Quote Originally Posted by Nathan Jones
Yes, Robert. I have printed the "Elves' Chasm" image as an analogue enlargement. It looks very similar to this. But I cannot take the negative to the same scale in a print from an enlarger without it falling apart. The larger print size really benefits this image. The subject photographed is big. That's easily 15 meters of elevation within the frame.

The quality you speak of in "La Concepcion" is due to the subtle infrared factor.

Thanks for your comments.
Why do you expect a digital enlargement to hold up better than an analog enlargement?

I make many digitally enlarged negatives (on film) and in general the advantages of digital for this are in tonal control, eliminating complex dodging/burning, fixing pinholes, etc. By going through the scan stage and then output to film stage you are loosing a slight bit of information, so the ultimate enlargement from a digital negative will be smaller than from a good analog print (straight from the original negative).