paper for printing a landscape

[bwana]

I have some landscape images at sunset with lots of textured clouds. I tried printing one on Moab slick rock metallic

https://www.moabpaper.com/slickrock-metallic

and was disappointed in its ability to render light shades. Where I saw a smooth wispy gradation to white in parts of the clouds, the print had crushed them and all I could see was a blown out patch. Certainly I was using the correct profile. The blacks however were great.

I tested another print on an old satin paper and was much happier with the rendering.
do people find a particular type of paper or brand that is good at rendering all shades of white? What is the current 'best' satin paper that people seem to be most pleased with?

[PeterAit]

I have some landscape images at sunset with lots of textured clouds. I tried printing one on Moab slick rock metallic

https://www.moabpaper.com/slickrock-metallic

and was disappointed in its ability to render light shades. Where I saw a smooth wispy gradation to white in parts of the clouds, the print had crushed them and all I could see was a blown out patch. Certainly I was using the correct profile. The blacks however were great.

I tested another print on an old satin paper and was much happier with the rendering.
do people find a particular type of paper or brand that is good at rendering all shades of white? What is the current 'best' satin paper that people seem to be most pleased with?

Epson Exhibition Fiber paper has been my landscape go-to for years, both color and B&W.

[dgberg]

I am probably going to open a big can of worms here because canvas is not loved by everyone.
It looks fantastic, the image really pops when topcoated with semigloss or gloss varnish and it sells.
I have rolls and rolls of the best papers available and they just sit here. Very few want to mat, glass and frame anymore.
We are around 70% canvas gallery wraps and canvas mounted to gatorboard framed.
25% Chromaluxe metal prints.
5% paper prints. That is 5 out of a hundred.
I have quite a few customers come to the studio looking for paper prints and leave with one of the other two.
We are still doing quite a few artists reproductions and most if not all are canvas.
Since we are discussing paper the best seller for us has been Hannemuhle Fine Art Baryta.

[MichaelKoerner]

I am probably going to open a big can of worms here because canvas is not loved by everyone.
It looks fantastic, the image really pops when topcoated with semigloss or gloss varnish and it sells.

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Canson Museum Pro Canvas shows hardly any texture. 100% cotton, no OBAs, very nice touch. Breathing Color's Lyve should be comparable, AFAIK.

Besides that my customers like matte, lightly textured watercolour papers for landscapes as they give their images a light artistic touch. But those "fine" art papers require no glazing/glazing with high transparency glass like Artcare AR70. Normal float glass would hide those subtle paper characteristics.

[mearussi]

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Canson Museum Pro Canvas shows hardly any texture. 100% cotton, no OBAs, very nice touch. Breathing Color's Lyve should be comparable, AFAIK.

Besides that my customers like matte, lightly textured watercolour papers for landscapes as they give their images a light artistic touch. But those "fine" art papers require no glazing/glazing with high transparency glass like Artcare AR70. Normal float glass would hide those subtle paper characteristics.

Museum ProCanvas is my primary canvas for the same reasons you mentioned as is Lyve. But I've recently tested BC's new 17M Satin canvas and it has an even smoother surface than Museum ProCanvas, less reflectivity and doesn't "require" coating. It's only drawback is that it does contain some OBAs.

https://www.breathingcolor.com/collections/no-lam-canvas/products/17m?variant=31565231194208