Need help with IMAGE PRE- PROCESSING !!!!!

Hello everyone,

i have a couple of images for which i want to run a Template Matching application.

My issue is for the same object one image has been taken in the day time and the other has been taken in the night. i have also attached the pics below.So naturally i am not getting the desired output in the template matching example.

I shall be grateful if someone can suggest some Image Pre-Processing Techniques so that i can match both the images in the template matching example.

Thanks 

JALASHWA