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If I've been a bit quiet over the last few days it's because I've finally been getting around to printing and framing a couple of my better photos.
Both these shots are from my Nikon D40 with Sigma 10-20 lens. Here's the links to where they are posted on AM3 if you want a closer look.
http://ianbramham.aminus3.com/portfolio/28.html
http://ianbramham.aminus3.com/portfolio/75.html
(the Aminus addresses seem to shift from day to day so if these links don't work try looking on my portfolio page)
Including a small white border to help with mounting & framing they are 28inches long each and 47 mega pixels for the bridge shot which I printed at 300 pixels per inch and 25 mega pixels for the one of the Pier which I tried at 240 pixels per inch to see what quality was like. Not bad from a cropped 6mp original file!
I bought stock frames and re-matted them myself to fit after buying some A0 sized white mat card and one of those special angled mat cutters.
I was really pleased with the quality especialy considering that I know nothing about upsizing or printing or framing. The printed upsized photos look just like the original image on my screen with the same colour and contrast with no artifacts that I could see.
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There's a photo that I've posted here of a streetlamp and steps at night. It's one of my favourite photos with my new DSLR. I've submitted it for publication in JPG magazine. You can vote for it's inclusion if you can manage to get through the registration process
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For purchasing high quality archival prints of any of these photos you can send me an email by clicking here or by going to my website Ian Bramham - Fine Art Photography where prices are listed in the gallery sections under each individual photo.
@Michael Rawluk: Thanks Michael.....as this was the first time I'd tried to do large prints off any of my photos it was a really exciting process! I've also learnt a lot about the best methods for upscaling the original files to get the size necessary for prints this large.
@Putter: Thanks Putter....to be honest with you I wasn't sure what to expect when trying to print these photos so large but they came out looking identical to the original screen version which amazed me!
@GJC: Thanks GJC.....what a great compliment!
If you're serious about wanting a large print like one of these please send me a personal email and I'll get back to you.
@Lorraine: Thanks Lorraine!......Michael's right, this type of photo looks so much more impressive as a large print rather than just being viewed on a computer screen.
@Guillermina: Thanks Guillermina....these ones were done for hanging on the wall at home. We moved to a bigger house last year so have some free wall space for large frames like these.
You're right though, I am going to be exhibiting some of my photos this summer for the first time at a local arts fair in July and a photo competition in August so these enlargements were also a way of practising with the various techniques that are needed such as the best way of upscaling the image files and learning how to cut the framing mats with a bevelled edge cutter.
@danthro: Thanks very much danthro!.....I'm pleased that you remembered it.
@jkjond: Thanks for looking John.....because this was the first time I'd tried any of this, it all seemed to take ages to get things done but I've learnt a huge amount of stuff realating to uprezing, printing large and framing.
By the way, the technique touched on at DPR of going past the target size by 20% in bicubic smoother then coming back to the final print size in bicubic sharper worked better than I showed in that particular series of crops but as the results weren't visible in print even at this size I didn't want to start a discussion about Jpeg banding caused by me applying too much contrast enhancement in my original PP of this image of the bridge.
The final crop you saw after I'd reprocessed the image from scratch was miles better than the others so I'm going to try uploading one or two to Alamy now.....I managed by some fluke to get through QC on my first attempt using 4 images from my compact F31 but I haven't bothered doing anything since.
It'll be interesting to see if I can sell anything.
