A light microscopy method, comprising a. illuminating a sample (S) comprising fluorescent dye molecules (F) by an excitation light beam comprising excitation light capable of exciting the fluorescent dye molecules (F), b. illuminating the sample (S) by a first impeding light beam comprising impeding light (I) capable of impeding the fluorescence of the fluorescent dye molecules (F), particularly by inducing stimulated emission depletion of the fluorescent dye molecules (F), c. generating an intensity distribution (D) of the impeding light (I) with at least one local minimum (M), d. providing additional impeding light (I) in an area (A) overlapping with the local minimum (M), e. obtaining a first fluorescence signal from the area (A) overlapping with the local minimum (M) in the absence of the additional impeding light (I), and obtaining a second fluorescence signal from the area (A) overlapping with the local minimum (M) in the presence of the additional impeding light (I), and f. correcting the first fluorescence signal by the second fluorescence signal, characterized in that at each point of the intensity distribution (D) at which the impeding light (I) has a light intensity (I I ) greater than a saturation intensity, I sat , of the impeding light (I), the light intensity (I I ) of the impeding light (I) differs by 20 % or less, between the intensity distribution (D) in the presence of the additional impeding light (I) and the intensity distribution (D) in the absence of the additional impeding light (I), wherein the intensity distribution (D) of the impeding light (I) comprises the local minimum (M) both in the presence of the additional impeding light (I) and in the absence of the additional impeding light (I). a. illuminating a sample (S) comprising fluorescent dye molecules (F) by an excitation light beam comprising excitation light capable of exciting the fluorescent dye molecules (F), b. illuminating the sample (S) by a first impeding light beam comprising impeding light (I) capable of impeding the fluorescence of the fluorescent dye molecules (F), particularly by inducing stimulated emission depletion of the fluorescent dye molecules (F), c. generating an intensity distribution (D) of the impeding light (I) with at least one local minimum (M), d. providing additional impeding light (I) in an area (A) overlapping with the local minimum (M), e. obtaining a first fluorescence signal from the area (A) overlapping with the local minimum (M) in the absence of the additional impeding light (I), and obtaining a second fluorescence signal from the area (A) overlapping with the local minimum (M) in the presence of the additional impeding light (I), and f. correcting the first fluorescence signal by the second fluorescence signal, characterized in that at each point of the intensity distribution (D) at which the impeding light (I) has a light intensity (I I ) greater than a saturation intensity, I sat , of the impeding light (I), the light intensity (I I ) of the impeding light (I) differs by 20 % or less, between the intensity distribution (D) in the presence of the additional impeding light (I) and the intensity distribution (D) in the absence of the additional impeding light (I), wherein the intensity distribution (D) of the impeding light (I) comprises the local minimum (M) both in the presence of the additional impeding light (I) and in the absence of the additional impeding light (I). <EOS>