Eduardo

You might try putting a white or transluscent box over the shells when you scan.
The light gets scattered and gives more detail with no shadow.

Rick


At 11:07 AM 12/23/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>Eduardo,
>
>I have never had a problem scanning larger shells, so I can't help much.
>However, I would recommend trying to scan at night with a dark room.  That
>helps with the background and it may increase the contrast with the parts of
>the shell further away from the glass.  It could be that your scanner just
>doesn't have a bright enough bulb.  You might also try the software that
>comes with the scanner to improve images -- I'll bet you have already tried
>this, but just in case.  Most will lighten, darken, sharpen, smooth, etc.
>and that might improve your image.  I have a Visioneer 6100 and it works
>great.  It was also the cheapest scanner I found at the time I bought it
>(and rated by Consumers as the best buy).
>
>Tom Eichhorst in New Mexico, USA
>
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