Hound Tor, Dartmoor, Devon. Acrylic Wall Art Print

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I have spend a great many days hiking and camping on Dartmoor during the past 35 years. It is still a place that inspires me every time go. Of all the images I have taken in this time, this Hound Tor Dartmoor print is one of my favourites. Hound Tor is one of the more imposing tors on Dartmoor. The rugged granite slabs, rising up from the surrounding moorland, can appear to look like the heads of dogs from certain angles (with a little imagination) and this is suggested as the origin of the name. Local legends about the tor include tales of packs of hounds turned to stone. Hound Tor is also suggested as one of the inspirations for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle‘s famous novel The Hound of the Baskervilles.

Print Sizes

This acrylic print is available in 3 sizes: 38 x 25cm ( 15 x 10 inch) 50 x 33cm (20 x 13 inch); 60 x 40cm (24 x 16 inch). This is the edge to edge size of the image (rounded to the nearest half centimeter). Other sizes can me produced, please email me to discuss.

The Image

The photograph was taken using a Nikon DSLR camera coupled with a 20mm prime lens. I took this photograph in spring of 2016, at the end of a day’s rock climbing with my son and a friend. We had camped out on the moor the previous night, in order to get an early start on the rocks. So it was with weary legs we walked back down the rock strewn side of the tor. But with the other climbers gone, and the view and the light just right, I just had to stop, drop my pack, and drag my camera out.

Acrylic Glass Prints

Acrylic prints are art paper, pigment ink, prints mounted first on to an aluminium-dibond backing, then laminated under a sheet of 4mm acrylic glass. This not only gives rigidity and protects the image from scuffs, scratches and stains, but also from harmful UV rays. Acrylic glass also gives a luminosity and depth to the image. Pictures arrive with hanging systems (hooks or posts, depending on size) ready to hang.

Not all acrylic prints are the same

Acrylic prints can be direct printed or facemount printed. Direct printing is is easier and cheaper. However, it does not have the same colour accuracy, longevity or sharpness as facemount printing. With facemount printing the image is printed on to quality art paper – the best medium for faithful reproduction of photographic images. This is is then fixed to a dibond (or similar backing) and face-mounted directly onto a thin layer of acrylic, so that it is sandwiched between the two. The refraction of light through the acrylic helps give added luminosity to the image. I have chosen to have my prints created in one of the best (in my opinion) high end art print shops in the UK. This does not make them the cheapest, but it does reflect the quality.

Postage and delivery

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