Me two, awty (like it). 'Have alot of sympathy for wetness issues. Mine are usually humidity building up in a changing bag while loading a reel. I do gnarled wood compositions w/ some regularity, but only one ancient small shot gave me what I wanted. I'm hooked on the textures.
Thanks old burls have a life of there own. Exposed to the highlights and adjusted the histogram thingy on the scanner to get a bit more depth in the grains.
Mr Silver I stopped using bags cause of this problem, but even the bathroom/dark room was too hot, I should of had a cold shower first.