I'm a little disappointed in the scanner. I enlarged the picture before sending it, so it might be the enlargement that is the problem. I'll send the other partial with a huge corolla today (I hope). It was good to remember the experience. You're right, it was a sublime experience. Did we take in pictures in Curacao? I don't remember if we took a camera. As I recall on the Black Sea we didn't have a tripod or remote switch either. Both would help. Have you tried anything in photoshop to sharpen it?
Is the D'H connection parental (on your side, I assume from what he says about his mother scanning the pix)? How nice, if so! My son (similar age or older) reads my LJ but doesn't have one of his own. I think it's really fun to have the two of you, both such interesting thinkers--if I'm not misreading!
Did we take in pictures in Curacao? I don't remember if we took a camera. As I recall on the Black Sea we didn't have a tripod or remote switch either. Both would help. Have you tried anything in photoshop to sharpen it? We (actually, you) did take pictures in Curacao, but they didn't come out very well, which is why we did indeed buy the tripod and remote switch for the Black Sea.
I haven't tried anything in Photoshop. It's Photoshop Elements -- not Photoshop Miracles.
I really don't think the scanner's at fault here. The photographer was rushed and I can't remember if I used autofocus or focussed manually -- not that I can figure out which would have been better.
I really don't think the scanner's at fault here. The photographer was rushed and I can't remember if I used autofocus or focussed manually -- not that I can figure out which would have been better. In fact, looking at the other, uncentered, eclipse picture, it only makes sense that I in fact did neither, just setting the lens to infinity and not even looking through the viewfinder between shots. I suspect that's what the book said to do!
I'll have to try the scanner with slides that I know (think) are good and see what happens. I doubt that you actually looked through the lens because to do so would have taken too long and too much away from the actual experience. I did enlarge the other picture I sent you. i tried enlarging it more and then using the unsharp mask but it didn't work.
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We (actually, you) did take pictures in Curacao, but they didn't come out very well, which is why we did indeed buy the tripod and remote switch for the Black Sea.
I haven't tried anything in Photoshop. It's Photoshop Elements -- not Photoshop Miracles.
I really don't think the scanner's at fault here. The photographer was rushed and I can't remember if I used autofocus or focussed manually -- not that I can figure out which would have been better.
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In fact, looking at the other, uncentered, eclipse picture, it only makes sense that I in fact did neither, just setting the lens to infinity and not even looking through the viewfinder between shots. I suspect that's what the book said to do!
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