Triptych for C&C

Ballyman

Got myself PS for a while so had a cut at a triptych for the first time. What do you think? Hope it's not too big.

How would a man go about printing this out somewhere? I'd like it about 36" x 12" if possible.

Cheers

SinLight

Hi Ballyman,

I think that the shots are great and they actually work nicely together, though am not sure about the way the waves work on two side photos. Thats just my opinion. I repeat the shots are great, beautiful colours.

Overall what bothers me is the frame that you used, or rather the colour of the frame and thickness. Black one doesnt fit in here for me and it should be a bit less heavy if you know what I mean.

Regards
Peter

Ballyman

Cheers for that. I haven't a clue what I'm at with photoshop. I'll try this again later with a different border and see what it's like. Any suggestion to what kind of colour would suit best?

Weidii

I think the black works as a colour, the border is a bit too thick though, the pictures are a little lost in it.

The pictures themselves look nice, I'd like to see 'em on a better border to juge them as a triptych.

kgiller

I like it. I like the way the 3 shots all have the same colours and same horizon line.

However, i agree about the border. I dont think its the thickness of the border, but the colour. I think it would look better in white rather than black, or even an off-white colour maybe.

Also, just a personal thing here, but i would move the writing at the bottom in a bit, so that they are in line with the indent of the pictures ... so move the "Mexico 2008" more to the right so that the M is in line with the edge of the picture and the same with the H in lynch. As i said, its just a personal thing, im a bit anal about symmetry.

I think it would look brilliant printed out on canvas. Good job.

kjt

Ballyman wrote: »

Got myself PS for a while so had a cut at a triptych for the first time. What do you think? Hope it's not too big.

How would a man go about printing this out somewhere? I'd like it about 36" x 12" if possible.

Cheers

Nice picture, I'd say it would look nice and big. Personally I'd make the font a good bit smaller. It takes from the shots.

May I suggest Steve, who's on here every so often. He does good prints and goes by the username stcstc. Possibly PM him?

Ballyman

Hi kjt. He's already contacted me through another website about this. I'm gonna call out to him tomorrow or friday and see what he can do for me.

kjt

Ballyman wrote: »

Hi kjt. He's already contacted me through another website about this. I'm gonna call out to him tomorrow or friday and see what he can do for me.

Coola bula, all the best

latchiko

These work brilliantly. Would you consider getting three separate prints done rather than a single print with a border? Three canvas prints of these would look great hanging together.

TheNorthBank

I think these look great, agree with a previous post thought, I think 3 seperate prints of these would look incredible hanging together.
Love the cloud in the middle one btw... Anyone notice how it looks a bit rude???

Ballyman

Here is the white version. It's a better alright.

I'm not sure whether to get what you see printed and framed, get 3 seperate canvas squares or use a white board mounting and frame with three photos.

I'd really like to have it hanging on the wall at home. Thats the only thing I'm sure of!

smelltheglove

Hey Ballyman, was going to say would you try white and here we go you have white, much better.

I love it, works really well. Are you heading out this way today??? I can show you if I can root out my brochure for frames that I reckon would be cool. Also stcst??? does printing and could prob do this size but he has this really cool acrylic mount that would prob work well with it, but sure if not I'll show you what else I'd have in mind for you.

Ballyman

smelltheglove wrote: »

Are you heading out this way today???

Unfortunately not. I'll give you a shout during the day tomorrow and see if you're home. I think I have to go into Dublin so I might give Steve a call as well.

kgiller

Looks WAY better in white, although i think you should try an off-white colour, more of a cream maybe as the white is very bright and slightly takes away from the pictures. A more subtle, toned-down colour might work better.

I would suggest either printing it off like it is, or getting the 3 small canvas printings and hang them together, i think that would look brilliant.

democrates

The white exaggerates those vertical shadows in the images which halt before the image edge so look like pp artefacts, with the black border they work like a nice bit of vignette.

A dark border emphasises the light and invites the eye into the image, if going with black as others said not too thick or it overpowers.

I'd make the gap between each image less than or equal to the gap around the edges which I'd make equal, "Mexico 2008" and any other text could be way smaller and maybe right-aligned to the edge of the right image, the photos are the star attraction after all.

What might set it off is a wooden frame, the theory being it might pick up the nature theme - with black a mid to dark tone, or light wood like pine for the white. Just a theory though, you could make some test images by doing a copy-past of the triptych onto wood-grain background images to mimic a frame and see what works.

Beautiful scene overall, excellent splash of colour, that's paradise ticked off your bucket list.

Ballyman

democrates wrote: »

with black a mid to dark tone, or light wood like pine for the white. Just a theory though, you could make some test images by doing a copy-past of the triptych onto wood-grain background images to mimic a frame and see what works.

Cheers. I was thinking of a off white frame for the white one as the walls where it would be going are cream. On reflection I think the contrast between the black and the walls would be too severe.

How do I do as you say about test images copy them onto wood grain background images? I presume creating a layer in PS is the way to go. Where would I get the wood images? I only have PS two days so apart from opening it up, I can't really do much else!

democrates

Ballyman wrote: »

Cheers. I was thinking of a off white frame for the white one as the walls where it would be going are cream. On reflection I think the contrast between the black and the walls would be too severe.

How do I do as you say about test images copy them onto wood grain background images? I presume creating a layer in PS is the way to go. Where would I get the wood images? I only have PS two days so apart from opening it up, I can't really do much else!

This search of google images can get you started, when you get more time here's a tutorial to create artificial wood grain.

Briefly, your sample is 1024x376 so you want a new image of woodgrain say 12 pixels extra per edge = 1048x400, then just copy and paste your triptych into a new layer and center it so you can select the background woodgrain layer and play with the hue, saturation, brightness and contrast.

Is the picture frame on the same deadline as the printing?

smelltheglove

Ballyman wrote: »

Cheers. I was thinking of a off white frame for the white one as the walls where it would be going are cream. On reflection I think the contrast between the black and the walls would be too severe.

How do I do as you say about test images copy them onto wood grain background images? I presume creating a layer in PS is the way to go. Where would I get the wood images? I only have PS two days so apart from opening it up, I can't really do much else!

One of the frames I was going to show you was out of the catalogue from Stewarts. It is like a panoramic shape long acrylic, the pictures can be printed and then mounted on the underside, the sample pic shows one mounted straight and either side slightly tilted and it looks great, I guess it would suit a quite modern room.

I got your pm after I sent the last message too. Sure I'm around most of the day anyway.

democrates

On the one hand I've minimal framing experience and don't want to step on anyones toes, but on the other hand we're here to share ideas and it's something I'll need to get into more at some stage.

Looking at a few framing service websites quite a few mention that they can frame to suit any room. However, the bold art gallery advise differently :

One piece of advice: Don't frame the art to match a room in your house. Choose picture frames and mats that will enhance the work of art itself, so that if you move, redecorate, or decide to hang the piece in another location, it will always look appropriate. Avoid framing that overwhelms the artwork. Remember: the art work is the star--the matting & framing are supporting players.

The last point says it for me, as for not matching the room that may be important for pricey oil on canvas with a very expensive hardwood frame, but of course we snappers can run off another print and reframe at reasonable cost any time, so the option is there to tie in with the decor.

So long as you like it is the main thing, taste being subjective and all.

Ballyman

Thanks for the advise. I had a go at making a wood effect frame (not very well) from the link above and it gives me a general idea of what it would look like with a cream coloured frame around it. How did I live without PS until now?????? I think I;m onto a winner now at this stage.

I need to go back to the drawing board and tidy it up and stuff, I think the mexico 2008 now makes it look a little tacky for example before I get it printed up. Smelltheglove, I'll try and get over to you tomorrow as I'd like to see what frame brochures you have as well.

smelltheglove

Cool, sure you can check out a few, the supplier is sound and lives in Celbridge and his shop is in Park West. Theres one other springing to mind that you might like also.

kgiller

Looks great! I knew a cream border/frame would set it off. To be honest i like the mexico 2008 writing on it, however i would make it a bit smaller (just a small bit) and add a bit more white above it so that it is central between the picture and frame.

Id buy it in a shop ... thats how good it is

Ballyman

kgiller wrote: »

Id buy it in a shop ...

Thats like music to my ears

stcstc

you could do the cream border out of mountboard

another very nice option is 3 canvas prints mounted in a cream frame with a white backing