this one is even cuter... :) - thanks for comment i like additional post adjustments, ;) in your scanner program, there should be brightness and contrast adjustment. MIRA scan program has it. Adobe Photoshop has also options helping you deal with that. Actually when scanning, you may adjust scanner to show your pictures in Adobe format, ready for immediate adjustments (then just save as jpg).
Thnx for the comments...the real photo is a lot sharper I lost some of the sharpness through scanning it and then saving it as jpeg in paintshop...if you know how to avoid this any help would be grateful