2010-06-13 // 11:59:38
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;-)

(as long as they are workable with - the scratches and fingerprints in my chocos are _in_ the emulsion, btw. the surface is smooth.)

^ also this print is all smooth but a white speck in the base of tree trunk...

2010-06-13 // 11:45:37
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not universally true. the best viewing distance for a rothko for example is eighteen inches. this is why i said 'blow up'. i'd love to stand (and walk) in front of this one, following each grain to the other. should work well with the haptics of choco.
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^ Ah ok, generally speaking ;-)

2010-06-12 // 19:40:02
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though i do have one lambda print, i'm not that impressed by it. maybe because mine is not glossy ;) there are more choices, inkjets from good printers can be really good as well (my clients only use those), some people print digitally on, what was it, Metallic Fuji crystal archive i think.
technically before, the scan is limited to the resolution the pola gives, which depends on the type (plus the true resolution of a scanner, some claim more than they really give). some tips are to scan for the double maximum, then scale down. another to re-photograph the picture (a common trick to eliminate some grain). and in the end, it really depends on how close one gets to the print, so one could still print bigger.
i.e., when i did my exhibition in riga two years ago, i had the problem that not only my harddrive died, but also the backup-drive and.. well, to keep it short, in that moment i only had really low-res files of the 667inv scans. there was nothing much i could do.. but i wanted a few big prints on one wall. so i went to a friend, who is an architect, blew them up in ps without mercy, and printed them on a 'simple' architects' plotter (in 70x100 i think). put those behind glass.. and from a few meters far.. you could tell the pixelaffair only when getting close. ;-)
looking back, the most horrible aspect was i had to sit on a pc.

i wanted to give whitewall a try one day.

^ thank you for sharing your experience and best practices I totally agree: large images must be viewed from a larger perspective. Also a larger image means larger specks... but never mind: we love imperfection! :-)

2010-06-12 // 14:08:46
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blow up.

^ have you any hints on blowing up a polaroid? lambda print?