A Checklist OF Things To Look For In Prints

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When you’re evaluating print quality, knowing what to look for is almost as important as knowing how to achieve it. Many technical factors contribute to print quality. Here’s a list of things to look for when you’re evaluating print quality – yours and others’.
It’s not that every one of these factors has to be optimal to achieve great print quality. It is that every factor you optimize enhances print quality further.
Well Focused
No Motion Blur
No Sharpening Artifacts
Extended Depth Of Field
Extended Dynamic Range
Appropriate Lightness
Highlight Detail / Separation In Values
Shadow Detail / Separation In Values
Mid-tone Contrast
Gradation
No Posterization
Low Noise
No Noise Reduction Artifacts
 
Believable Color … or … Color Transformed With Intent
Color Without Artificial Color Casts
Variation In Single Colors
Saturated Color
 
Appropriate Materials
Appropriate Scale
Appropriate Presentation Materials
Appropriate Contextualization
Appropriate Price
So what’s ‘appropriate’? That all depends on the statement being made. The real question is, “What is the artist trying to do? And how well did they achieve that?” You can successfully break the rules if you break them for a reason.

My 12 Best Selling Images

Oriens

1

Oriens, 1999

Selva Obscura VI

2

Selva Obscura VI, 2002

Oriental II

3

Oriental II, 2000

Correspondence - Nocturne - XII

4

Correspondence XII – Nocturne, 1999

Reflection I Adagio

5

Reflection I – Adagio, 1999

Condensation II - Prelude

6

Condensation II – Prelude, 2001

Correspondence - Sonata in Blue -III

7

Correspondence III – Sonata in Blue, 1999

Refraction X

8

Refraction X, 2002

Exhalation I

9

Exhalation I, 1996

Resonance in Red and Gold IB

10

Resonance IB – in Red and Gold, 2000

Resonance in Blue and Gold IA

11

Resonance IA – in Blue and Gold, 2000

Wake I

12

Wake I, 2004

Enjoy this collection of my twelve best-selling images.

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