From: Ralf Schmode <rschmode@gmx.net> Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 20:29:47 +0100 Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals Subject: One of the really tough ones to scan - Roan antelope in Hannover Zoo Hi again, this is one of the pictures that is almost impossible to process in a normal photo lab. The Roan antelope struggling hard for low growing food is completely in the shadow; the sunny spots in the background would provide a color density making it very hard to get a decent paper print of it. In this case, the shadows were considerably brightened up during the scanning process to produce the digital representation you see now. By the way, the human eye has pretty similar abilities to level the highlights and shadows which is why paper prints produced under high contrast conditions often are disappointing to the photographer. If these photographic situations are familiar to you, a film scanner is the best investment you can possibly make. Take care - Ralf -- My animal photo page on the WWW: http://mercury.spaceports.com/~schmode Also see news:alt.binaries.pictures.animals for fine animal photography PGP (DH/DSS + RSA) from key servers (use "TrustCenter" certified keys) or at http://mercury.spaceports.com/~schmode/pgp.htm filename="Roanant006.jpg"