Alumina Float Printed images: Anyone familiar with these prints? Would like your opinions, please. Any particular type of image look better than others? Pros and cons?

greymule Loc: Colorado

Anyone familiar with these prints? Would like your opinions, please.

Any particular type of image look better than others?

Pros and cons?

ricardo00

Not sure if you mean "metallic" prints? Not sure if there is a store near you, but I use Bay Photo and was able to go into their store front and see photos printed on their different materials (it isn't too far from where I live). I ended up choosing the metallic prints for a number of photos and really like it. But you may feel differently. It would be best to actually see some?

https://www.bayphoto.com/wall-displays/epic-prints/

greymule Loc: Colorado

ricardo00 wrote:

Not sure if you mean "metallic" prints? Not sure if there is a store near you, but I use Bay Photo and was able to go into their store front and see photos printed on their different materials (it isn't too far from where I live). I ended up choosing the metallic prints for a number of photos and really like it. But you may feel differently. It would be best to actually see some?

https://www.bayphoto.com/wall-displays/epic-prints/

Thanks for the info. Here is an idea of what Alumina Prints are-

https://reedphoto.com/alumafloat-prints/

ricardo00

It looks like what Bay Photo calls Metallic prints? It would be nice to see it in person? Maybe they can tell you where you could see one?

greymule Loc: Colorado

ricardo00 wrote:

It looks like what Bay Photo calls Metallic prints? It would be nice to see it in person? Maybe they can tell you where you could see one?

Great idea. Thx

f8lee Loc: New Mexico

greymule wrote:

Anyone familiar with these prints? Would like your opinions, please.

Any particular type of image look better than others?

Pros and cons?

This looks to be paper prints mounted on a sheet of brushed aluminum - quite different than prints directly on aluminum substrate (well, technically, on the dye sublimation coating on an aluminum substrate that Bay, Miller, Aluminyze, HDAluminum and others offer).

Due to the higher reflectivity and greater flatness of the aluminum substrate, prints on aluminum tend to have more "pop" - I have found everything from macro to landscape shots work well. Portraiture, not so much.

But what the ALiumina place offers is a seemingly unique mounting - using standard paper prints. At least, that's how I read their site description.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

greymule wrote:

Anyone familiar with these prints? Would like your opinions, please.

Any particular type of image look better than others?

Pros and cons?

I use vividmetalprints.com

greymule Loc: Colorado

f8lee wrote:

This looks to be paper prints mounted on a sheet o... (show quote)

Thanks so much for the help

chemsaf Loc: San Diego

I agree with f8lee this is a mounting, framing approach, not a printing approach. I also use Bayphoto for printed on aluminum. I recently have printed on glass with fractureme.com

Spirit Vision Photography Loc: Behind a Camera.

I often print and sell aluminum prints. They look great, are lightweight, archival and clients love them. Plus they need no matting or framing. 👍

greymule Loc: Colorado

Spirit Vision Photography wrote:

I often print and sell aluminum prints. They look great, are lightweight, archival and clients love them. Plus they need no matting or framing. 👍

Thx. I'll check with Reed Art and Imaging to make sure the print is on aluminum.

ricardo00

greymule wrote:

Thx. I'll check with Reed Art and Imaging to make sure the print is on aluminum.

I think that they make two different things, the link you supplied is for printing on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper and then mounted on an aluminum base (brushed ACM). However, like Bay Photo and others, they do "metal prints" as well:

https://reedphoto.com/resources/prices/ready-to-hang-presentations/metal-prints-infused-dye-sub/

Not clear which you want? Which is why I think you should try to see examples of both to decide.

greymule Loc: Colorado

ricardo00 wrote:

I think that they make two different things, the link you supplied is for printing on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper and then mounted on an aluminum base (brushed ACM). However, like Bay Photo and others, they do "metal prints" as well:

https://reedphoto.com/resources/prices/ready-to-hang-presentations/metal-prints-infused-dye-sub/

Not clear which you want? Which is why I think you should try to see examples of both to decide.

I want the print on metal, but there are choices: Matte or Gloss on White, or Gloss on Clear

Any recommendations for a saturated, somewhat darker (inside a slot canyon)- image posted below

Thanks so much for your help. Ugly Hedgehogs ROCK!

greymule/Rick

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ricardo00

greymule wrote:

I want the print on metal, but there are choices: Matte or Gloss on White, or Gloss on Clear

Any recommendations for a saturated, somewhat darker (inside a slot canyon)- image posted below

Thanks so much for your help. Ugly Hedgehogs ROCK!

greymule/Rick

Beautiful photo! Yep, the number of choices is mind-numbing! Try reading the descriptions by Bay Photo (see below)? Or call and discuss with Reed photo? Even better would be to go to their shop if they have a store front where they have examples?

https://www.blog.bayphoto.com/post/all-about-metalprint-surfaces

greymule Loc: Colorado

ricardo00 wrote:

Beautiful photo! Yep, the number of choices is mind-numbing! Try reading the descriptions by Bay Photo (see below)? Or call and discuss with Reed photo? Even better would be to go to their shop if they have a store front where they have examples?

https://www.blog.bayphoto.com/post/all-about-metalprint-surfaces

Very helpful. I'm heading over there this afternoon.