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06/19/2005 11:11:00 PM · #1 |
| Passed a billboard today, big as a greyhound bus. It featured a macro of a preying mantis head. Magnificent detail and the head was about as big as my car. So, I try and oversize my pics a little and they turn into instant poo... How do they do that? |
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06/19/2005 11:13:22 PM · #2 |
Professional printing company with the machines, and widgets to....in the words of Larry the Cableman....."Git'er dun."
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06/19/2005 11:13:50 PM · #3 |
good lenses and some good upsizing software, genuine fractals probobly
and a bunch more of professional secrets |
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06/19/2005 11:13:54 PM · #4 |
definitely don't use 1.3 mp cameras. :)
large format, maybe. and really good resizing software? |
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06/19/2005 11:17:31 PM · #5 |
| scanning electon microscope? |
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06/19/2005 11:17:35 PM · #6 |
| So unless I join the brotherhood, get the secret tatoo and pay all my life's earnings as tribute.... I will never know how to "Git'er dun"? |
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06/19/2005 11:20:23 PM · #7 |
Try standing 3 feet away from the billboard. Doesn't look so good, does it?
Edit: What I mean is, you're looking at it from quite a ways away. It doesn't require the same detail as an 8x10.
Message edited by author 2005-06-19 23:21:00. |
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06/19/2005 11:21:05 PM · #8 |
So you have the entrance fee, and are you ready for the tat?
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06/19/2005 11:23:21 PM · #9 |
It's magic...you just need to learn how to wiggle your nose, or get a sexy genie harem girl outfit :-P
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06/19/2005 11:28:14 PM · #10 |
I have been imagining me attempting to climb that ridiculously small ladder arrangment up the bazillion steps to examine the true resolution from 3 feet away. Then I did the calculations of how much work time I would lose from injuries and then jail time for tresspassing and decided it was most likely not worth the effort. A similar end followed the genie outfit scenario. I am left with the tatto as the option with the least risk... now I just have to knock over a bank and the secrets of unlimited upsizing will be mine!
Nice call Andrew, found this after googling the question:
"According to David Sparer, photographer and professional markets representative, Camera Division, Canon USA, "Generally, for the photographer who is shooting for a billboard as opposed to a magazine, there̢۪s not much difference in how it̢۪s actually shot. Billboards are actually less of a challenge than very large posters, because with posters, you can get up close and see if there are problems in the image. On a billboard, they̢۪re viewed from far away."
//www.digitaloutput.net/content/ContentCT.asp?P=468
Message edited by author 2005-06-19 23:40:21.
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06/20/2005 12:09:50 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by karmat:
definitely don't use 1.3 mp cameras. :)
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There goes my billboard career... |
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06/20/2005 01:24:25 AM · #12 |
| Probably a medium format using extension tubes or maybe even an Hassenblad with a digital back I think they do something like 32 Meg or something very ridiculous you just need the $40K or so :) |
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