Re: [APML] Poster-Size Prints?

[Jerry Lodriguss <jerry@astropix.com>]

Don't you think it is a little bit deceptive to use a long exposure photo 
that shows color in the Lagoon nebula ( which is not visible to the naked 
eye) as well as stars past the visual limiting magnitude  and compare it to 
a "retouched" image showing the effects of typical city light pollution? 
Also, if the city image had that much light pollution, the sky would have 
some color from it, and wouldn't be black.

As an astrophotographer I know you are cheating on one hand, and as a 
non-astrophotographer I know you are cheating on the other hand also 
because it says the image is retouched.

If you are going to do this kind of comparison to make an example to 
convince people, it should be intellectually rigorous.

Jerry



At 12:42 PM 9/23/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Hello, does anyone have a source for getting an image printed poster-sized 
>at a "reasonable" cost? I have an image that I produced in cooperation 
>with the IDA
>(http://www.kwastronomy.com/Dark_Skies_Poster.htm)
>that I'd like to have printed 24 inches wide by 32 inches high. It doesn't 
>need to be on photo-quality paper. Just your average, run-of-the-mill poster.
>
>I've talked with several local print shops in my area, who either couldn't 
>do it at all, or were too expensive. The best price I got was from 
>Kinko's, and they wanted $60 per poster. (I was thinking more around 
>one-tenth that price.)
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>Kevin Wigell
>www.kwastronomy.com
>
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