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This one has never been posted here before and was the last photo I took last year. There are some little known areas of the Olympic National Park, mostly only visited by the locals of the region. You guys will be seeing some more photos of this area, as I am going to be borrowing a motor boat to access some never before photographed spots.

The shot is actually a stitch of over 60 photos, which is so much detail, you can count the small hairs in the hanging moss at full resolution. I would have done more shots, but my lens was maxed out at 200mm.

The original stitch is over 35,000 pixels wide.

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Great shot. I'd love to see it printed large to look at all the detail.

paul3221 wrote in post #15567375
Great shot. I'd love to see it printed large to look at all the detail.

Glad you like it. You're a talented landscaper, so I value your opinion greatly.

Something I have learned in the last couple of years. Computers are limiting and changing the way most of us shoot. A computer screen can't come even close to the size and detail you get out of a 30x100 inch fujiflex print. When lit well, computer screens can't match the depth and realistic feel of a premium print. Screens are not even in the same universe.

As such, photos that would blow your mind in large print look lame on computer screens. To make a good computer shot you have to focus on a small area of detail and rely more and compositions that don't need s grand scale to look cool.

This also goes for the majority of professionals who shoot to get magazine covers shots, to promote their photo tour businesses. Very few of them sell large prints these days. The art of shooting big is being lost.

I hope to capitalize on that shrinking area of competition and bring back the go big or go home type of shots.

Amazing piece of work. If I ever get back in that area, I'd love to meet up and let you show me around.

Detail and colors are magnificent. I've been a proponent of large, as of recent, Clyde Butcher and Peter Lik. Take a look at the prices they get for their large prints, yet they do not promote photo tours. They believe, firmly, in their talent, and it is obvious in their final products.

Very nice; I love the work you display here and would love to see some physical prints of some of this stuff. The time and effort to put these larger photos together can't be small.

sparker1 wrote in post #15567497
Amazing piece of work. If I ever get back in that area, I'd love to meet up and let you show me around.

I will be offering photo tours next year. I plan on playing both the print and photo tour markets, much like Mangelsen or Art Wolfe. It can get a bit lonely at times trying to play just the print market and keeping to yourself too often.

Cucamonga Al wrote in post #15567543
Detail and colors are magnificent. I've been a proponent of large, as of recent, Clyde Butcher and Peter Lik. Take a look at the prices they get for their large prints, yet they do not promote photo tours. They believe, firmly, in their talent, and it is obvious in their final products.

Thanks man. I actually never heard of Clyde, he's got some great work! The hard part of being in the big print market is getting your stuff in front of people who can afford it. That's a huge cost of entry there.

Snydremark wrote in post #15567788
Very nice; I love the work you display here and would love to see some physical prints of some of this stuff. The time and effort to put these larger photos together can't be small.

Thanks. You might get a full-size mail order catalog in your mail in a couple of months. I plan on targeting the Issaquah area for one of my mailings. I'm also working on getting into some higher end galleries over on the East side too.

I'll keep an eye out, then

Love the shot, and you are right about the art of big being lost a bit. Although I think that with the medium format backs beginning to come down in price, and cameras like the D800 arriving, I think you may not be alone in this market for long.

I am taking 4-6 image Panos now with my D800 that blows me away printed. The largest I have ever taken a single D800 frame to is 60x40 and the detail level is astonishing when done right.

I am very excited to see some more images from this area.

Joergeske wrote in post #15569722
Love the shot, and you are right about the art of big being lost a bit. Although I think that with the medium format backs beginning to come down in price, and cameras like the D800 arriving, I think you may not be alone in this market for long.

I am taking 4-6 image Panos now with my D800 that blows me away printed. The largest I have ever taken a single D800 frame to is 60x40 and the detail level is astonishing when done right.

I am very excited to see some more images from this area.

I actually think it has more to do with cost of entry and fun factor. Doing photo tours is a blast and very cheap to get started, where as large print sales take tons of computer work and money to get going. Marketing prints is vastly harder than marketing tours, which people do for free on flickr and 500px, and magazines covers. .

Making big prints is fun, but don't think for a second that trying to sell them is a pleasant experience. Once you get that fire going though, it can pay out huge in profits. Peter Lik for example, has probably made more money than anyone else in the history of photos.

There was no photo tour market until the last few years with the boon in camera sales.

That's primarily why the print market isn't getting as much attention.