Re: need advice on getting photos printed large/canvas

* Paul Furman wrote:
>
> Troy Piggins wrote:
>> My brother has taken a photo (timer and tripod) while on his
>> honeymoon recently.  He really likes it and is intending to get
>> it enlarged and printed on canvas or something.  I really like it
>> too, it's pretty bloody good.
>> 
>> I've had a bit of an edit of it.  It's 3504x2336px full size, the
>> crops are smaller obviously.
>> 
>> I understand that photo quality prints are around 300ppi, or you
>> can increase the size of prints a little and may not lose too
>> much quality.
>> 
>> But I think he really wants this thing blown up, like 1 metre
>> wide or something.  I'm concerned it may come out pixelated or
>> something.  
>> 
>> Will it?
>> 
>> If so, can I scale the image up and do something so that it
>> doesn't print pixelated?  Maybe blur it slightly to take out
>> pixelation?
>> 
>> What max size would you recommend?  I think he just intends
>> hanging it on his wall, not an art gallery :)
>> 
>> Any other recommendations?
> 
> Did you have a link?
> :-)

To the photo?  Thought about that after I sent the other one.  I
won't post the full sized ones, but here's some reduced for web
ones.

Here's the original he sent me:
http://piggo.com/~troy/images/ausphoto/IMG_9434.JPG

My edit:
http://piggo.com/~troy/images/ausphoto/IMG_9434-full.jpg

Some crops I tried:
http://piggo.com/~troy/images/ausphoto/IMG_9434-pano.jpg
http://piggo.com/~troy/images/ausphoto/IMG_9434-crop1.jpg
http://piggo.com/~troy/images/ausphoto/IMG_9434-crop2.jpg

What do you think of the edit?  Ok?  Change anything?

-- 
Troy Piggins
I always appreciate critique.