Re: [APML] Funky Purple Horsehead Questions

[KGKIRKLEY@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/23/04 1:34:59 PM, whetzel@cox.net writes:

>I'm thinking (hoping) it must be the density of this slide. Other 
non-astonomical
>images work fine - both from slides and negatives. The image is very dense
>- so if this type of result could be explained by an overly dense image
>that's a good possibility. If need be I'll get a new scanner but I'll just
>monitor this one and see what develops in the short term.  
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>Thanks,
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>
>Allan

Allan:
I don't remember your original post.....but did you push process the film?
Many scanners have a problem with black sky backgrounds.
This can usually be remedied by exposing longer and push processing the film 
1-2 stops. This renders the sky background a gray rather than black.

Kent Kirkley
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