Printing Large

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Posted by Erik Stensland on March 27, 2013 at 12:30 PM

I thought you guys might be interested in this recent project. The Estes Park Resorts Hotel on Lake Estes is trying to upgrade everything including its restaurant, the Waterfront Grille. They contacted me about supplying a photo for a 30 foot by 6 foot space. It took a lot of time to help them understand that most of the images they wanted wouldn't fit in this very narrow ratio and that only a few images can be printed large enough and with enough detail. I had pretty much given up on finding one that they liked and which matched those needs. Then one morning in mid-February the sky lit up above Lake Estes and while I was taking shots I decided to use my new D800e to try and get one in the ratio they wanted which would include the hotel in the image. I shot this as a 4 image horizontal stitch. As soon as they saw it, they wanted it. The photo had an amazing amount of detail so that you could see every little detail clearly. It's a very impressive camera!

The piece needed to be removable so that they can open this accordion wall each weekend. So, we did it in canvas panels that attach to the carpeted wall with Velcro. Duraplaq came to the rescue and made it happen. We installed it yesterday and I think it came out really well.

Posted by Jack Garrett on March 27, 2013 at 12:51 PM

I'll say the same thing I said on FB....WOW!!!!! An amazing photo and ingenious way to put it up so it can be removed!

Posted by Doug Beezley on March 27, 2013 at 12:58 PM

Ingenius portability aside, it's a stunning image. Simply beautiful, Erik. What a great response to the challenge.

Doug Beezley
Snellville, GA

Posted by Bill Pelzmann on March 27, 2013 at 1:37 PM

Definitely a homerun.

Looking forward to seeing it in person.

Posted by Bret Edge on March 27, 2013 at 4:15 PM

Woo hoo, Erik! Gorgeous image and a great story about the level of customer service you provide to all your customers.

Posted by Erik Stensland on March 27, 2013 at 6:40 PM

Thanks guys!

Posted by Darren Huski on March 27, 2013 at 9:32 PM

That is s trifecta of an awesome shot, print, and story!!

Congratz on making it happen.

Posted by Stan Rose on March 27, 2013 at 9:35 PM

Awesome, Erik!

Posted by Bert Fukuda on March 27, 2013 at 9:50 PM

Awesome.. simply awesome.

Posted by Soubhik Patranabis on March 27, 2013 at 10:51 PM

Wow - awesome !!!

Posted by Bob Falcone on March 27, 2013 at 10:54 PM

Nice, nice, nice!

Posted by Ken Henke on March 27, 2013 at 11:14 PM

Fantastic image. No doubt this image will create a few more customers to your gallery.

Posted by John Mumaw on March 27, 2013 at 11:30 PM

Absolutely stunning, Erik! Sure wish I could see this in person.

Posted by Jim Bennett on March 27, 2013 at 11:47 PM

Beautiful shot and creative hanging technique. Excellent!

Posted by Anil Rao on March 28, 2013 at 12:48 AM

This is really impressive. Congratulations!

Posted by Howard Cihak on March 28, 2013 at 2:04 AM

Let me echo John Mumaw's wish, Erik. Absolutely awesome!

Posted by Paul DeCesare on March 28, 2013 at 3:24 AM

We need to get Jim to add a Jealous icon to the array, lol! That is humungously awesome.

Posted by Scott Fricke on March 28, 2013 at 9:46 AM

Very impressive Erik. Is the canvas mounted on anything, or does it just hang?

Posted by Jeff Hackett on March 28, 2013 at 10:25 AM

I'm blown away, great work!

Posted by Bob Maynard on March 28, 2013 at 10:28 AM

Tim at DuraPlaq always comes up with great solutions to unique applications

Posted by Kane Engelbert on March 28, 2013 at 9:03 PM

That's a huge window! Enjoying a cup of coffee and watching a perfect sunrise, now it doesn't get any better than that! That's a picture?

Posted by Morris McClung on March 29, 2013 at 1:34 PM

Well, that is just fantastic, Erik! Both the sale and the images.

Posted by Pete Miller on April 15, 2013 at 7:57 PM

Very nice Erik! Quite a great display of improvisation & adaptation.