<p>Bethe, I edited the photos even more and noticed the patches looking distinctly pixelated, which makes me think it must be the scanning process. After doing this I also realised this is a problem on all of the images, not just some. I had them done at a pro lab, so I'm pretty disappointed about this. I'll have to try a different one next time. I'll see what I can do about editing them to fix the issue.<br>
Mendel, I have been seriously considering getting my own scanner, it's just hard to pick one and know how much money to invest when I am really very knew to scanning (I have previously processed and made darkroom prints). Any suggestions?<br>
Thanks so much for your help!</p>