2018 Project 52 Print - Round Tuit

[Round Tuit]

For my first print I have chosen a photo of the Ottawa locks and the chateau Laurier taken on a rainy day in June 2015 from the shelter of the Sapeur bridge. This photo remains a favorite of my wife.
I printed it on letter sized(8.5 x 11 in) Canon paper Photo Glossy Plus II.

#1


André

[Shadowman]

It is a nice looking scene, nice effort.

[Artshot]

I like the amount of detail that an overcast day reveals, it keeps me looking.

[Round Tuit]

Thank you John and Art.
I have discovered that printing is more satisfying than I had expected. I just might be able to keep up with the weekly rate longer than I originally thought.

André

[Manfred M]

I have discovered that printing is more satisfying than I had expected.

Somehow I've always found that holding a large format print very satisfying and in my view the ultimate output of a photograph. My main problem has always been finding enough wall space to display my work.

[zen]

Somehow I've always found that holding a large format print very satisfying and in my view the ultimate output of a photograph. My main problem has always been finding enough wall space to display my work.

Me too. Maybe I'm old-fashioned [just plain old, too!], but it seems to me that the print is the final destination for any photographic effort. You don't need any equipment to view it, like a computer or electronic frame, or the internet, etc., etc. Just look at it - either on your or someone else's wall or in a portfolio or frame on a desk or table. One problem I have is I keep running out of suitable frames.

Z

[Round Tuit]

.... My main problem has always been finding enough wall space to display my work.

...One problem I have is I keep running out of suitable frames.

I had wondered about this problem before (see).
I have found a solution that works for me. I will stack my letter sized prints in an "IN basket" type of tray that I will leave on a table in my living room. That way, I and my family and friends will be able to look at them at any time. As for my larger prints which are A3+ sized, I will display them on a black music stand that should be able to hold several of them at once. Finding a suitable location for it might be a little more difficult.
My solution would probably not be suitable if one wanted to preserve the print for future generations but that is not my intent.

André

[Round Tuit]

For my second print, I selected this poppy that had lost its petals in the rain. I shot the photo last June after bringing the flower inside.

#2


I debated between placing the image in the centre of the paper in landscape orientation and placing it in the top half in portrait orientation. It turned out that both work quite well with this one appealing to me marginally better.

André

[Shadowman]

Andre,

Interesting positioning of the flower, this might work well for a shadow box.

[Wavelength]

Both of your printed images are nice ones; the moderateness of colours make the first image a standard one; i liked your decision to place the image that way in the background in the second one; you may even write something behind and frame it

[Round Tuit]

Andre,

... this might work well for a shadow box.

John,
I don't understand what you mean by this

[Round Tuit]

Both of your printed images are nice ones; the moderateness of colours make the first image a standard one; i liked your decision to place the image that way in the background in the second one; you may even write something behind and frame it

Thank you Nandakumar

[Shadowman]

John,
I don't understand what you mean by this

Andre,
You have a lot of whitespace at bottom, unless text was added the only other use I could see for that area would be if the image was inserted into a shadowbox and the white would serve as a base, stage, or platform.