Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale
<stevekale@b...> wrote:

High dmax has never been one of the attributes of matte surface art,
when strictly compared to glossy photo prints. "Beautiful" blacks, on
the other hand, are and have been. We are currently surpassing
platinum print dmax, one of the most beautiful photographic print
processes by some standards. Some of these things are subjective, and
a very old timer might say silver never rose to the level of platinum.
Frederick Evans stopped printing when platinum paper was no longer
available, claiming it was not possible to print to his satisfaction
with newer materials (read silver).
Stop looking at numbers and open your eyes and experience the prints
for what they are.
Many extraordinary artists (some of them darkroom masters) can see the
beauty of these prints and are in full acceptance of them if it makes
their particular imagery sing.
If your imagery comes alive best on traditional silver paper prints,
by all means stay in the darkroom.
I for one am not looking for an equalizer, for me these are already
better for many images, and have been for some time.

Tyler
www.custom-digital.com

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> > oriental-seagull/forte/record-rapide prints from yesteryear, and some
> >...- I'm not convinced that new "matt"
> > ink would be a panacea, perhaps a help though.
> 
> 
> Well the final image still needs to be good and printed well.  But a
broader
> dynamic range for matte paper would be a big equalizer.
> 
> Steve