Exposing for the highlights and post-processing in multiple applications to pull out detail in the shadow areas, the tones in these monochrome digital negatives are reversed to create virtual analog negatives that form the basis for production of a latent image on gelatin silver papers that are processed using the same traditional chemistry that was being done in wet lab trays and tanks in bygone days. Now, all of the pushing, dodging, burning, masking, contrast manipulation and experimentation that used to be done in the darkroom is done on the digital negative before it is forwarded to the lab for print production.