p.1 #1 · 10' x 10' redwood print for California distillery ... 60" not big enough ...
Usually, I print 30" to 60", which is an appreciable minimum for coast redwoods. A distillery from California asked for a large redwood photo image for an event, and ordered a 10 ft. x 10 ft. print, needing 18,000 x 18,000 pixels per printer's request. With a week to the deadline, I was going to Redwood National anyway and shot a few scenes. They chose this redwood near a tree one of their spirits is named after. Full size at 10'x10' individual needles, lichens and stems become more evident. This was a learning project ... 12 frames w/ a 70-200mm 2.8 set to 162mm. I included a 2nd version following with person for scale. The distillery prefers a more natural look like the first one with just plants.
p.1 #4 · 10' x 10' redwood print for California distillery ... 60" not big enough ...
philtax wrote:
Wow - that’s a lot of stitching! Nice image - I like the soft light.
Phil
Thank you. It took a while for Lightroom to process, yet the most demanding part was in the forest making sure every frame had enough overlap. I should try a few more each year for extras. The scene below, entering the same park, was an option B ...
p.1 #5 · 10' x 10' redwood print for California distillery ... 60" not big enough ...
Fantastic. 200% worth the effort. On a side note I am trying Topaz Gigapixel AI for large prints and it is working well. There is a sale going on and you may want to try it. Yes it will take some time to enlarge, but it is good.
p.1 #7 · 10' x 10' redwood print for California distillery ... 60" not big enough ...
bibek wrote:
Fantastic. 200% worth the effort. On a side note I am trying Topaz Gigapixel AI for large prints and it is working well. There is a sale going on and you may want to try it. Yes it will take some time to enlarge, but it is good.
Peeked at their Youtube intro video. I didn't see a price at the website. How much is the software?
The crop below is shown 50% from part of the large trunk.There are interesting details like lichens and spider webs in the crevices. The lens I used just barely got the job done on the Canon 5DS. I bought a Zeiss 135mm Apo Sonnar a month later that may be better matched for something like this.
bobek13 wrote:
wow... you made me remember just huge those redwoods are... fantastic - but I must admit, the Option B would be my choise... :-)
Option B may have been my first preference too. I think they were fond of the first, because one of their spirits is named after another redwood just across a stream from each other.
p.1 #9 · 10' x 10' redwood print for California distillery ... 60" not big enough ...
Thank you.
I'm looking forward to experimenting in the redwoods with a few more lenses next year, including an older Leica 90mm R Elmerit and Nikon 105mm. Headed to the redwood coast in the next week or so for a day or two. Glad it's only two hours from here. We used to live up in Portland, about 5 to 6 hrs. away.
p.1 #11 · 10' x 10' redwood print for California distillery ... 60" not big enough ...
grog13 wrote:
Correction - that's three huge trees. The "small" one to the left of the frame is as big as anything you'll see east of the Cascades!
Beautiful work.
Even though I also work with trees as an arborist, and lived most years in Oregon, why so many species grow both taller and wider along the west coast, bewilders me. There's plenty that grow 250 ft. to over 380 ft. in OR, WA, CA and B.C.. Douglas fir, hemlock, coast redwood, giant sequoia, spruce, etc.. But in all the states east of those, there may not even be 4 individual tree trunks 200 ft. tall.
Headed for the redwood coast before sunrise tomorrow. Camera, lenses, coffee and mixed nuts, and I should be good to go.
