Re: [Gimp-user] how to darken bright areas

[Ofnuts <ofnuts gmx com>]

On 04/01/17 20:57, paulhurm wrote:
> I have several hundred World War One era photographs I am working with that my
> grandfather took during his service with the Army Medical Corps. I have no
> negatives so I am working with nearly 100 year old B&W prints. I have scanned
> all of these but my scans have problems, one major is discussed here with the
> hope of getting some suggestions.
>
> Many of these prints have undergone “silver creep” where the silver particles
> have migrated through the emulsion. Of course, these places have lost at least
> some of the detail that was there. When looking at the prints, these areas
> appear dark but if held at the right angle light will reflect off of them and
> they appear bright. When scanned these areas mostly appear white and are
> annoying to look and detract the eye away from what detail remains.

Recurrent question, and it appears the answer is to not scan them, but 
make photos of them with a
decent camera/lens using a side lighting so that the dark areas do not 
reflect light into the lens.