Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Mark Tucker" <mark@m...> 
wrote:
(snip)

> Beautiful subtle shadow detail, even though it 
> was shot in bright sunlight in late afternoon.

Pyro developer on and 8x10 neg is pretty hard to beat.
> 
> Note: Please nobody slam me. I am in no way "comparing" silver 
> printing to inkjet. They are each their own animals, with their 
> own great traits. All I'm saying is that I think I'm gonna start 
> keeping some silver prints very close to the area where I judge 
> my inkjet prints after they pop out of the printer. It could be 
useful 
> to have some "control" print to get an objective reference.

My inkjet viewing and mulling location is right under a wall of 
silver prints. (Just Wesley's and no Weston's though. ;-)

I find this a good aid in checking the quality of tonal transitions.

Martin