Eagle image to gift to a Conservation Organization- help me choose

[ButlerKid]

Interesting theme idea, but could make for one huge print and probably pricy. Will consider though, even though I have no experience in “doin“ home framing.

You just get 2 medium size prints (one of the perched eagle and one of it flying). Then take them to Hobby Lobby and they will cut the mat and make the frame. Most buildings have large empty walls. This would result in a nice horizontal rectangle. Envison prints just slightly larger than 7.5 x 11" side by side with about 1.5-2" in between and about 2" of mat around them. Simple black frame. And you have a very impressive gift. (Since they HAVE asked you a couple of times about wanting a print, maybe they could help offset the cost to you by offering you some "free" range time. No cost to them and saves you some money....

(Hubby often tells me to "quit thinking!" ....LOL!)

 

[DsD]

No Karen, that’s some good brainstorming! I’m sure your husband would say the same about me, if he knew me. I’ve been told before that I “wore them out“. maybe two 8”x12” would work, interesting.

 

[MikePDX]

I'm the newby here. So you shouldn't necessarily take my word for it. The tighter crop of the second shot is the one I would choose.

But I do have some experience with printing up-scaled images directly from Lightroom. Assuming your original is a raw file, and assuming you can check the critical sharpness at 100% (200% is better), then I don't see any reason why you wouldn't be happy with an up-scaled print of the second image cropped as suggested above up to a size of at least 12X18. I have had good success up-scaling a crop of a 16 Mpixel raw file from an older camera into a 12X36 inch panorama.

As an aside, that size print (12X18) when mounted and matted, looks really good in an 18X24 frame. If that's seems too large, the next "standard" size frame is 16X20., and a 12X18 print would be pretty tight. 12X16 would work better in a 16X20 frame. And I agree about the museum glass if you can afford it, especially if the lighting situation where it will hang is difficult.

-Mike from Portland

 

[DsD]

I'm the newby here. So you shouldn't necessarily take my word for it. The tighter crop of the second shot is the one I would choose.

But I do have some experience with printing up-scaled images directly from Lightroom. Assuming your original is a raw file, and assuming you can check the critical sharpness at 100% (200% is better), then I don't see any reason why you wouldn't be happy with an up-scaled print of the second image cropped as suggested above up to a size of at least 12X18. I have had good success up-scaling a crop of a 16 Mpixel raw file from an older camera into a 12X36 inch panorama.

As an aside, that size print (12X18) when mounted and matted, looks really good in an 18X24 frame. If that's seems too large, the next "standard" size frame is 16X20., and a 12X18 print would be pretty tight. 12X16 would work better in a 16X20 frame. And I agree about the museum glass if you can afford it, especially if the lighting situation where it will hang is difficult.

-Mike from Portland

Very worthwhile input Mike, thank you. Great for future reference. And yes, I always work with the raw file. However, I already committed to a 12x18 metal print (1st image) from Bay Photo and I'm really happy with how it turned out.

I'll probably try to print the second image on my printer at 11x17 from a tiff file and see how that looks.

 

[Piecat]

FWIW - I use Bay Photo for metal prints. If you are a new customer, you get 25% off your first order. Try to stick to standard sizes.

The corners and edges of metal prints can be extremely sharp. Decide if you are going to frame the print. If not, at least get rounded corners. Just a suggestion.....

Any canvas printers you would recommend?