Black & White Print Options - Fiber (hand print)

Hand-printed fiber enlargements are much more labor intensive than RC straight prints. Archival washing of fiber prints takes hours. Compare this to the five minutes of washing required for a RC print. I also do dodging, burning or other techniques to better control the tonal range of the print. This yields a print with a broad tonal range. This extended tonal range brings out details that are otherwise lost in straight prints. Below are examples that show you the difference in appearance between straight-prints and hand-printed enlargements.

Straight-Printed		Dodged &/or Burned Print
RC - for comparison		compare the above fiber print to RC print at left
close up of above straight-printed RC enlargement		close up of above Dodged &/or Burned enlargement
notice the lack of detail in the highlights		notice the amount of detail in the highlights
especially the hoods top edge and trim at top of door		especially at the hood's top edge and trim at top of door
		highlights were burned in to reveal fine detail

Straight-Print		Dodged &/or Burned Print
		the road and sky have been burned in