Digital BW, The Print

Thanks Stephen, I did get some degree of relief in moving the
?brightness? slider all the way down to its lowest limit in Vuescan.
However that does reduce the otherwise lovely and sharp scan, which
takes place when brightness is left in the normal position. The Epson
Twain closest equivalent is the Highlight slider.
There would obviously be a generation lost in the re-shooting of the
photo itself, however, I am going to do that and let you know how it
turned out.
Thanks,
JFJ

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Stephen
Petegorsky <petegorsky@e...> wrote:
> Jerry - I'm not sure if this is the cause of your problem, but: 
Many times
> a photo or a piece of artwork with a glossy surface will have a
great deal
> of light scattered over the surface when it is put in a copy
situation or
> directly on the bed of a scanner.  What you may have to do is to
shoot the
> original (using either film or a digital camera) with a polarizing
filter
> over the lens AND the lights that you use.  This allows you to
rotate the
> filter on the camera until you can see that all glare on the surface
of the
> print being copied is cancelled out.  You can then scan the film or
work
> with the digital file.
> 
> When you use such a set-up you will need to take a light reading
through the
> lens and filter, if you're using a camera with a through-the-lens
meter, or
> else use a hand-held meter and add two f/stops worth of light to
compensate
> for what the polarizing filter on the lens cuts out.