Digital BW, The Print

On 27-Jun-05, at 8:54 PM, Clayton Jones wrote:

> The Arches print, by technical standards shared by many photographers,
> would not be considered "good", yet is has a beauty that 1/3 of the
> people responded to.  I'm going to explore this paper some more and
> find out what it's limitations are.  I'm sure there are some images
> that won't look good at all, but some that will.  I'm eager to try
> some western landscapes with it.

I print a lot of images on plain old arches watercolor paper, have  
for years.. black and white, tones, color... I love it.. I have a  
series of hand studies that I printed to arches, and then ironed bees  
wax into them. Sort of fear saying I use this paper on this list  
lately..  If someone wants the ultimate dmax, that's cool.. doesn't  
mean that it's the be all and end all for everyone's tastes or  
work... nor the definition of the 'proper' black and white print.

Tyler wrote "Some of these processes have come to fruition, some of  
them, in the
right hands with the right images, can make beautiful art."

.. perfect ..

Carolyn