Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My preference is to blow up the pictures I like. It might look real grainy and fuzzy when people look at it in closeup, but for visual impact, nothing beats the big size in presentation. All things in perspective, I think people standing close in examining a big frame are not normally looking at the picture, but rather examining the qualities which does not mean anything in the overall big picture. You'll be surprised at how large a 35mm film can be blown up to. I once remembered seeing a gigantic mural in Tokyo's airport, which is a billboard of Fuji film where people normally view it at about 20 meters away, it gave me goose-bumps. However, as I walked towards about 5 meters from it, all the impact was lost because I was only able to view a portion of the big picture. - --- Doug Herr <telyt@earthlink.net> wrote: > on 1/17/02 4:53 PM, Adam Bridge at abridge@mac.com > wrote: > > > > > I was talking with a friend today about what size > to make a print. I had > > printed > > the PAW 3 image as a 5 x 7 since I knew I was > going to make a final print and > > I > > was going to be doing a lot of trial and error. > > > > But it looks about right at that size. I think > tomorrow I'll do an 8 x 10 but > > I'm wondering about fitting size of print to the > image. Some images just seem > > to > > want to be small and some large - but I never feel > comfortable with what I've > > selected. > > > > I was thinking that pictures with lots of fiddly > bits would do better small > > and > > ones with open space would do better large where > they could, I don't know, > > "breathe" for want of a better term. > > > > Thoughts on this? > > > > Thanks > > > > Adam > > > > Some print sizes are obvious, like little cute furry > animals don't do well > as a 16x20 print. OTOH, grizzly bears seem to > require a reasonably large > print. Grand expanses of scenery or scenery with > lots of detail are big, > while more intimate landscapes can be a medium size. > Simplest compositions > that are more shape and tone than detail tend to be > the ones that work best > as smaller sizes. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > www.wildlightphoto.com > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html