"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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Then a photo programs tends to up the saturation and or contrast and you
get
what typically looks like IMHO a camera perfect painting. Norman
Rockwell'ish?

Only the cheap ones, or perhaps purpose-built software for a section
of photography which tends to be washed out by default. Others leave
that well enough alone, TYVM.

No, actually that is the look that the process is going for, so to speak...
It all depends on the subject. I have down loaded a lot fo pictures by Mike
Savid from Photosig.com . A lof of his pictures make modern day look old
timey. Pretty cool.