I use both traditional darkroom processing (enlargers, paper, and chemicals for those of you computer nuts) as well as digital processing. I like the image result in the darkroom better than digital, but no doubt it is my lack of experience with digital rendering that hampers the end result.

For digital, I scan my negs/slides using a Polaroid Sprintscan 35 Plus (superb!). Adjustments are done to the final image in Adobe Photoshop. Typically three adjustments are necessary: a sharpen routine (absolutely); contrast increase; and brightness increase. Sometimes I play with the burn tool (in the darkroom, I always burn and dodge) to enhance some lunar surface characteristics.

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