LA Arboretum: Nice sunny day at the LA Arboretum...shot with my full spectrum A7 and a reletively cheeeep adjustable filter; it says 530nm to 790nm, so I put it somewhere in the...

chasgroh Loc: Buena Park, CA

Nice sunny day at the LA Arboretum...shot with my full spectrum A7 and a reletively cheeeep adjustable filter; it says 530nm to 790nm, so I put it somewhere in the middle, lol. These two are roughly the same place, just different angles and, of course, liberal processing. I've started using ON1 for my initial processing, then taking the results into LR/PS to finish. These files were too big so I resized...

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mvetrano2 Loc: Commack, NY

nice

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

A surreal world well presented.

Adjustable filter ... What? Yep.
Fotga 58mm Six-in-One Adjustable Variable Infrared IR Pass X-Ray Lens Filter 530nm to 650nm 680nm 720nm 750nm Infrared Filter for DSLR Camera Amazon, $25 58mm

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

" I've started using ON1 for my initial processing,"
Did you use false colors for shades of gray?

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Variable IR filter has negatives: "Although the concept is intriguing in reality though the results are quite poor and it’s all due to physics. The way these filters are made is by taking a simple variable ND filter, which is a sandwich of 2 types of polarizers and adding a red longpass filter on top of the stack. At this point some of you may already have figured out the issues just from reading the previous sentence. That’s right, all the problems you experience with variable ND filters transfer over and are made worse with the capture of two different light spectrums, visible and infrared.
https://www.lifepixel.com/photography-gear/variable-infrared-filters

The dreaded cross pattern is just as bad here, gets progressively worse the stronger IR effect you dial in. Also, because of the qualities of stacked polarizing filters you also induce a lot of softness to the image, washing out fine detail considerably..."

chasgroh Loc: Buena Park, CA

dpullum wrote:

" I've started using ON1 for my initial processing,"
Did you use false colors for shades of gray?

I dunno, lol, but it works much better than the LR option(s) I've tried (ie. creating different camera profiles, etc). There are many variations you can leaf through also. I end up in LR, though, and just continue my processing as "normal." I took maybe 50 shots this day and ended up with 16 to play with, objective being a different look for each...so far so good!

chasgroh Loc: Buena Park, CA

dpullum wrote:

Variable IR filter has negatives: "Although t... (show quote)

After using it and looking at the results in post, you are right in your observations. Funny enough, though, I step on these files so much in PS, the limitations are not so evident...though softness is for sure. But if I create a piece and hang it on a wall, well, very few would geek to our extant, eh? ;0)

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

IR gives shades of gray which can be turned into false color. "False color displays a graphic representation of the brightness range in an image."
https://www.videomaker.com/how-to/shooting/composition/how-to-use-false-color-in-your-next-project/

Any plugin compatable for PSPro out there?

topcat Loc: Alameda, CA

I use Rob Shea's actions. Try them, they work great.
Rob has a lot of info on his site and his youtube site

chasgroh Loc: Buena Park, CA

dpullum wrote:

IR gives shades of gray which can be turned into false color. "False color displays a graphic representation of the brightness range in an image."
https://www.videomaker.com/how-to/shooting/composition/how-to-use-false-color-in-your-next-project/

Any plugin compatable for PSPro out there?

...so, how would one use a false color display shooting IR? This is very interesting!

chasgroh Loc: Buena Park, CA

topcat wrote:

I use Rob Shea's actions. Try them, they work great.
Rob has a lot of info on his site and his youtube site

I've used his stuff before and have been checking his vids for a couple of years. I've been shooting IR for 14 years and it never gets "comfortable" (I'm on my 4th conversion) but I think that's the fun of it!

topcat Loc: Alameda, CA

chasgroh wrote:

I've used his stuff before and have been checking his vids for a couple of years. I've been shooting IR for 14 years and it never gets "comfortable" (I'm on my 4th conversion) but I think that's the fun of it!

I have 2 conversions, and I am really liking it.