A landscape photographer all of my life - now 73.
Now shooting with the GFX 50S.
For the last several years I've been using Hahn. Baryta Glossy Fine Art in my Canon Pro 2000.
I've been happy with it but over the last year folks that see my work ask if I have tried my images on Metallic media.
No, because I build my own profiles and enjoy doing my own printing - "It's my work!"
However, last week I did just a little research and came across several "metallic papers" that can be run through my Canon. Ordered the InkPress Metallic Glossy in 11x14 and the Hahn. Photo Rag Metallic 8.5x11.
Yesterday built profiles with the respective papers (X-Rite iPro v. 2) and generated a profile for each.
In comparing the profiles in the iPro software, the InkPress has a impressive color space, better than the Hahn by enough to matter to me.
Then, I printed two color files and found the results interesting; InkPress definitely produced a much stronger print that the Hahn.!
Observations:
Both papers took quite a bit more brightening than my tradition paper, or than the profiles suggested.
Printed the same two images on each paper and it was no contest - InkPress. I've never seen such vivid colors, depth or sharpness on any paper.
As the InkPress is substantially more reasonable in cost, that is a nice plus as well.
I think this media has an attraction to it, both to my eye as well as potential sales.
Thus, I'd like to hear recommendations about:
Best metallic papers you've experimented with and what you standardized on, and why.
From the now 3 landscapes I've printed, it seem the images that look the best with "pop" have
lots of reds and blacks in them. Valid generally?
Any tutorials that are worth the time to watch on this topic?
Is this media any good for B&W landscapes? If so, any "tweets" that B&W requires verse color?
What can be used to sign a metallic print? What I have used in the past certainly does not work.
Any suggestions in print flow with this media will be appreciated.
Are Metallics normally framed without glass?
Jack