Autumn Leaves, Marin County

I spent a good portion of yesterday framing a large inkjet print of the above photograph (24x33 inches) that I had ordered from West Coast Imaging.

The photograph itself is made up of four separate exposures (upper left, upper right, lower right, lower left) that I made on a back road in the San Geronimo valley; I used the light center leaf as the common element of all four photographs. The four separate exposures were "put together" using Photoshop’s photomerge feature.

I "mounted" the print on a 32x40 inch acid-free foamcore board using Filmoplast tape at the top; a mat was cut from a 32x40 inch acid-free 4-ply rag board using a Logan mat cutter. These elements, plus a 32x40 inch sheet of plexiglas, were sandwiched and inserted into a Nielsen aluminum frame. The only issue, so far, is a kind of a visible "rippling" across the print, which I have encountered on all larger inkjet prints mounted without the use of a dry mount press.

The result is very interesting. The final product has a . . . well, call it a "pricey" look. A large print, a decorative subject: I could possibly charge a handsome sum!

Or possibly not.

(Photo: Autumn Leaves, Marin County 2007)