Glow in a dark

I have cheap Tamaron 2400FS 35mm film scanner. I scanned this slide

with it, and you can see the green noise in the background,

especially green stripped to the right. I used curves tool in

PhotoShop to try to get rid of it, but id didn't work much. I also

tried to balance colors before I scanned the image. The same result :(

 

The original slide is taken in complete darknes with 4sec of exposure

(that is not enough either, and can be part of the problem). The

object is moving glow in the dark stick.

 

I would appreciate tips on the subject.

Telling me to spend $500+ for a good scanner will not help ;->

One possible answer to the noise is that your scanner isn't calibrating correctly. Since I didn't have much to go on, here are some basic ideas:

 

1. You're scanner tube (bulb) could be wearing out. Age isn't a factor, sadly. I've seen great scans off of $200, 4-year old scanners, and tubes going dead on 3-month old, $4000 scanners.

 

2. Too much dust inside the machine. Does some weird stuff to scans. You could try using some compressed air to clear it out, BUT BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL! Hold the can straight and level, and don't let the air "mist." The cold and wet can easily damage parts.

 

or 3. You get what you pay for.

 

One repair to the image you might try and using the "Magic Wand" tool (in Photoshop) set at a relatively low level, say 10-20. Select the black background. Then, use Gaussian Blur to, basically, blow out the background. You could possibly try the same effect in the colored areas, staying away from the edges.

You can get rid of the green hue easier than above, by increasing the contrast and decrease the brightness. One step. The lights are cool looking, what are they?

This looks like a moden art. (Green adds up).

 

I have done some experimenet with a similar glow in dark necklace. Just have a look at the pictures, and comment on them.

 

Glowing Ring, Glowing Neclace with Light painting technique.

 

Check out these picture and let me know what you think. Thanks.

Very nice! Check out my photos please and rate!! Thanks

What is it? Needs at least some connection to the real.

Thank you all for suggestions and comments, as they are greatly appreciated.

Jay, my scanner is few months old, and I havent used it much. I didnt dare to blow air to get rid off the dust. However, I did get much better results when I changed gama=0.1 from default gamma=1.0 before scanning. With that setting, black background was pitch black, as it was at the slide. Of course, you loose some details .

I prefer to spend minimum amount of time in PhotoShop to get a good picture. I dont have patience to fix pixel by pixel. Besides, if the original is bad, there is no point repairing something that is beyond repair in PS.

In conclusion, scanning is a woody magic in itself.