Thanks, Bob. I have a widish panorama of woodland printed on aluminium-backed
material by Whitewall, a German company. We nearly went for printed direct on
aluminium, but that requires a certain sort of image.
I'd be interested to hear what makes you choose one surface over another – if
you could put it into words, that is.
Chris
On 9 Dec 13, at 19:53, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Loch Na Keal, Isle of Mull. Converted to black and white. Printed 10"x15" on
> canvas by Bay Photo. (This is the picture, not a picture of the picture.) I
> had this one made as a test to see how black and white would look on canvas.
> For some reason, I worried that canvas would not be suitable for b&w.
> Apparently I was wrong. The image is well-rendered, the texture is agreeable,
> and at some point I'm going to have this rather large file made into a rather
> large canvas print. Before I do, however, I'm going to have a small print
> made on aluminum to see how b&w fares on metal.
>
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=10067
>
> This image I had printed by Bay Photo on a 20"x20" piece of aluminum, with
> glossy surface. The result was extremely pleasing, and it hangs on our living
> room waiting for some decent lighting to show it off properly.
>
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=10070
>
> Turns out I like square metal a lot, and am preparing several more images to
> be printed that way.
>
> Finally, this is a variation on an earlier theme. I had it printed on a
> 16"x24" piece of canvas and framed, again by Bay Photo. I have it hanging in
> the old gallery because of the good lighting. The canvas retained so much
> detail that you can see the individual legs of individual sheep in the
> foreground.
>
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=10073
>
> If you watch Bay Photo, or other labs that do this kind of work--and I'm sure
> this is true across the Pond as well--they constantly are running discounts
> and specials and such to entice. I usually wait until Bay is running some
> kind of deal and then order whatever is on special, as long as it's canvas or
> metal.
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