The K_s LF in pointing 1 for min_correlation = 0.8 and deblend = 0 if shown as a black line. The dotted red line is the K_s LF after correcting the magnitude of each star for differential extinction. The green line shows a power law fit to the bright stars 11 < K_s < 14.5 with power law index of 0.26 ± 0.02. The blue line shows the effect of the completeness function according to Eq. (2) in Chatzopoulos et al. (2015b).