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leopard
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Yes, I primarily work in black & white.
Although I did pick up some 4x5 E6 today and one of them is just fabulous. I suspect it would print up nicely.
I suppose to some degree print size will depend on finances, purpose, e.g., portfolio, and the environment where it will be exhibited.
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The largest prints I can handle in my darkroom are 20x24, black and white. I have access to a color processor that will handle 36 inch wide prints if the need arises. For myself personally I love a big print, if the subject matter lends itself to it. Some things just don't hang together big.
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leopard
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I shoot mostly 6x7 black and white and i usually do an initial 8x10 enlargement and live with it for a couple weeks or so, then i decide if there are small areas in the print where i think there is more detail to be extracted and maybe i want to see those little areas of detail--maybe small rocks or an interesting shadow area, I'm really into waterfalls lately. I'll then enlarge it a bit to taste...but not too big  I also don't sell any prints....yet. But i would like to someday, and it's nice to hear what others are doing. I'm not much into color these days but for me i think it would depend on the size of the space the print was going in, and the distance from where I view it from.
Matt"To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event." - Henri Cartier-Bresson
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PhotoBob (4/11/2008)
I suppose to some degree print size will depend on finances....Yes, I did a framed 30x40 print. If I remember right it cost me around $700 (not counting the cost of the print). I'm not going to do anymore that size, until I can find a way to lower the costs, significantly.
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"Fujifilm remains true to its heritage and to the acknowledged superior image quality delivered by professional photographic film products." -- Fuji Press Release An old Hasidic story says we should wear a coat with two pockets in order to receive God's message. In one pocket, the message is: "You are nothing but one of billions of grains of sand in the universe." In the other, the message is: "I made the universe just for you."
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leopard
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I'm a bit late to the discussion and have to admit that anyone who paid for one of my pics would be getting a bad bargain but following on Robert's original post here's my dos centavos.
Robert speaks of one of Richie's pics. Rich takes spectacular color landscapes. I well remember one of Lake Placid that he once posted on APUG. It seems to me that such a sweeping picture demands a large print - otherwise it would be nothing more than a picture postcard from a souvenier shop.
Alternatively, it would be hard to image a B&W "street" or PJ shot being "supersized". It would lend no "added value" to create an enlarged print of a photo such as HCB's "leaping man" or Capra's "Falling Soldier". In fact, I remember in one of Woody Allen's movies ("Manhattan"?) his character has a huge enlargement of the famous (infamous?) pic of the ARVN soldier blowing away some guy's brains in a street execution.
While that "worked" for some aspect of shock value (i.e. why would this early-1980's middle-aged bachelor still have such a "poster" in his apartment if he's wooing a young babe) it actually was less impactful than the original news photo.
Regards,
George
- The early bird may get the worm; but the second mouse gets the cheese.
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