality of luminance values based on a function of predetermined display characteristics associated with the rendered image data, in order to generate one or more modified portions of the plurality of luminance values. The method includes modifying the corresponding portions of the rendered image data in order to generate display data, based on the one or more modified portions of the plurality of luminance values. The method includes displaying, on the see-through display, the display data.