Epson Exhibition Fiber paper has the look of a gelatin silver fiber-based paper with slight texture and mild lustre. Some other inkjet papers are very close copies of darkroom papers as well. Of course all modern BW darkroom printing paper is gelatin silver. That's the chemistry not the paper look.
I think Christine is right that the "depth" one feels in looking at a print from a large format neg is partly due to the format. Large format provides incredible detail in the focal range but minimal depth of field, even with relatively wide lenses. That translates to perceived depth. Paul On Feb 15, 2011, at 11:48 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: > I wish I could help, Bruce, but I don't know enough about the variety of > inkjet papers to know which comes closes to gelatin silver prints. Nor do I > know a lot about gelatin silver prints. Maybe one day the Karsh exhibit will > come to Chicago, and I'll be able to see what you're talking about. I wonder > if the "depth" you mention has more to do with using a large format camera > than the paper and chemical printing process. Just thinking out loud here. > Would love to see the Karsh exhibit you reference here. Thanks for posting. > Really enjoyed seeing the work. Cheers, Christine > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Walker" <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 7:08 PM > Subject: Re: PESO: The Wire Welder > > >> I'm at a serious disadvantage trying to discuss photo paper as I pretty much >> bypassed all the chemical stuff. (After dabbling with B&W developing, I quit >> shooting in the early 1980's and publicly stated that I wouldn't try >> photography again until they invented digital cameras and LCD displays.) >> >> But I've recently seen some outstanding industrial work, large format shots >> taken in operating steel works and auto assembly lines, printed at sizes >> around 2 by 3 feet. These were in an exhibition of commercial work by Karsh >> that's currently touring. >> >> http://www.karsh.org/#/the_work/on_assignment/atlas_steel/ >> http://www.karsh.org/#/the_work/on_assignment/ford_canada/ >> >> Of course you can't tell from the screen, but these gelatin silver prints >> have a quietly impressive depth and lustre. I'd love to be able to print on >> some paper that even came half-way to matching the look he got from this >> stuff. Can ink-jet approximate this, or is it only possible with trad >> photo-paper? >> >> I guess that at this point the analog film buffs are rolling their eyes and >> would say, "*this* is why we still shoot film". >> >> -bmw >> >> >> On 11-02-15 7:08 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: >>> Love the bw square crop. I'd actually vote for a nicely textured mat print >>> for this picture. But glossy would probably be nice, but it would have to >>> be some high end glossy--something like the Epson Exhibition Fiber paper. >>> To my eye, sometimes basic glossy paper looks kind of cheap. Nice job, >>> Darren. Cheers, Christine >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Walker" <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> >>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> >>> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 2:31 PM >>> Subject: Re: PESO: The Wire Welder >>> >>> >>>> On 11-02-15 2:23 PM, Darren Addy wrote: >>>>> Thanks for the additional comments. >>>>> By popular demand: >>>>> : ) >>>>> >>>>> Cropped square in B&W: >>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/5448318025/ >>>>> >>>>> Cropped square in color: >>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/5448927542/ >>>> >>>> Both excellent, Darren. I think the b&w serves this subject better. Wants >>>> to be printed really glossy too. >>>> >>>> -bmw >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> PDML@pdml.net >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
