Domestic Digitising Doings 05: ...On Such a Winter's Day

 It's bright today. Really bright. Bright sun high in the sky, white snow on the ground, bright bright bright. Over my lunch break I decided to run a few 35mm negatives through the scanner just to keep grinding away at the Sisyphean task of digiting my family's photo collection. First scan appeared thus;

Attack of the Black Smudge! Coming to a cinema near you.

Ugh, this isn't good. And most peculiar - there's no marks at all on the negative, nary even a speck of dust as that gets blown off first. This is very annoying and I'm getting all hot and bothered. Ah! Hot and bothered in the glare of the incredibly bright wintery-snowy-reflecty sun. One quick shut of the curtains and a rescan later and;

Absence of the Black Smudge! Coming to a cinema near you, but not very exciting.

There we go. So the scanner, perched near the window, was getting overwhelmed by the sun blazing in one side. This hasn't been an issue so far given that this project has taken place in the depths of (dark) winter, but every day's a school day! Henceforth scanning by day will take place with the curtains shut and the neighbours will speculate as to what we're up to.

In the meantime these photos are, you'll surely agree, ferry nice...

TO BE CONTINUED...


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