Ozymandias

I met a traveler from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read,
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed,
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look upon my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
--Percy Bysshe Shelley
1792-1822

2880 ppi & 5 x 7

I'm beginning to work on the 5 x 7 prints (yesterday was a lost day with personal stuff) - and the surprising thing - is that although I never noticed much difference with the larger prints between 1440 ppi and 2880 - I do notice it with the smaller prints (since you're looking closer). Subtle but there. So I'm printing the smaller prints at 2880 ppi.

Also noticed that they've got to be a little "lighter." Again - not sure why that is but they are mostly too dark at this size. Again - not a big deal since everything is done with adjustment layers including the sharpening.

I have orders now for about 30 of these small prints. The other little unfortunate thing is that they've mostly got to be cropped here and there. Oh well, I'm not going to make custom mats at this size.

So that is odd. The giant printer I got is getting it's workout churning out small prints and the occassional large print. Still - can't say enough good things about the giant (for me) Epson 4800.

One of these days I'm going to have to do a write-up on the workflow from negative to final print. Just don't have the time or patience to do it yet.

One other question: why does Photoshop ask me whether I want to save a file after it's been printed? In other words - the file is saved before printing - but after printing it wants to save it again? How come? What does it need to remember?