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2:15 AM, Thursday July 29th 2021

Scylla's right next to me, we're looking at your work together - and to be honest, I think your scanner is ramping up the contrast on the raw image, before applying these adjustments. So the second option isn't really any less harsh, it's just lighter.

You may just want to use a phone camera instead (ideally lit by daylight), rather than using the scanner. Generally speaking even though people feel that scanners are preferable, well lit photos are often more accurate in capturing the nuance of a student's work.

3:13 PM, Thursday July 29th 2021

Okay yeah, that makes sense. I will try taking pictures outside then. Thanks!

7:36 PM, Saturday July 31st 2021

I took this outside on a sunny day:

https://imgur.com/KE1qKtL

Is this okay?

10:02 PM, Sunday August 1st 2021

Yup, looks good to me.

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