Has anybody had an astro image printed on acrylic (face mounted) or on metal, e.g. Chromaluxe? I'd be interested to hear how it worked out if you did. I'm looking at options for printing a large Veil mosaic
Has anybody had an astro image printed on acrylic (face mounted) or on metal, e.g. Chromaluxe? I'd be interested to hear how it worked out if you did. I'm looking at options for printing a large Veil mosaic
Thanks,
Rick.
On canvas can look good, I gave Angie a 700mm X 700mm canvas Omega Cen for her 50th, she loved it
I'm actually pretty excited to see what you do Rick...oooooh squeeel
Mike
Last edited by strongmanmike; 31-12-2014 at 01:58 PM.
Hi Rick, I am getting one of my latest images printed on acrylic (A3) in one of the places in South Bank. It will be ready on the 12th of January, so when I get it I will let you know how it came out. I was not recommended to use canvas for my astro image.
I regularly print astro pics on to canvas but haven't yet had the opportunity to do acrylic face-mounted or aluminium other than acrylic photo blocks.
Canvas varies considerably between suppliers. Quality and texture of the canvas can make the result quite different. The canvas I have mine printed on is reasonably textured especially in comparison to canvas such as the cheap stuff Officeworks uses (may as well be paper its' so un-textured). Canvas has the advantage that it hides poor resolution due to the texture in the canvas. This can be very useful for astro pics where sometimes we struggle for resolution.
Acrylic and aluminium are usually glossy prints where any resolution issue or other blemish is much more visible. The glossy look with high saturation does work well for astro prints though, and acrylic photo blocks really work well as a result (they are also small which helps).
There's no reason it wouldn't look good on canvas. My work PC screen shows it as somewhat lower contrast than I'd do on canvas but my screen here isn't calibrated.
Given the resolution is not a problem there's no doubt it'd look spectacular and probably better on acrylic ... but if you want big acrylic would be $$$$$$ expensive
Today I picked up my order: 9mp image of the Carina Nebula printed by ProLab (A3 metallic print, mount acrylic) and to my eye it looks very good; I think I will ask them to also print the Tarantula Nebula.
As Andy mentioned, A3 is relatively heavy, I am not planning to do tests regarding its resistance to scratching...
Thanks, Slawomir. I'd be interested to see how it turned out some time.
I have done a few prints of the Veil on metallic paper - a couple of A3 (one of which I had framed for a friend) and a 30x32". They all look fantastic. Next I have to make a decision on acrylic vs aluminium. I might do a couple of small test images on each and see what I like before I make the big investment.
Rick
There is a photographer that I saw last weekend at the south bank market in Brisbane that had 36"x24" acrylic photos for sale and they looked very nice and not that expensive.
Might be worth contacting him.
Allan
