Digital BW, The Print

I just moved house and with everything going to new places I had the chance to look again - really look closely - at a print of Paul's that my wife bought me for our first wedding anniversary almost 5 years ago. Here's a link to the image http://paulroark.com/Cambria.html The level of detail and gradation even in the shadows of the print is simply stunning. My wife and I were debating  the position of two prints destined for our living room - one was Paul's and the other a print from David Brookover from Jackson WY which had been done on some sort of Photo black paper.  (At one stage I discussed with David what fine art paper he used but I don't recall now.  It certainly doesn't have the qualities of HPR Fine Art Baryta.)  It was somewhat painful to have the Brookover print in the same room because, despite being a fantastic image http://www.brookovergallery.com/_store/portfolio/bw/medium/ks002bw.jpg it just hadn't been printed to the same level of quality.  With each behind the same glass and with very similar framing, Paul's matt paper (HPR) print exuded deeper blacks, more depth and more detail. 

If you don't own one of Paul's prints, buy one - if only to see what a master printer (and photographer) can do with this medium.