Digital BW, The Print

Hi Mark,

Thanks!  You are of course right.  My color prints have a different 
"look" than traditional color photography prints.  For the most 
part, good prints from a digital printer look better in my 
estimation.  So I expect some similar differences with B&W.   
Just as I prefer the semi-gloss "quasi-photographic" look in 
color prints, I would like to start aiming for the something similar 
in B&W.  I've been in love with B&W photographs for over 35 
years (color for almost as long) and probably don't want to get 
over it.  Going back into the chemical darkroom is not an option.  
I am firmly hooked on my computer darkroom.  

Tom Andrews
http://www.wildlandart.com


Mark Tucker wrote:
 
> With all due respect, you're going down a dangerous road, 
trying 
> to make an apple an orange. You might get close on some of 
the 
> images, but I also think it's important to respect that an apple 
is 
> an apple, and an orange is an orange. 
> 
> They're two different animals, and to try to merge them into one 
> is only a road to disappointment. (And to me, the 
disappointment 
> is that a silver print will *never* be an inkjet print! How about 
> *that* for a little jab?)
> 
> Given that, I'd play around with Epson Premium Gloss, or that 
> Pictorico Film stuff, or maybe John Nollendorfs inks with that 
> Ilford glossy paper that he sells.
> 
> MT

> At this time I am interested in printing on 
> > semi-gloss or gloss papers to get a look that is as close to 
the 
> > finest B&W prints I have seen in the past. 
> 
> Tom,