My Largest Print So Far

[Kevin Caulfield]

A couple of days ago I collected my largest print so far, a canvas print measuring 40 by 60 inches. OKay, it was printed d****ally, but it looks pretty good. I scanned a print which was 10 inches by 6.67 inches, and then had it printed commercially for $394 (AUD). We've hung it in our back room, and the end result is a lot better than I expected. Up close, it's not super sharp, but from about 5 metres away in our kitchen, it looks as sharp as the analog print. The original photo was on Agfa APX100.

 

[lgrabun]

It looks - as far as I can see from a small grainy digital image - as if scanner preserved both blacks and whites. $394 AUD seems like a lot of money, OTOH. Not that I am not committed to the photography but that - i.e. paying four hundred bugs for a print - would be reaching my committment's limits

 

[Sirius Glass]

There is a custom optical photo finisher in my neighborhood who has made 24" x 36" from 135 for me. I have seen some of his work which is much larger. I just do not have the wall space to go any larger.

When I have anything larger than 12" x 18" in color, I use him. He has made 30" x30" metallic color prints from black and white negatives for me from 120. He no longer makes black and white prints using black and white chemistry because he does not get enough black and white work.

Steve

 

[nickandre]

I've always debated painting a wall with liquid light and using an enlarger to project an image onto it...

some day :-D

 

[Poohblah]

That would be awesome, but permanent.

 

[Colin Corneau]

Not to mention hard to do a test strip for...

 

[brian steinberger]

Not to mention splashing chemicals all over your wall to develop and fix. Then washing would be tough too....

 

[Mick Fagan]

We actually did a wall projection. First we sealed the plaster with a plastic sealant type of paint.

Then we put a rough (ish) surface on top, as the sealant was very smooth, which was white oil based interior house paint. Then during one evening, which lasted until the wee hours of the morning, we managed to project a life sized image of a person who was turning 60 years of age.

The last thing we had to do was to re-paint the wall around the photograph, then spray a sealant over the picture to keep grubby grandchildren hands off.

We did a test print in a darkened studio the previous week, quite easy really, except for the bill for the bottles and bottles and bottles of go juice.

Mick.

Ps:- looks good Kevin, maybe I'll get to see it one day.

 

[Curt]

If you could do it outside on a moonless night it would be an Alfresco Fresco.

My largest trays are three stainless steel 20x24 inch but I haven't made any prints that large.

How was it mounted, on a stretcher like a painting?

 

[Kevin Caulfield]

That sounds pretty cool, Mick. Probably a lot of work, but I'm sure the result was impressive.

And yes, you're welcome to see it some time. I owe you a darkroom tour anyway.

Yes, Curt. It's stretched canvas on a frame, just like a painting. The frame is made from 42 x 19 mm pine.

 

[phritz phantom]

are there any good threads or online tutorials for classical development of super-large positives?
i read the chapter in the ansel adams books, but i wonder if there's any more up to date info. and searching for it is kind of difficult, since i don't know which keywords would fit that won't get me thousands of unrelated results.

 

[jfish]

A couple of days ago I collected my largest print so far, a canvas print measuring 40 by 60 inches. OKay, it was printed d****ally, but it looks pretty good. I scanned a print which was 10 inches by 6.67 inches, and then had it printed commercially for $394 (AUD). We've hung it in our back room, and the end result is a lot better than I expected. Up close, it's not super sharp, but from about 5 metres away in our kitchen, it looks as sharp as the analog print. The original photo was on Agfa APX100.

I'd be VERY happy to print it that big by the traditional wet method for that price, and even pay for the shipping both ways! That's $270 USD.

Who said d*****l is cheaper?!?

lol

 

[Changeling1]

At $400 per each, One of those new-fangled Epson 9900 ink-jet printers might be a good investment for you.