advice needed on boat shot's--plz

dexter-g · Dec 22, 2011

hello .. i need some advice on these three B&W photo's of boat's.
they came from my first 4GB-MC that i used on my epl1 and i was thinking ?

what would be the best of the three to print ?

what would be best size to print ?

as i have never printed off any big size photo's before & i'm new 4\3 camera's .

grateful for any advice or c&c given

all the best
dexer-g

Mike Ronesia · Dec 22, 2011

None of them speak to me and all look too centered. If I have to pick one it would be #3 but I'd want to either re-shoot it for a different angle or crop it to get the boat out of the middle.

What I do with printing large sizes is have the printer print a full size patch of a critical area or two as a sample to see if it will look good from a print quality standpoint. Most will do this for free I've found, if you ask.
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Mike Ronesia · Dec 22, 2011

I'll start by saying I don't have a good eye for such things, but these two look a little more interesting to my eye.

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dexter-g · Dec 23, 2011

Mike Ronesia said:
None of them speak to me and all look too centered. If I have to pick one it would be #3 but I'd want to either re-shoot it for a different angle or crop it to get the boat out of the middle.

What I do with printing large sizes is have the printer print a full size patch of a critical area or two as a sample to see if it will look good from a print quality standpoint. Most will do this for free I've found, if you ask.
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It's easier to ask for forgiveness then to ask for permission.

thank's miike for the response

i did think that option might be none of them

and now you mentioned too centered i have to agree something i will bare in mind for the future if i re-shoot them again .

as for your printing advice i will ask, at one of the shop's see if they will let me do that for free no harm in asking .

so thank's mike for giving me your advice, your tip, and your time and opinion.

regard's dexter-g

dexter-g · Dec 23, 2011

Mike Ronesia said:
I'll start by saying I don't have a good eye for such things, but these two look a little more interesting to my eye.

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It's easier to ask for forgiveness then to ask for permission.

well it seem's better than my un-trained eye's
and i have to agree they do look better with your crop.

i like 1st one better and now i see how i was so centered with that shot's something i never noticed i was doing .

thank's again
regard's dexter-g

Tony Collins · Dec 23, 2011

They are all lacking in contrast (too grey) in my opinion. Here is my attempt to rectify....

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Bob Meyer · Dec 23, 2011

+1. On my profiled laptop screen, they're all too dark and muddy. Lightening them up in post processing and raising contrast would improve them all.

weesam · Dec 24, 2011

All far too grey.

A simple "auto-levels" will improve these a lot.

Generally (but obvioulsy this depends on the scene) B&W requires a lot of contrast to look good - bright whites and jet blacks and a good range in between. However, whilst you need to bear this in mind, do take into account your printer's dot gain, so you may need to adjust the darkest points to, say 95% black and the whitest to 5% black (for example). You may have a printer profile that does this for you.

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