IR Photo Advice

[KevXman]

I currently shoot with a D70 which already recognizes infrared light. Bought the filter for the lens last week and have been testing/playing with different exposure combinations. Of all the ones shot last week this one seemed to come out the best. This one was shot at ISO 200, f4.0 at 1/25.

http://photosbykevin.smugmug.com/photos/339963005_Jv55W-L-1.jpg

I'm a Senior Graphic Designer by day so I'm already pretty familiar with most of what Photoshop can do. Other than some obscure post-processing techniques, I'm looking more for any advice on the actual camera work. Any comments, for or against, will be appreciated.

Thanks
— Kevin

[richtersl]

I currently shoot with a D70 which already recognizes infrared light. Bought the filter for the lens last week and have been testing/playing with different exposure combinations. Of all the ones shot last week this one seemed to come out the best. This one was shot at ISO 200, f4.0 at 1/25.


I'm a Senior Graphic Designer by day so I'm already pretty familiar with most of what Photoshop can do. Other than some obscure post-processing techniques, I'm looking more for any advice on the actual camera work. Any comments, for or against, will be appreciated.

Thanks
— Kevin

Kevin,

This photo typifies everything I like about IR photos!

The texture of the leaves on the trees is very pleasing as is light in the composition. There's really not a whole heck of a lot to whip in there. At least for me there isn't.

The bottom of the little gazebo looks a bit dark and I would like to see just a bit more detail. Perhaps playing around the exposure metering when taking the photos may help. :dunno

Beautiful photo and I see it made the top 10 in the challenge! :thumb

[KevXman]

Kevin,

This photo typifies everything I like about IR photos!

The texture of the leaves on the trees is very pleasing as is light in the composition. There's really not a whole heck of a lot to whip in there. At least for me there isn't.

The bottom of the little gazebo looks a bit dark and I would like to see just a bit more detail. Perhaps playing around the exposure metering when taking the photos may help. :dunno

Beautiful photo and I see it made the top 10 in the challenge! :thumb

Thanks Linda. Yeah, the dark area was bugging me also, but its good to know that someone else noticed it. I'll work on it. I was suprised that it made it into the voting round myself. Quickly slipping out of the top 5 though.

— Kevin

[jpl]

I enjoy the image and before reading richtersl's comment my first thought was the gazebo is too dark.

I really like how the image guides your eyes. They start in the foreground and follow the shoreline through the picture to the gazebo. The clouds have a nice texture and I like how there is a nice separation between the treeline and clouds on the right side of the picture. On the left side the clouds blend in a bit with the trees. Being IR, I don't know if there is much you could have done about that though.

[ian408]

Using the filter to make the image leaves a lot to be desired. But it is effective and does do the job.

I like the way the clouds and trees guide the eye. As others have said, the gazebo is too dark. Perhaps too, the left side of the image. Though I'm not sure that would be the case once the gazebo is fixed.

On a side note, I am more a fan of an almost black sky with white clouds. Although not in this case. Mostly because you have the very dark lake in the center of the image.

[KevXman]

Thanks Ian, JPL, and thanks again Linda,

There's not much I could do about the sky. More often than not, this time of year in DC it is rather hazy and we don't get too many deep blue skies. I did go back and use an over exposed frame (hah, frame, shows how long I been carrying a camera around) and used it to dupe/burn in the gazebo. You were right, lightening it up does help.

http://photosbykevin.smugmug.com/photos/343228872_9Sqwp-L-1.jpg

Later on this year when it is not so hazy I will revisit this park and reshoot. I'll post the results and let you whip on me again.

Thanks again for the input.

If you're not learning something new, you not pushing yourself hard enough.

— Kevin