Digital BW, The Print

The May/June issue of Photo Techniques magazine announced the winners of its
2003 B&W Landscape Contest.

First place went to Gary Bakken, who used PiezoTone Selenium in a 3000.
Second and third places were traditional wet darkroom prints.

There were 3 Honorable Mentions.  All three were digital.  Craig Gordon used
a 7600 (and his photo was used on the cover of the magazine -- for good
reason, in my opinion), Vincent Orlando used a 1200 and MIS VM, and Jim
Richey used a 1280, Sundance and MIS "Neutral-Warm" (FS, I assume).  There
was also an "Editors Choice" that was a wet print.

Taking 4 of the top 6 places is quite a good showing for digital output,
especially for a magazine that caters to the highly-technical, traditional
photography types.  I think this is more evidence that digital controls are
just better, and the medium has reached the point where the quality is
competitive at the highest levels.

Congratulations to the individuals (if you're on the list or not).

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com