You might have wondered by now why I didn’t comment further on my new printer – mostly, because I have not yet spent as much time with it as I wanted to. But as indicated earlier I had already one very productive and satisfying weekend with it.
What was the mission? To select a set of images suited to be hung in a one-room condo right in the alps. Now, there is not excessive wall space available, but still, as my largest print size was restricted by my printer to about 48 cm x 32 cm, I figured I could do something worthwhile.
Looking at the placement and type of furniture in the room, I quickly decided that I would need 6 prints. Three large ones, framed nicely, for each of the three walls (in a decidedly non-symmetric hanging!), and three small ones, maybe only A4 size, that are suited to be viewed at close range for the nice Alpine corner bench at the table.
Here is the result of my selection.
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- The first image features a traditional (but actually quite new) chapel. This place is in the Zahmer Kaiser mountain range in Austria close to the city of Kufstein at about 1200m altitude.
- The second image, and I am really fond of this one as it easily sends my imagination drifting into medieval times, is near the castle of Hochenaschau, in the Bavarian region of Chiemgau.
- The third one you know already from my blog’s introductory posts
- The next one was taken on the same day and time as the chapel, from a vantage point about 10 meters into the opposite direction of the chapel. It shows the view of the Kaiser Valley with the Wilder Kaiser mountain range as backdrop.
- Part of the German Nationalpark Berchtesgaden is the Klausbachtal, a long narrow valley winding up to a pass into Austria. Conveniently, you can take a bus up there and walk down which is what we did last fall. Image number five shows a view of the Reiteralp mountain range.
- Back into Austria, here in Winter, I took this image in the wonderful region south of the Dachstein mountains near Ramsau.
The first three images, showing man-made structures somehow embedded in the scenery, were the ones I selected for the small image size and closer viewing, while the more scenic landscape images were printed in the large size.
For the first time, I also bought frames and high quality photo-mounts, and frames all six pictures myself. Phew! One weekend work, but I am absolutely positive about the result!
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