Posted by jack chapman on January 3, 2009 at 3:41 PM
meant to post another peak landscape but got this one today and fancied sharing it, not the kind of pool shot i like best but you take what you're given and since i never got anywhere near these before this winter i'm happy with it
40D + 300mm F4L + 1.4 extender
1/125 @ F5.6
ISo 640
crop to straighten horizon
My mounting question is what do you use to attach mounts to a wall, am talking quite big here (size of print + mount is A1) so has to be strong enough. Any help is really appreaciated.
Thanks
Posted by John Robinson on January 3, 2009 at 4:03 PM
Excellent ! - and you got all the reflection in !
He doesn't look too happy with the weather !
Cheers
JohnR
Posted by Barry Southon on January 4, 2009 at 4:13 AM
Jack
Well captured seems to have the hump about something.
Barry
Eastbourne
Posted by Andy Astbury on January 4, 2009 at 4:52 AM
He looks like I feel
I'm very impressed by your proximity to the subject Jack - have you found Harry Potters Invisibility Cloak or something
What sort of wall are we talking as different materials require different fixings..
Posted by jack chapman on January 4, 2009 at 5:22 AM
Thanks for the comments all
Hi Andy
The wall is brick that has been painted, dont think i'd be able to stick any pins in it or the like
Posted by Andy Astbury on January 4, 2009 at 7:33 AM
Hi Jack
Well a brick wall will need to be drilled then have a wall plug inserted.
If I was hanging a wired frame I'd actually drill and plug 2 holes at a slight downward angle, side by side 3 inches on center, and use a 2 inch dome headed screw in each just leaving a slight gap behind the heads to take the frame wire.
Using 2 screws like this stops the frame from swinging around - your frames always hang straight.
When I had my studio years ago I had a display of my latest wedding and portrait shots that I used to change every week or so.
The prints were all 12"x10" and mounted boarderless on 5/8" foam core display board.
I mounted two 1.5"x 0.5" wooden battens around 3 sides of my reception room, these were one above the other with a six inch gap between.
The mounts used to be secured to the battens by adhessive-backed velcro - hook side stuck to the battens and wooly side to the back of the mounts.
It was dead easy to pop mounts on and off.
You could easily adapt this for mounting a single large image by making the battens a bit narrower than the image.
But I suppose the dominating factor is the weight of your mounted image - what have you mounted the print on?
Posted by jack chapman on January 4, 2009 at 8:55 AM
Thanks Andy
I'll have a look into the velcro, the prints are all window mounted on to standard mounting card with fairly stiff card behind to strengthen them
Nice capture Jack, nice to see some faithful colours, bonus to get the reflection
BTW Be careful that the velcro does not pull any paint of the brickwork if you use strips rather than spots/dots!
Posted by Magnus Hird on January 5, 2009 at 5:20 PM
Well caught fieldfare. I've used adhesive velcro to mount enlargements on foam board before without a problem, but haven't tried peeling it off the wall yet!
Discussion
10 replies40D + 300mm F4L + 1.4 extender
1/125 @ F5.6
ISo 640
crop to straighten horizon
My mounting question is what do you use to attach mounts to a wall, am talking quite big here (size of print + mount is A1) so has to be strong enough. Any help is really appreaciated.
Thanks
He doesn't look too happy with the weather !
Cheers
JohnR
He looks like he's just woken up
Matt
Well captured seems to have the hump about something.
Barry
Eastbourne
I'm very impressed by your proximity to the subject Jack - have you found Harry Potters Invisibility Cloak or something
What sort of wall are we talking as different materials require different fixings..
Hi Andy
The wall is brick that has been painted, dont think i'd be able to stick any pins in it or the like
Well a brick wall will need to be drilled then have a wall plug inserted.
If I was hanging a wired frame I'd actually drill and plug 2 holes at a slight downward angle, side by side 3 inches on center, and use a 2 inch dome headed screw in each just leaving a slight gap behind the heads to take the frame wire.
Using 2 screws like this stops the frame from swinging around - your frames always hang straight.
When I had my studio years ago I had a display of my latest wedding and portrait shots that I used to change every week or so.
The prints were all 12"x10" and mounted boarderless on 5/8" foam core display board.
I mounted two 1.5"x 0.5" wooden battens around 3 sides of my reception room, these were one above the other with a six inch gap between.
The mounts used to be secured to the battens by adhessive-backed velcro - hook side stuck to the battens and wooly side to the back of the mounts.
It was dead easy to pop mounts on and off.
You could easily adapt this for mounting a single large image by making the battens a bit narrower than the image.
But I suppose the dominating factor is the weight of your mounted image - what have you mounted the print on?
I'll have a look into the velcro, the prints are all window mounted on to standard mounting card with fairly stiff card behind to strengthen them
BTW Be careful that the velcro does not pull any paint of the brickwork if you use strips rather than spots/dots!