Digital BW, The Print

From what I have seen from some well know, really good platinum printers, it's the range in the negative, and how it translates to a very smooth final image.  The really good platinum prints have a 'glow' about them that one doesn't often see in silver prints.  
 
The best negatives for platinum/paladim are very difficult for silver prints.  At any rate, platinum prints (like most prints) are best viewed without anything between them and the viewer (except maybe meuseum glass).  
 
Tom Baker

Wendel White <wendel@blacktowns.org> wrote:
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 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





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