How to make best of this for a print
Discussion
Hello all,
I like this picture and the location and day it was taken is particularly special to me. I want to get a really nice print framed, not sure though how to make the most of it.
How would you print a pic like this? What size should it be... square or cropped to landscape? Should the fore ground be cropped out, part of the sky? Any thoughts gratefully received on how to make the most of this pic.
I like this picture and the location and day it was taken is particularly special to me. I want to get a really nice print framed, not sure though how to make the most of it.
How would you print a pic like this? What size should it be... square or cropped to landscape? Should the fore ground be cropped out, part of the sky? Any thoughts gratefully received on how to make the most of this pic.
Obviously it's all down to your personal taste, as you're the one who will be looking at it on the wall.
I guess the best thing you could do is load it into Photoshop or similar and just experiment with different crops.
Below are a couple - first is a square with the small tree in the background roughly on intersecting 3rds. I think it looks ok, but at the expense of losing a fair bit of the sky, which is a disadvantage.
Second one keeps the whole height of the original which retains the sky, and just cropped the sides a bit again getting the tree to be about 1/3rd of the way across.
In both cases, some slight adjustments with boosting the shadows so the bush in the foreground isn't so dark, and slightly reducing the highlights to bring out a little more cloud definition.
In terms of overall quality and how big a print you want, what's the size of the original image (do you have a higher resolution than what you've posted up)? It also depends what you are printing it on - for example you can get away with a larger print if it's on canvas as the texture hides a little loss of definition, whereas the same size print on glossy paper will tend to show up any lack of original image quality.
land_1 by conradsphotos, on Flickr
land_2 by conradsphotos, on Flickr
I guess the best thing you could do is load it into Photoshop or similar and just experiment with different crops.
Below are a couple - first is a square with the small tree in the background roughly on intersecting 3rds. I think it looks ok, but at the expense of losing a fair bit of the sky, which is a disadvantage.
Second one keeps the whole height of the original which retains the sky, and just cropped the sides a bit again getting the tree to be about 1/3rd of the way across.
In both cases, some slight adjustments with boosting the shadows so the bush in the foreground isn't so dark, and slightly reducing the highlights to bring out a little more cloud definition.
In terms of overall quality and how big a print you want, what's the size of the original image (do you have a higher resolution than what you've posted up)? It also depends what you are printing it on - for example you can get away with a larger print if it's on canvas as the texture hides a little loss of definition, whereas the same size print on glossy paper will tend to show up any lack of original image quality.
land_1 by conradsphotos, on Flickrland_2 by conradsphotos, on FlickrEdited by C n C on Monday 19th April 09:47
I would leave it as a square crop, as there's enough interest in the sky to leave it untouched.
The other potential crop I would consider is to crop out the foreground from the top of the bush, so it gives more focus on the distant tree, background and sky, as the foreground isn't such a strong subject.
The other potential crop I would consider is to crop out the foreground from the top of the bush, so it gives more focus on the distant tree, background and sky, as the foreground isn't such a strong subject.
JohnS said:
I would leave it as a square crop, as there's enough interest in the sky to leave it untouched.
The other potential crop I would consider is to crop out the foreground from the top of the bush, so it gives more focus on the distant tree, background and sky, as the foreground isn't such a strong subject.
Yes, that's definitely another good option:The other potential crop I would consider is to crop out the foreground from the top of the bush, so it gives more focus on the distant tree, background and sky, as the foreground isn't such a strong subject.
land_3 by conradsphotos, on FlickrHi all,
Thanks very much for the input and ideas. I like them all! Will have a play about with photoshop. I got lucky snapping away with a phone camera and would love to display a quality print in a frame.
The original image is 4.2mb and 3024 x 4032 - how big a print do you think i could get away with?
Thanks very much for the input and ideas. I like them all! Will have a play about with photoshop. I got lucky snapping away with a phone camera and would love to display a quality print in a frame.
The original image is 4.2mb and 3024 x 4032 - how big a print do you think i could get away with?
coletrickle01 said:
Thanks very much for the input and ideas. I like them all! Will have a play about with photoshop. I got lucky snapping away with a phone camera and would love to display a quality print in a frame.
The original image is 4.2mb and 3024 x 4032 - how big a print do you think i could get away with?
As Singlecoil says it's in the eye of the beholder. I think you could go to 40" x 30" (=100ppi) for wall art. Obviously the more you crop the smaller the print can be.The original image is 4.2mb and 3024 x 4032 - how big a print do you think i could get away with?
If you have Photoshop and find the crop tool then you can experiment as much as you like. You might also consider a border - eg a white border not only makes the print bigger but you can then add 'COLE TRICKLE GALLERY NEW YORK' underneath in a tasteful font for the 'pro look'
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