The Photography thread

[alfred russel]

I'm thinking of downloading some pictures of mountains I've climbed to put into a panel series of pictures to hang in my place. Maybe each picture around 10 in (25cm) x 10 in.

Is there a guideline of how good the online picture quality should be so that the pictures come out well?

A wiki article, something along the lines of print quality/resolution or printing?

I think either one. I'm clueless on this stuff.

[katmai]

You are going to want at least 300dpi quality. take a look at the size of pics is on your camera to see if the will suffice.

[alfred russel]

You are going to want at least 300dpi quality. take a look at the size of pics is on your camera to see if the will suffice.

Thanks Katmai. Everything I've downloaded seems to be 96 dpi - vertical and horizontal. Is there a size that resolution would be adequate for?

I'm not aiming for stunning photography as much as conversation pieces - but of course I want the pictures to look good.

[Zanza]

If a picture has a sufficient amount of pixels, you can change from 96 to 300 dpi with a graphics program without problems.