Structures and Landscape (Infra-Red exp 7pics)

[CyberDyneSystems]

Experimenting with Infra-Red...

Have to say I am really enjoying this. Color photography has some limitations rehgarding when is a good time to shoot.. as does IR BW.. but it seems that IR likes mid day just fine.

Thus.. I can still shoot around high noon when normally.. I would not want to bother. I can leave the golden hours for color.

First trys.. what do you think?

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[martin-images]

I think theses are amazing images especialy 2 and 6, so striking and different will have have a go at this one day, fantastic
Martin

[Leorooster]

Fantastic shots. Very different kind of photography. #6 & #7 are my flavor.

[JMAS]

I like #'s 3, 4, 6 and specialy... #7!
Great stuff.

Though #7 doesn't seem to have been at noon. It think it would be even better without the lens flare.
But I like it anyway!

Did you use the 20D or the 1DMkII with R72?

If so would you mind sharing the workflow?

[CyberDyneSystems]

Thanks for the comments..

No 7 wasn't quite noon :)

But it was earlier than it looks.. being a view up a hill. the Sun is artificially near the horizon. I'd say it was close to 4:00 maybe 4:30 in the afternoon.

The lens flare was real.. I had one without the flare.. by turning a bit.. but the one with flare looked better to me :)

Equipment:
A D60 modofied for Infra Red shooting. No filter required.. the IR blocking filter in front of the CMOS has been replaced with a built in r-72 filter.

Although slightly different,. you can get an idea of the details on this type of IR conversion can be found at Don Ellis' site
www.kleptography.com
http://www.kleptography.com/notes-irconvert.htm

Workflow:
Little more than conversion from RAW (in this case I used BB) Cropping, some contrast or levels tweeks in PS,.. in some cases a minor adjustment of hue/saturation (saturation reduced) and USM.

In more detail.. check out Don's site.. he is the true IR master;
http://www.kleptography.com/notes-workflow.htm


Sorry folks.. looks like fotopic.net just took it's regular as rain Sunday Night "dump"
:mad:
Maybe things will be back in the morning...

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http://cyberdynesystemsimaging.fotopic.net/c593654.html

[Duder]

very nice photos. I've just got into IR photography and I love it, although I haven't really had a chance to photograph any good landscapes yet.

the colours in your shots look similar to the colours I get out of my modified sony. I have to admit though, I'd prefer to have a modified D60, or 350D for that matter.

[Big_B]

#6 is stunning! nice work cds.

[CyberDyneSystems]

Thanks guys...
Duder.. I've seen some shots from modified Sony's.. they were very good! Thanks for the comment.. I'd love to see you post some of your IR stuff :)

Thanks Big_B
I'm having a lot of fun with this... :)

[Duder]

Thanks guys...
Duder.. I've seen some shots from modified Sony's.. they were very good! Thanks for the comment.. I'd love to see you post some of your IR stuff :)


http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=79240 ;)
(http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=603120#post603120)

[Don Ellis]

Hi CDS,

I told you I would finally get around to checking out your shots... sorry it's taken me a while.

My favorites are the last two. Although infrared often requires bright sunlight to work its magic, it sometimes manages to comes through when the sun is lower -- as in the last shot.

If I may make one recommendation, it would be to increase the sharpening. Too often I see blurry infrared shots -- most often because of the longer shutter times required for stock cameras with IR filters -- so if you're shooting near-normal shutter speeds, there's no excuse for blur. Sharpening will set your images apart from the rest.

Also, that last shot looks better, to my eye, with a 10% boost in contrast and a cloning out of the three flares and the tiny bit of lighter foliage in the center of the right frame. The bit of foliage is a small thing but something I've focused on in the last year or so -- is there something on the frame line that leads my eye off the page? If there is, I knock down its brightness or clone it out entirely.

Finally, all of these words don't say anything like, Good photos, and Congratulations on your new camera! (But they're meant to.) :)

I look forward to seeing more.

Cheers,

Don

[CyberDyneSystems]

Don,

thanks for all your input..

For the last shot.. I went back and took it again with more exposure...
This was porcessed before your advice though.. but I figured I'd toss it in here anyway.

I was amazed at how differnet exposure and subtle changes in composition altered the "mood" of the image so drastically.

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[JakeC]

That's especially (insert excited profanity) brilliant that last one CDS, they're all good. The Urban shots because I hadn't seen Urban IR but compositionally the big sky and leading path is spot on in the last 10/10:cool:

Liking how you see the world!

Edit:

How long are the required shutter speeds (midday sun F8 ) without removing the IR pass filter on a DSLR?

[Duder]

How long are the required shutter speeds (midday sun F8) without removing the IR pass filter on a DSLR?

using the 20D and R72 filter at ISO 100/f8, you'd need a shutter speed of around 30secs for an adequate exposure. ISO800 could get it down to about 4secs. so, no chance of handheld shots. ;)

[dkord]

Nice shots CDS! I especially like #5 and the redo one of #7.
Thanks for the tip Duder.