At Mr. Smith's suggestion, I am giving the assembly a chances to help a struggling amateur who is trying to master this whole post production thing. While I have asked for some asssitance with getting the metering right in the first place in another forum, I would like to see what folks can do with this. This is the largest version I could post as I do not have a web site. It is an auto-scan of B&W film from the lab I use at 3087 X 2048. I have a Nikon Coolscan 4000 which I will use for a higher quality scan once I get some better ideas. Any help will be greatly and deeply appreciated.
regards
mark sharfman
p.s. here is what I came up with quickly using the healing brush, burn tool and and the noise filter: