Back from Utah - Desert IRs

[kerry]

Just got back from looking around the Moab, Utah area. Wow is it cool there! Here are a few of my fav IR pics from the trip. Hopefully they're not too big...


http://www.insanitylabs.com/Utah-2006/IR/IR-1.jpg

http://www.insanitylabs.com/Utah-2006/IR/IR-2.jpg

http://www.insanitylabs.com/Utah-2006/IR/IR-4.jpg

http://www.insanitylabs.com/Utah-2006/IR/IR-6.jpg

http://www.insanitylabs.com/Utah-2006/IR/IR-17.jpg

http://www.insanitylabs.com/Utah-2006/IR/IR-21.jpg

Taken with MaxMax converted Rebel XT + 10-22mm or 24-105mm.

Enjoy!

[Sam]

It's photos like this that are getting to rethink my Rebel usage. Rather than a back up maybe a Rebel IR?

At rthe rate this camera adiction is growing how much more damage can an IR mod cost?

Sam

[gtc]

excellent series kerry-ir really suits desert shots and you have composed some beauties

[TristanP]

Great stuff - that last one is eerie.

[nightingale]

Excellent series!

[boogie]

Kerry you left me with a feeling of amazement...I am so jealous. These are WOW IR's. Did you use a custom white balance or is this all PP.

Excellent work. You should be proud. :thumb :lust :clap

boogie

[pathfinder]

Kerry,

Welcome to dgrin.

I particularly like the 2nd image. The high contrast of the yucca against the sky and background is quite striking.

Would you mind describing the post processing steps you used on your IR images from the converted Rebel. With special discussion about the color propcessing of the RAW image. These were shot in RAW weren't they??

I shoot IR with a 300D conversion, but usually process them to B&W versus the color images you posted here; so I am interested in the color processing, as I am sure other viewer's are also.

[dkoyanagi]

Great stuff! I really like #2. Please, please, please post your processing technique. Please?

:clap:clap:clap

[Sushant]

WOW! Wonderful shots and PP. I'm amazed.

[Dalantech]

Simply stunning images -all deserve to be printed large and framed! :clap

[USAIR]

Amazing IRs very good job
I also would love to hear to how you processed these

Fred

[Antonio Correia]

Beautifull.
:thumb

[ultravox]

Gorgeous series :lust .
Unreal :clap :clap :clap

[Awais Yaqub]

:clap :clap Fantastic loved them

[Harryb]

way cool :clap :clap :clap :clap

Love those shots. Now I have to tell my wife I want to mod my D100 to an IR camera. :uhoh

[saurora]

Those are absolutely incredilble!!!! Nice compositions...I love #2 and #6 is wild! They are all great! :clap

[anwmn1]

Wow, very impressive pictures. My favorites are 1 , 3, and 5.

Okay, I have no idea about IR. Do you convert a camera to do IR and if so is that all it will do? Or do some cameras have it as a function?

Please clue me in.

[Harryb]

Wow, very impressive pictures. My favorites are 1 , 3, and 5.

Okay, I have no idea about IR. Do you convert a camera to do IR and if so is that all it will do? Or do some cameras have it as a function?

Please clue me in.

some links
http://www.lifepixel.com/digital-infrared/faq.html

http://www.maxmax.com/OpticalProducts.htm

btw it took me two minutes to get this info by doing a Google search

[jwear]

i have not like any of the ir shots i have seen until now --wow these are reallly good :thumb :clap thanks

[anwmn1]

some links
http://www.lifepixel.com/digital-infrared/faq.html

http://www.maxmax.com/OpticalProducts.htm

btw it took me two minutes to get this info by doing a Google search

Okay, point taken. I read that posting about people asking too many questions. :thumb

Thanks for the links. They answered everything including it is not in my budget!

[wxwax]

Outstanding work!

Nice job.

[yellalablady]

These are stunning pictures. I love #1. I know nothing about IR. Are these regular pics that were PP into IR, or were they shot like this with a special lens/setting on the camera? :clap :thumb :clap

[kerry]

It's photos like this that are getting to rethink my Rebel usage. Rather than a back up maybe a Rebel IR?
I had a converted Rebel for about a year before having my XT converted, loved it!

At rthe rate this camera adiction is growing how much more damage can an IR mod cost?
$450 + shipping! :D

[kerry]

excellent series kerry-ir really suits desert shots and you have composed some beauties
thanks! :):

[kerry]

Great stuff - that last one is eerie.
thanks alot! i think the last one is my fav.

[kerry]

Excellent series!
thank you very much! :):

[kerry]

Kerry you left me with a feeling of amazement...I am so jealous. These are WOW IR's. Did you use a custom white balance or is this all PP.

Excellent work. You should be proud. :thumb :lust :clap

boogie

thanks, boogie! :): daylight WB, i'll post what i do in PP toward the end...

[Mr. 2H2O]

Sweeeeeeeeeeeet!:thumb

I'm a HUGE IR fan - I take 'em as much as I can...but I'm still saving up for the Maxmax conversion on my F717...the appliances keep needing attention from that thingy in my back pocket...

Thanks for posting those beauties!

Mike

[kerry]

Kerry,
I particularly like the 2nd image. The high contrast of the yucca against the sky and background is quite striking.
thank you!

Would you mind describing the post processing steps you used on your IR images from the converted Rebel. With special discussion about the color propcessing of the RAW image. These were shot in RAW weren't they??

I shoot IR with a 300D conversion, but usually process them to B&W versus the color images you posted here; so I am interested in the color processing, as I am sure other viewer's are also.

All are shot in RAW. It's almost criminal how simple the post technique is...I'll tell what I do toward the end of this thread...

[kerry]

Great stuff! I really like #2. Please, please, please post your processing technique. Please?

:clap:clap:clap
thanks! :): processing steps to follow soon...

[kerry]

Simply stunning images -all deserve to be printed large and framed! :clap
thank you so much! :): i'm actually about to start prepping some of these to ftp to my printing people :D

[kerry]

Amazing IRs very good job
I also would love to hear to how you processed these

Fred
thanks, fred! processing steps to follow below...

[kerry]

Beautifull.
:thumb
thank you, antonio! :):

[kerry]

Gorgeous series :lust .
Unreal :clap :clap :clap
thank you for the kind words! :):

[kerry]

:clap :clap Fantastic loved them
glad you liked them, awais! :):

[kerry]

way cool :clap :clap :clap :clap

Love those shots. Now I have to tell my wife I want to mod my D100 to an IR camera. :uhoh
thanks, harry! hopefully your wife will understand! :wink

[kerry]

Those are absolutely incredilble!!!! Nice compositions...I love #2 and #6 is wild! They are all great! :clap
thank you very much! :):

[kerry]

Wow, very impressive pictures. My favorites are 1 , 3, and 5.

Okay, I have no idea about IR. Do you convert a camera to do IR and if so is that all it will do? Or do some cameras have it as a function?

Please clue me in.
thanks! :): i had my rebel XT converted to full-time IR, so that's all it does now (no regrets). some of the sony cams have a nightshot mode that you can use with an infrared filter to do similar things. i've used the F707, F717 & F828 with good results.

[kerry]

i have not like any of the ir shots i have seen until now --wow these are reallly good :thumb :clap thanks
thank you very much! i'm glad to hear you liked them. :):

[kerry]

Outstanding work!

Nice job.
thank you very much! :):

[kerry]

These are stunning pictures. I love #1. I know nothing about IR. Are these regular pics that were PP into IR, or were they shot like this with a special lens/setting on the camera? :clap :thumb :clap
thank you very much! :): these were taken with a Rebel XT that's been modified to record only IR/near IR wavelengths, then a trick or two in PP to make them pretty. see below for all the info...

[kerry]

Sweeeeeeeeeeeet!:thumb

I'm a HUGE IR fan - I take 'em as much as I can...but I'm still saving up for the Maxmax conversion on my F717...the appliances keep needing attention from that thingy in my back pocket...

Thanks for posting those beauties!

Mike
thanks, mike! :):

[kerry]

Thanks again to everybody! I hope I didn't miss anyone there, if I did my apologies. :thumb Now, on to how these were done...

You should have seen by now that I used a MaxMax converted Rebel XT ( http://www.maxmax.com/aXNiteCanonRebel.htm ). They also do Nikon & others. This is the 2nd conversion I've had from them & they're great. Quality work & very fast shipping.

I usually shoot in P or AV & let the camera figure out the exposure (it's got a brain built for that, so why not!). ISO 100, -1 EV. Always in RAW. After download to the PC, the first steps are in Canon's DPP 2.1.1.4...mainly to add a bit of sharpening, maybe adjust exposure a tad...but that's it. I don't mess with the colors in RAW at all. "Tools>Transfer to Photoshop" in DPP opens a TIFF for editing in Photoshop. Resize for target (these were for the web, so I went with 900x600). Then, run David Burren's PS Action (found at the bottom of this page, after lots of good IR info: http://burren.cx/photo/ir_cameras.html ). The action uses adjustment layers, so the original image is still there under all the adjustment layers as the background layer. I then use Noise Ninja on the background layer to get rid of any weird color noise which shows up after the Auto Levels in the action runs (which NN clears up nicely) and let NN apply a bit of USM. Then flatten the image & make any minor levels adjustments to the final image if necessary.

That's it.

Takes longer to explain that it does to actually go thru the steps & it may sound much more complicated than it actually is. Once you do it a few times, it's no big deal. Hope this answers some questions! :1drink

kerry

[Skippy]

Just got back from looking around the Moab, Utah area. Wow is it cool there! Here are a few of my fav IR pics from the trip. Hopefully they're not too big...


Taken with MaxMax converted Rebel XT + 10-22mm or 24-105mm.

Enjoy!

Hi there Kerry....... gosh you've dont a great job with this lot :nod
I like the colour tones you've applied.

Cause you do realize your not helping those who are trying really hard to resist from getting an IR converstion done to the Cameras :rofl

I love this series...... well done :clap Skippy (Australia)

[dkoyanagi]

Thanks for posting your workflow, kerry. :thumb Now I'm really tempted to get my sony converted.

[allensphoto]

:clap :clap :clap :clap man those are amazing .. i don't think words can do those justice...

[pug8]

I concur that these are great IR shots. Desert scenes do well, don't they!
However, I notice they're still not immune to a bit of noise probelm, as in the third one.