• Welcome to Photrio!
    Registration is fast and free. Join today to unlock search, see fewer ads, and access all forum features.
    Click here to sign up

I'm proud of this production. Tips for when I enlarge?

ted_smith

Member
Allowing Ads
Joined
Feb 19, 2008
Messages
493
Location
uk
Format
Multi Format
Really pleased with my photo attached, which is of a Quayside down in Devon, taken with my Hasselblad 501CM and 80mm CB lens with Lee Filters and Fuji Acros 100 about 2 minutes before it absoloutely threw it down with rain!

Am hoping to get a poster sized print done by my lab (I can't do large prints myself). Any tips for when I send the negative off to the lab to direct them for the best results? The scan attached is a 'standard' quick scan done by the lab of the whole roll so I expect a proper print to look amazing.



I've also blogged about the writeup here for anyone interested.
 

tkamiya

Member
Allowing Ads
Joined
Oct 3, 2009
Messages
4,284
Location
Central Flor
Format
Multi Format
PM'd you because some of the topic I discussed does not fit on APUG discussion.
 

Aron

Member
Allowing Ads
Joined
Aug 27, 2009
Messages
256
Location
Hungary
Format
Multi Format
You could make a smaller print and bring that to the lab to make the large one based on your own. This will also help you see what can be expected from the negative.
 

TheFlyingCamera

Membership Council
Advertiser
Allowing Ads
Joined
May 24, 2005
Messages
11,605
Location
Washington DC
Format
Multi Format
I would definitely make your best possible print at a size you can make (8x10-ish would be sufficient) complete with all the burns and dodges you would employ, and send it along as a guide print. If you really want to be helpful, also include a straight print with no burns and dodges, but mark on it where you want burning and dodging done, and how much (ie 1/2 stop burn, 1 stop dodge).
 

Sirius Glass

Subscriber
Joined
Jan 18, 2007
Messages
50,856
Location
Southern California
Format
Multi Format
Great! I like it.
 

JBrunner

Moderator
Moderator
Allowing Ads
Joined
Dec 14, 2005
Messages
7,429
Location
PNdub
Format
Medium Format
Labs do best when they have a guide print. Usually they welcome it.
 

baachitraka

Member
Joined
Apr 6, 2011
Messages
3,650
Location
Bremen, Germany.
Format
Multi Format
Good to see that your camera is up and shooting. May be it's the right time to build a darkroom and develop the printing skills.
 

Steve Smith

Member
Allowing Ads
Joined
May 3, 2006
Messages
9,110
Location
Ryde, Isle o
Format
Medium Format
ted_smith said:
Any tips for when I send the negative off to the lab to direct them for the best results?
Click to expand...

Yes... Just tell them to make it look awesome!

Which judging by the scan, it already is.


Steve.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Menu
Log in
Register