Real Infrared (4 pics)

[thomascanty]

I've dabbled in digital infrared for several years, and I recently decided it was about time I tried the real thing. It took me a while to make my way through the whole roll of film, but I finally got it processed recently. Unfortunately, I got some bad advice online when I was asking around about how to shoot it, and I ended up metering it at ISO 400. That turned out to be way too fast, and the lab had to really push it to make the pictures usable, resulting in a lot of grain. They told me I should have been metering between 160 to 320. Oh well, the first roll was just playing around trying to figure out what I was doing anyway. I wasn't expecting to get anything spectacular. I did get a few I was fairly happy with, though.

All were shot with a Pentax K1000 and Pentax 50mm f/2 lens, Kodak HIE High Speed Infrared B/W film, Hoya #25 red filter, exposure details unrecorded, and scanned in on a crappy Dell all-in-one printer/scanner/copier.

Oatman, Arizona:
http://www.ldphotography.net/cdpf/iroatman01.jpg

Oatman, Arizona:
http://www.ldphotography.net/cdpf/iroatman02.jpg

Oatman, Arizona:
http://www.ldphotography.net/cdpf/iroatman03.jpg

Griffith Park, Los Angeles:
http://www.ldphotography.net/cdpf/irgp01.jpg

[stoneylonesome]

Not to bad for first attemp, did you do any post processing? or did you try to run it through 'noiseware' to see if that would help. I really like the first and last shots. I think the donkey one would better with a run through noiseware. :)

noiseware download, just in case you don't have it... which I doubt. :lol: :lol:
http://www.imagenomic.com/download.asp

[thomascanty]

I think the donkey one would better with a run through noiseware. :)

I ran the second and third pics through Neat Image. In fact, I ran the donkey one through twice. That'll give you an idea how grainy the original was... :shock:

Other than that, there wasn't any post processing done except to resize them.

[stoneylonesome]

WOW! based on that I don't think I would use anything faster than ISO 200. The last one is by far the best, has that real infrared look to it.

[Belmondo]

Yup. I agree....the last one is the best.

Good work, Lonnie.

[thomascanty]

WOW! based on that I don't think I would use anything faster than ISO 200.

That's probably the best idea. I just picked up another roll of the film. I think I'll run this one through at 160 ISO and see what happens.

Yup. I agree....the last one is the best.

Thanks. That was my favorite of the lot, too.

[pompano64]

great shots of oatman. that donkey was there 5 yrs ago. i know there are many but i think it ewas him i the street!. i sure miss my k 1000. in my opinion, one of thre best cameras ever made!!!

[thomascanty]

great shots of oatman. that donkey was there 5 yrs ago. i know there are many but i think it ewas him i the street!. i sure miss my k 1000. in my opinion, one of thre best cameras ever made!!!

I suppose it could be the same burro. I know they are taken care of pretty well out there. :)

I love the K1000, too. It's a great camera. It's also my newest (or should I say most recently acquired). I just got it last December from Belmondo, specifically for infrared shooting. Now I have to load up the next roll of film and see what else there is to shoot.