Framing question (3 pictures)

[TristanP]

I want to frame several of the panoramas I took in Arizona and found appropriate frames at Michael's. You can basically build your own frame by buying matched sides. Since I was going to have EZPrints do the panos in 6" x 18", I figured buy/make an 8" x 20" mat to give a nice 1" border on all sides and bought a set of 8" and 20" frame sides last night.

I was wondering how you think it would look if I shrunk the image slightly and added a title at the bottom, like this, so the image would still print @ 300 ppi in 6" x 18" and fit in the aforementioned mat:

http://home.comcast.net/~sarahpanek/stf/az/canyon_pano_white.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~sarahpanek/stf/az/canyon_pano_black.jpg

Or go with the full-size original without the title:

http://home.comcast.net/~sarahpanek/stf/az/canyon_pano_noframe.jpg

[BridgeCity]

The Black border gets my vote. :lust Michaels

[ian408]

I like the black frame. Have you tried making the image a bit bigger and the
frame evenly sized around the image?

Ian

[TristanP]

I like the black frame. Have you tried making the image a bit bigger and the
frame evenly sized around the image?

Ian
Do you think that would look better? I could try that.

[BenA2]

I'd go black--looks the most professional to me.

Ben

[ian408]

Do you think that would look better? I could try that.

Give it a whirl. I think it might give it more balance. Right now, the sides of the
frame aren't proportional. Makes the picture look odd.

[ginger_55]

I do like the black. Gorgeous photo!

I wonder if we have a Michaels here, yet. Never cared before.
need mattes myself. Was going to order.

ginger (Black: gorgeous photo)

[Rufio220]

lack looks good. hats a nice shot.

[TassieD]

My vote goes for the black frame, I agree with Ian about the even fram around the entire image. The font used is a little jaggered for me (but that is just my opinion). Great shots by the way and nicely done with the stitching.

Cheers
David

[ian408]

Here's what I was thinking about...