Can someone help me figure out what I did wrong?

[mknawabi]

http://swimventure.com/negs/index.php

I honestly don't know what went wrong in the process. This is with a flatbed scanner, not with a dedicated film scanner, so I also don't know if that is part of the problem. When I look at the negatives, they look fairly detailed and what not

 

[mknawabi]

whoop. guess it was the scanner. I took a photo of the negatives and inverted in photoshop and they appeared much better.

Shoot. I want my film adapter for the coolscan iv ed now 🙁

 

[mknawabi]

Yeah, that's what I did, and realized it wouldn't work.

http://www.swimventure.com/negs/IMG_8616.jpg

seemed to work fine when i just took a photo of the negatives on a bright white background🙂

 

[lZr]

mknawabi - when scanning for (like) contact sheet, the scanner adapts to the light available. Your scan includes the black areas. Try to select the frame exactly and scan. Before scanning open the levels window and correct what you need. I think your negatives are good as you expect.

 

[Chris101]

If you can, adjust the curve, or gain of your scanner. Of course trix at 2000, you are gonna lose some stuff.