Infrared Pics with nonConverted Camera

[bavasshokie]

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Feedback wanted!

[polartownjunkie]

for me sometymes busy,
though i like your final photo, i wonder what form it'd take without
that dirty road...

[bavasshokie]

for me sometymes busy,
though i like your final photo, i wonder what form it'd take without
that dirty road...


Thank you, The church is my favorite, I have just been learning the infrared I want to do some with water in the photo.

[Awais Yaqub]

Nice work !

[bavasshokie]

Nice work !



Thank You, hopefully one day i will have a E500 converted to IR only

[Skippy]

Feedback wanted!

Hi there, the Church shot seems more appealing because it looks more in focus than the other two shots to me.

The other two look a little soft especially with the leaves on the tree.

They've turned out really good, great processing on your part too :thumb
... Skippy
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[bavasshokie]

Hi there, the Church shot seems more appealing because it looks more in focus than the other two shots to me.

The other two look a little soft especially with the leaves on the tree.

They've turned out really good, great processing on your part too :thumb
... Skippy
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Thank you, its hard to get leaves not to move, LOL! I am using a filter so I have long exposures

[CavalierPhoto]

Dig the church photo. :thumb

The cemetery photos seem crowded. They can make great IR photo subject matter but it can be all that much more difficult regarding the composition.

Good stuff though, I think you're off to a great start and look forward to seeing more.

[bavasshokie]

Dig the church photo. :thumb

The cemetery photos seem crowded. They can make great IR photo subject matter but it can be all that much more difficult regarding the composition.

Good stuff though, I think you're off to a great start and look forward to seeing more.



You are not located in C'ville Virginia are you? With a name like CavalierPhoto thaought you might be?

[LilleG]

The church photo is especially good. Just got an IR filter for my D70 (and I'm so lost!) I'd love to know what cam, what filter, what processing you used.

[bavasshokie]

The church photo is especially good. Just got an IR filter for my D70 (and I'm so lost!) I'd love to know what cam, what filter, what processing you used.

I have an Olympus E500 and I use the Hoya 720nm filter, I usually just play with settings. Here are the settings I used on the church photo

Exposuer 4 sec
ISO 100
Focal Length 18mm
Aperture f/4.0
EV 0
Format was RAW then conerted to jpeg

I have also had some good shots with longer exposure but that church shot is my best yet. I have only had my IR filter for about 3 weeks. I did alot of reading, posted alot of pics and asked how can I make it better. In what ever photo software you use I just desaturated by 90% some people just convert to B&W and then just did added a little contrast! Have fun and let me see some of your pics!

[bavasshokie]

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[jerrykr]

Very nice start in IR. I like all of the shots and your post processing.

LilleG

take a look at my IR Buzz site. In the "Beginners Series" I talk about shooting with a non-converted DSLR. Hope it's helpful.

IR can really be fun.

[bavasshokie]

Very nice start in IR. I like all of the shots and your post processing.

LilleG

take a look at my IR Buzz site. In the "Beginners Series" I talk about shooting with a non-converted DSLR. Hope it's helpful.

IR can really be fun.

I just checked it out seems awsome, I registred and did a post. Thanks for the info on the community! The IR site is great as well. I really want to know how to put or get the blue sky!

[Mr. 2H2O]

I just checked it out seems awsome, I registred and did a post. Thanks for the info on the community! The IR site is great as well. I really want to know how to put or get the blue sky!

Brian,
Blue sky comes from a lower pass filter like 720nm where parts of the sky are clear. In post, you can use channel mixer to set the red channel to 100% blue, 0% red and set the blue channel to 100% red, 0% blue. After that, do a levels adjustment (auto-adjust gives you a quick look at its potential) and you'll see blue again in the sky.

From RAW, you would need to select the white balance that makes you happy before playing around with the channel mixer.

- Mike

[bavasshokie]

Brian,
Blue sky comes from a lower pass filter like 720nm where parts of the sky are clear. In post, you can use channel mixer to set the red channel to 100% blue, 0% red and set the blue channel to 100% red, 0% blue. After that, do a levels adjustment (auto-adjust gives you a quick look at its potential) and you'll see blue again in the sky.

From RAW, you would need to select the white balance that makes you happy before playing around with the channel mixer.

- Mike

I was going to buy Photoshop Elements 5 but I hear it does not have the channel mixer. Is there a plugin and has anybody had success with it?

[bavasshokie]

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[LilleG]

Photoshop Elements 5 is obviously working for you! Very nice color!

[bavasshokie]

I downloaded some plug ins and talked to some people online got a general idea of how to do it and the rest I figured out, but yeah it works great!

[bavasshokie]

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[mr peas]

very nice indeed. no hot spotting on the sensor at all huh? very cool for a fresh off the bat only IR filter in place shots. im deeply in love with IR photography. pm me if you ever have any questions, ive been into it since.. forever. haha.

here's my little gallery of IR stuff:

http://third3ye.net/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=5982

Used a Sony F828 with just an IR filter attached (plus/minus ND filters), no mods. All colors recreated via Adobe PS. :D

[bavasshokie]

very nice indeed. no hot spotting on the sensor at all huh? very cool for a fresh off the bat only IR filter in place shots. im deeply in love with IR photography. pm me if you ever have any questions, ive been into it since.. forever. haha.

here's my little gallery of IR stuff:

http://third3ye.net/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=5982

Used a Sony F828 with just an IR filter attached (plus/minus ND filters), no mods. All colors recreated via Adobe PS. :D


Thanks for the comment, I LOVE IR also, I have only been doing for about 4 weeks. Now if I can just learn how to blend and go from like green on one side of the photo to infrared on the other photo?

[bavasshokie]

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[USAIR]

Brian cool IR's love #1 and the last.
The Mill shot is the best of the lot imho
Keep shooting

Fred

[bavasshokie]

Brian cool IR's love #1 and the last.
The Mill shot is the best of the lot imho
Keep shooting

Fred


thanks i am having so much fun with IR

[bavasshokie]

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