A view across Scarborough’s south bay.
I’m in an odd mood today and feel very little impetus to do anything with my pictures. I think this is in large part due to the fact that a scan I spent ages dust spotting a few days ago has been lost and I now only have the original with all the dust, and I really don’t have the energy to go through that process again right now. This has dampened my mood and put me off doing anything else.
It’s frustrating when lab negs have far more dust than the ones I develop at home and dry in the shower cubicle!
Minolta X-300, Minolta MD 50mm f/1.7 & Kodak Gold. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.
Taken on 14 March 2026
Steel City Snapper photography 
I feel your pain š¤
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Great view of Scarborough. I seem to get dust on my negs no matter how careful I think I’m being. Colour is not a problem for me as I use digital ICE, seems to work really well only taking away a tiny bit of sharpness.
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Thanks. Yeah, I use digital ICE when I scan colour negs on my 35mm scanner, where it works pretty well. Last time I tried it on the flatbed it seemed to soften the image more than I wanted, so I tend to avoid it. I’m not sure even digital ICE would have helped with the neg I spoke about though, it looked like someone had dipped the corners in flour!
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