[Leica] My first 'PAW' (/me finally digitizes a photo :-)

[jonathan at openhealth.org (Jonathan Borden)]

Well, I've been doing a bit of work on my personal website that is 
making it possible to start posting photos (In my blog).

This week I found myself in need to quickly produce a prints of some of 
my work (for a charity auction), and my B/W darkroom is not functional. 
I've been borrowing an enlarging darkroom for the past year or so and 
don't have access for a couple of weeks as my friend is out of town, so 
in any case I decided to see how a Photoshop'd print on an Epson 2200 
would work.

I have to say, dodging and burning as well as split toning is quite 
easy in photoshop :-))

I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the print. And since I did 
digitize this negative, I've posted an entry in my blog here:

http://jborden.org/etc/index.cgi/photos/weston-lake.html

In comparing the Epson 2200 print (made on Entrada Fine Art Natural) to 
my reference print made on Bergger probably developed in either Amidol 
or Ansco 130 and gently toned in KRST, this is what I see:

Sharpness and detail is roughly equivalent. I don't see a huge 
difference in tonality. D-max looks better in the FB (glossy air dried) 
print, but the the Epson print is matte.

The biggest difference is that the inkjet print is definitely 'on the 
surface' whereas the Fiber print appears below the surface of the print 
-- this is not entirely the glossy/matte issue as, e.g., 
Platinum/Palladium prints have that 'depth' appearance.

I am not sure how much of this will be apparent under glass.

Jonathan