Digital BW, The Print

I was just reading the chart on the page where Paul provided the link to the
comparison of materials. It does indicate a lower range in the print, but a
higher subject range. My reading is that the print is less bright and has a
lower dmax, but shows more of the information from the negative. I could be
completely wrong, (the data might be completely wrong for that matter) but
that's how I understood the chart. Most important is that it seems to match
my experience when viewing platinum/palladium prints by master printers.

Wendel

> 
> Hmmm... Lower Dmax and the paper is generally non OBA
> so a lower white value but a wider range of tones is
> the result. Could you explain that? I'm not sure how
> you got to those observations?
> 
> Guy
> --- Wendel White <wendel@...> wrote:
> 
>> For me, and I suppose for many people, it's not the
>> maximum density of the
>> Platinum process that is appealing but rather the
>> the range of tones. If
>> you'll notice that the platinum/palladium print has
>> up to a 9.5 stop range
>> of subject tones, this means more subtlety. I too
>> would not want to argue
>> about this, it is just a matter of which material
>> best supports your vision.
>> There is a concrete value in the platinum/palladium
>> print, just not the same
>> value that might be in a silver or inkjet print.
>> 
>> "Photography is a medium of limitations"(I don't
>> know who to attribute that
>> to) so that a print that reflects graceful and
>> intelligent control is
>> sometimes highly valued. Maybe, severe limitations,
>> overcome to produce
>> complex and expressive artworks, produce greater
>> value.
>> 
>> Wendel