Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest IR

[thomascanty]

The view west toward the Sierra Nevada Mountains from the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest in the White Mountains. Shot with my IR converted 10D and 17-40 f/4L.
http://www.ldphotography.net/cdpf/20090629-07.jpg

[Picture North Carolina]

It's a nice picture. I've always liked the way IR cuts thru haze. But personally, I've never been a big fan of the channel-swap look. I think this pic would be nice if run thru something like NIK Silver Efex and a great BW were made of it.

[Kevin]

Wonderfully done Lonnie,

[thomascanty]

It's a nice picture. I've always liked the way IR cuts thru haze. But personally, I've never been a big fan of the channel-swap look. I think this pic would be nice if run thru something like NIK Silver Efex and a great BW were made of it.

I might try it as a BW (I don't have NIK Silver Efex, though), but honestly I very rarely care for BW shots. I've been shooting infrareds for years but wasn't a huge fan of it until I discovered the channel swap technique. I just have to have some color in there somewhere to make me happy.

Wonderfully done Lonnie,

Thanks, Kevin.

[ScootersDaddy]

Wow, that is a very cool effect.

[neil_r]

Lonnie, I have just run this through nik silver efex, and the result is fabulous, but then so is your original.

[thomascanty]

Lonnie, I have just run this through nik silver efex, and the result is fabulous, but then so is your original.

Pretend my "IMAGE EDITING OK" lamp is lit for a second and show me what you got. ;)

I downloaded the trial version of the software, but I have no idea what I'm doing with it. Like I said, I'm not (usually) a fan of B/W, so I don't know what all of the options and sliders are supposed to do for me.

Not that it really matters, though. There's no way I could ever justify spending $200 on a plugin. :(

[neil_r]

Pretend my "IMAGE EDITING OK" lamp is lit for a second and show me what you got. ;)

Here you go

http://www.ambrosiabbs.com/gallery/pics/lonnie.jpg

[thomascanty]

Here you go

Thanks. But, as I expected, it does nothing for me. Without the splash of blue in the sky it looks too unremarkable to my eyes. :( :confused:

[Cobra351]

I like this one a lot (the original, blue sky)! Very nice job. In my own work, I process IR for both color and b/w (depending on the image itself), but agree that the b/w version of this loses a lot of the "surreal" that the blue sky version has so much of.

[Cyclop]

Wow!

[joeyCes]

I like it with the touches of color. Great work, amazing shot.

[thomascanty]

Wow!

I like it with the touches of color. Great work, amazing shot.

:D Thanks.

[jgrussell]

Thanks. But, as I expected, it does nothing for me. Without the splash of blue in the sky it looks too unremarkable to my eyes. :( :confused:My reaction is the exact opposite. The color makes it look fake in my eyes, the black and white is spectacular. Different strokes for different folks.

[thomascanty]

My reaction is the exact opposite. The color makes it look fake in my eyes, the black and white is spectacular. Different strokes for different folks.

If we all agreed on everything this would be one very boring planet to live on, huh? ;) :lol:

[jmx]

My reaction is the exact opposite. The color makes it look fake in my eyes, the black and white is spectacular. Different strokes for different folks.

I second this. Never much of a fan of the fake color added in black/white photos. The full b/w one looks great!

[Grimes]

I prefer the touch of blue myself...