Digital BW, The Print

>
> ...
> > 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...
>
> Clayton, a very interesting and telling experience. I've played  
> with Arches a bit but did not
> take it very far. But it was obvious to me that there was something  
> there, something
> unique that the right imagery could exploit.

I bought a big piece of Arches paper once, and was surprised at how  
thick and stiff it was.  And I had to cut off the deckled edges,  
which was too bad, just to get it into my 1160, which I was using at  
the time, I think with Generations (wished I'd just stayed with that  
combo, sometimes!).  The paper was so stiff that the printer could  
barely thread it.  But I managed to profile it, and make a nice print  
on it of a flowers/vase still life.  That print lives on a music  
stand in one of my rooms, and whenever I look at it, I think how nice  
it is, that there's something to it.  So I'm glad to hear of someone  
else mentioning this paper, because few seem to be investigating it.   
Most seem to print on Somerset Velvet, if they use an uncoated  
paper.  I have no idea how it measures up in terms of d max or  
anything, but I know that I made a print on it that has a nice  
quality to it.

James