What size would you guys think is good to blow this pic up to ?

http://pic.atpic.com/8​77193/600

I'm thinking about using the largest size resolution picture, which as you can all see, is 2816x2112. However, at that resolution, it's pretty noisy and I don't want the photo when blown up, to appear that way. I'm using Linux/Ubuntu and the software I have isn't the greatest for noise removal, so I'm in a bit of a bind.

The pic is a temporary present for my cousin who has always wanted a pic of Carnegie Hall, and this was done kind of in my spare time (always pressed). I'd really like to do a four seasons pic of that site, and will eventually, but need to give this to her by this weekend.

What would you guys suggest ? Should I be so bold as to ask someone to run it through noiseware for me if the time was available ?

Doug

Changed it a bit. I noticed that there was an artifact left of the red flag, above where it says Andrew Carnegie (is that a blown pixel on the sensor ?) then I sharpened it a tad, then did a bit of noise reduction within Showfoto and added a gradient fill to the cab advert sign (originally was a Star Wars advert)

http://pic.atpic.com/8​77563/1024

Better ?

It should be a reasonably safe 8x10. Resample it to get more pixels and you might push it to 11x14 (3000x4000 pixels; do it in 2-3 steps) Remember, on-screen you're looking at pixels about 3x the linear/9x areal size they'll be in a print at 280 ppi for an 8x10; on-screen's more like a 24x30 print.

That's pretty small. Is that the maximum size recommended for a resolution of 2816x2112 w/a 6 MP camera then ? I was hoping to go a bit bigger, but I guess not at the price of pixilation. Perhaps it's best that I do some panoramic/wide angle shots then, and combine a couple for a more interesting side by side layout.

Thanks,

Doug

^ you have to remember - and I keep telling people this - is that prints are not held up to the nose, they're generally viewed from a few to several feet away.

I have a couple of perfectly serviceable 8x10's hanging on the wall from my 3mp A75. And I have a couple from a seal colony that were taken with an s5is (8mp) that I'd happily take to 20x30" - but those are pin sharp, noise free (reasonably) and perfectly exposed.

I looked at your full size shot - personally I'd take that out beyond 8x10. 11x16 seems a good midpoint.

Cheers.

dougrb wrote in post #5585081
That's pretty small. Is that the maximum size recommended for a resolution of 2816x2112 w/a 6 MP camera then ? I was hoping to go a bit bigger, but I guess not at the price of pixilation. Perhaps it's best that I do some panoramic/wide angle shots then, and combine a couple for a more interesting side by side layout.

Thanks,

Doug

You're expressing concern about noise - without applying noise-reduction software, 8x10 is, like I said, a safe limit. Since you already have the example photo, why not crop out and print to 4x6" various sections and see how they look. Take a 1200x1800 pixel (300 ppi), a 1000x1500 (250 ppi), an 800x1200 (200 ppi) and a 600x900 (150 ppi) crop. Decide what you can accept wshen you look at them from about 15".