About a month ago Cindy and I noticed that our Costco does picture enlargements. These enlargements aren't 5x7 or something like that... they are monsters! I thought about one day seeing how they look but never got around to it until yesterday. I decided to find a picture that was really clear and Cindy mentioned something about this picture... so I found it - tweaked it (more on that below) and printed it at the following sizes:
11"x14"
16"x20"
20"x30"
16"x20"
20"x30"
I was really amazed at how clear it turned out at the biggest of sizes. My camera is only a 10.2 megapixel DSLR....so I figured that it would be limited. The other limiting factor is that I cropped it (making the picture less than 10.2 MP ...). The dark gray area is what was cut out. All of these things were playing against the overall quality of the picture.
The thing that I noticed the most was that that the whiskers seemed a little blocky/pixellated...when you get close to the print. That originally made me think that the 20x30 was a step beyond what I should ever print... but then I realized that with my fancy imaging software I oversharpened the image.
Notice how the whiskers are a little jagged along the edges? I should have never made it like that before printing!
This is much more natural looking. But I guess you live and learn?! I think those prints were the best 20 dollars I have ever spent on prints (there were actually 3 11x14's...1 16x20 and 1 20x30 in that 20 bucks).
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3 comments:
Whoa. That is amazing. I'm going to have to give that a whirl when I get home!
That is interesting ... and I was going to buy an expensive large format printer eventually. Perhaps unnecessary.
That is sweet! Wonder how it would work for some of my airshow photos. Not sure what resolution you need for it to still look reasonable.
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