Digital BW, The Print

after I went to scanning I was horrified at all the dust and 
scratches that I had to deal with so out of curiosity I took out a 
bunch of old traditionally printed photos that I thought I was happy 
with and looked at them under a loupe... guess what?  They had all 
the same dust and scratches that I saw in my scans... but with those 
scans I had only worried about what showed up on the print.  The 
problem with PSing is that it is an instant loupe and you start 
wanting everything perfect at that level instead of on the print.

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