Scanning Samples (2)
Skies can be particularly difficult. Under-exposed images, particularly in some slide types, are very prone to showing up the film grain, and this is evident more in a dark blue sky than elsewhere. Any dust and scratches will show more in the sky, as there is usually nothing to break up what the eye sees. Grass and trees, for example, may have dust marks but these can be difficult to spot due to the random nature of the image colours. Sometimes it is possible to minimise these effects in a reasonable timeframe, and we will always do our best to improve the image where you request the BasicPlus or Enhanced Services. Sometimes, because the sky is rendered as a continuously variable shade of blue, it is impossible to completely mask all blemishes, especially those caused by the growth of "slide fungus" or inside glass slides (we can quote for stripping down and cleaning glass slides).
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| Images on this page are magnified sections of larger photos | Heavy contamination with slide fungus | Digital ICE removes most of the marks, but the rest has to be touched up manually | Fungus effects are minimised but still visible to some small extent |
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| Dust flecks and fungus visible | Slight signs still of fungus, dust marks gone | ||
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| Marks are more visible in the sky, a few visible on the building | BasicPlus | ||
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| Signiicant fungus on house and in sky | Digital ICE plus manual touch up | ||
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| More fungus and lots of dust | |||
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| Under-exposed slide, corner shadow from long lens and lens hood | ICE removes dust, manual touch up has minimised corner shadow | Additional noise filter applied to the sky after masking off, followed by colour enhancement | |
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| Severe marking | BasicPlus produces good improvement but marks still visible | Noise filter applied to the sky by masking off each area | |
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| Minor marking | Easily removed | ||
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Click here to view a sample photo album that comes with the Web Album option |
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