Comments | lost____highway: PRINTS!

lost____highway

PRINTS!

Feb 20, 2006 23:01

My prints actually arrived quite a long time ago but I haven't really had a chance to take photos of them until now. Firstly I'm very happy with how they all came out. I was expecting them to look like crap but thankfully they exceeded my expectations. Secondly lustre is really worth the extra couple cents. I ordered one matte photo and it looked ( Read more... )

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to_portugal February 20 2006, 17:34:54 UTC

okay so I have a couple questions because I've been having a hard time getting quality prints from labs:

How high of a resolution did you scan these at?
Were the prints terribly grainy if they weren't originally grainy in the negative?
Can you customize borders and things of that nature?
Did the prints come mooned-up or dented?

lost____highway February 20 2006, 18:08:22 UTC

I scanned the first print at something like 7200 dpi...or maybe 9800 or whatever the next step is I really can't remember but it was huge and very tedious to work with in photoshop.

The prints look exactly like the image I submitted to the prints section of DA so if the image was grainy to begin with it came out grainy but with the prints I ordered it was only a problem with the polaroid on the right in the second photo because it was grainy to begin with.
I'm not sure why you would get grainy images from an image you thought was grainless. Maybe the image is grainy to begin with but you only notice the grain when enlarged to a big size. I've noticed that ever since I got a film scanner when I've scannned them in at huge sizes and noticed to my surprise that there was grain I hadn't noticed one bit in the small 4x6 print.

I had to add the borders onto my images in photoshop because of the bleed edge factor.

My prints came in perfect condition.

I hope that answered all your questions. If not then ask again :P

lightleaks February 20 2006, 17:36:58 UTC

the first one looks stunning.
i get quite grumpy when people tend to buy mostly smaller prints, because i ache to see all mine huge. when they do it's just mindblowing. i wish i could send posters off to everyone to see. *l*

grzhmelek February 20 2006, 19:09:00 UTC

oh! so big photos! this is my dream:))

thorolygood February 20 2006, 19:23:57 UTC

Wow i really love the first one! it looks stunning at that size

lost____highway February 24 2006, 18:08:23 UTC

Thank you Tegan :)

__lostghosts February 20 2006, 20:40:02 UTC

once i have extra money i think i'm going to plan on buying one of the 51x76cm ones :]

lost____highway February 24 2006, 17:44:16 UTC

Can't wait! :D