John_Reed
06-05-2005, 08:21 AM
I took this photo last year in Kauai (It's the Waimea Valley, and it really did look like that) with my FZ10:
http://john-reed.smugmug.com/photos/9376497-L.jpg
I don't know about your reaction to it, but for me, the colors just kind of "leap out" of the screen. The other day, as a gift for a neighborhood woman who is fighting big battles with the big C, I was inspired to print an 8X10 of this photo, frame it, and give it to her. I labeled it "Suddenly - There's a Valley!"
But when I printed it on my Epson 2200, somehow the screen didn't exactly translate to the paper. Where the screen image had "life," the paper image was duller, less full of "life." It was still OK, but it just lacked that vivacity. But I framed it in the frame I'd bought anyway, and was about to resign myself to an "acceptable level of mediocrity," when I remembered I had some Epson "Premium Luster Photo Paper," a whole box. The first print was made on Epson "Glossy Photo Paper," the kind you can buy at Costco for about $20/100 sheets. I loaded the Premium Luster (I think it's about $1.00 a sheet!) into the printer, and without changing the print settings (OK, I checked "Premium Luster," but didn't change the ColorSync color profile), reprinted the photo. POP! The new image perfectly matched the vivacity of the screen image.
Not only did the colors come out "true to life," but the better paper also produced a flatter, much more professional looking print, which quickly replaced the earlier attempt in the frame. She loved the gift, and I'm resigned to a future of higher paper costs...
http://john-reed.smugmug.com/photos/9376497-L.jpg
I don't know about your reaction to it, but for me, the colors just kind of "leap out" of the screen. The other day, as a gift for a neighborhood woman who is fighting big battles with the big C, I was inspired to print an 8X10 of this photo, frame it, and give it to her. I labeled it "Suddenly - There's a Valley!"
But when I printed it on my Epson 2200, somehow the screen didn't exactly translate to the paper. Where the screen image had "life," the paper image was duller, less full of "life." It was still OK, but it just lacked that vivacity. But I framed it in the frame I'd bought anyway, and was about to resign myself to an "acceptable level of mediocrity," when I remembered I had some Epson "Premium Luster Photo Paper," a whole box. The first print was made on Epson "Glossy Photo Paper," the kind you can buy at Costco for about $20/100 sheets. I loaded the Premium Luster (I think it's about $1.00 a sheet!) into the printer, and without changing the print settings (OK, I checked "Premium Luster," but didn't change the ColorSync color profile), reprinted the photo. POP! The new image perfectly matched the vivacity of the screen image.
Not only did the colors come out "true to life," but the better paper also produced a flatter, much more professional looking print, which quickly replaced the earlier attempt in the frame. She loved the gift, and I'm resigned to a future of higher paper costs...