Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., ncm <ncm@m...> wrote:
...I used Torchon paper for this 
> show which does give very deep blacks and I found the prints lost 
> something behind glass - in the deep velvet blacks of the original image, 
> that hard to define three dimensional quality and in the subtleties of 
> tone, not to mention paper surface characteristics.

Mine are on Wells River which is a very different surface. Actually, I agree with Steadman, I like bare prints best.
Whew, say that ten times fast and see if you don't get into trouble.
Anyway, silver, alternative processes, quadtone, all of it seems to lose a bit of the special qualities of the paricular 
materials.
Tyler