Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Ernst Dinkla <edinkla@...> wrote:

> and solutions like prints on light boxes will achieve a better result 
> then. But in that case the black ink has to be opaque, block the light, 
> instead of absorbing the light, another physical aspect of inks. Not to 
> mention the much harder to achieve homogene ink load and the use of 
> transmissive densitometers for calibration.
> I'm not so pessimistic about the human eye, it can bridge more levels in 
> nature.

I was about to bring this up when read your remark. A few weeks ago I was at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year in the London Natural History Museum. All photos were presented as prints on light boxes. As the ambient lighting was fairly subdued the perceived dynamic range was just stunning. It really made me consider to start experimenting with it. Most photos were in color though, there was too little B&W material to get sufficient evidence how well it works for B&W. Frankly, the B&W prints were not the ones that stuck in my mind, but that could very well be due to the images themselves.

Joost