infrared (Page 2): Not having the excess camera or funds for an IR conversion, I’ve had a great deal of success using PS to create an IR image.

GreenReaper

Not having the excess camera or funds for an IR conversion, I’ve had a great deal of success using PS to create an IR image.

wingclui44 Loc: CT USA

dbrugger25 wrote:

I bought a Singh-Ray 690 IR filter and used it in bright mid-day sunlight. I was disappointed.

My camera was a Canon R5 with an f:2.8 70-200 Canon lens. I was hoping for a more enhanced contrast between warm and cool objects.

They make a model called the 830 that blocks even more visible light. I didn't know enough about IR photography when I bought the 690 to make an informed decision.

Did you convert your Canon R5, or you just put the 690nm IR filter on top of your lens, if it is the case, the image surely will disappoint you, because the IR blocking filter (Hot mirror) that was built in your Canon will block most of the IR ray plus your 690nm filter will block the visible light below 690nm.

Tote1940 Loc: Dallas

Highly recommend you play around with IR. Tried using IR on Fujifilm S3 and use live view to frame; picture too dim impossibly long exposure; had Kolari remove filter and replace with 720 filter on mirror; using Nikkor zoom; fantastic! Must adjust white balance to get neutral monochromes; handheld it opens a new world
Broke down and also bought from them point and shoot Canon with no filter plus filters; fun to carry around; got software to get RAW but never learned to use it
Try IR , great new horizons

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

usnret wrote:

Has anyone here ventured into the world of infrared photography? From watching several u-tube videos it looks to be quite challenging but at the same time a rewarding endeavor.

Back in the film days I shot a lot of Kodak B&W IR film in 35mm and 4x5. I tried the Ektachrome color IR film, but I found the colors just too far out with the red skies. After I went digital, I saw some examples of digital color IR which had the red/blue channel swap which yielded blue skies but the other colors somewhat surreal. I liked the look of those. I had no interest in B&W digital IR because I don't think it matches the quality of silver prints from film. So I had an old Nikon D70s converted to IR by Lifepixel with their Enhanced Color Filter (665nm). I liked it so much I had a Nikon D2X, my retired studio camera, converted with the same filter so I have double the resolution. Here are some examples - some use flash fill:

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

Exceptional and otherworldly, phenomenally beautiful IR compositions✨✨✨✨✨

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

burkphoto wrote:

I used a bit of Ektachrome Infrared Slide Film bac... (show quote)

Beautiful, first-class shots 🟠🧡💥🧡🟠

PJinOH Loc: Columbus, OH

I got the bug a couple of years ago for IR and went with a full spectrum conversion through LifePixel to a D5500 I wasn't using. It works well (I do think the focus isn't quite as sharp as before the conversion), but honestly I use it much less than I thought I would. I get decent results, but I just don't seem to have the interest to take it out and use it as much as I thought I did when I bought it. Maybe that qualifies as a case of GAS I had when I thought of doing this.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

JohnSwanda wrote:

Back in the film days I shot a lot of Kodak B&... (show quote)

Great work, John!

I imagine most of these scenes would look good in natural color, too. But the IR versions are in a fantasy land all their own.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

PJinOH wrote:

I got the bug a couple of years ago for IR and went with a full spectrum conversion through LifePixel to a D5500 I wasn't using. It works well (I do think the focus isn't quite as sharp as before the conversion), but honestly I use it much less than I thought I would. I get decent results, but I just don't seem to have the interest to take it out and use it as much as I thought I did when I bought it. Maybe that qualifies as a case of GAS I had when I thought of doing this.

The fuzzy focus is caused by the lens not being color-corrected for infrared wavelengths of light, which focus at a different depth than IR. In the 1960s, lenses from Nikon and others had marks on them showing the offset of focus required for infrared films.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

burkphoto wrote:

I used a bit of Ektachrome Infrared Slide Film bac... (show quote)

I used Kodak Infrared Aero, and it didn't require special handling. It was strictly B&W, though, but it produced nice results - white leaves, etc. I used the 25A filter.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

jerryc41 wrote:

I used Kodak Infrared Aero, and it didn't require special handling. It was strictly B&W, though, but it produced nice results - white leaves, etc. I used the 25A filter.

I remember that film. It was much easier to use. I don't think I ever used it, but a friend at school did.

Ektachrome IR was very sensitive to heat fog, so it had to be kept frozen until a few hours before use and processed as soon as possible afterwards. So most of the time, I would use the whole roll in a day. The LifePixel mods sound much more fun to use!

jscorbin Loc: Woodinville, WA

usnret wrote:

Has anyone here ventured into the world of infrared photography? From watching several u-tube videos it looks to be quite challenging but at the same time a rewarding endeavor.

One of the IR effects with a converted camera is great haze penetration, since longer wavelengths of light are not scattered as much by dust and haze particles. That is one of the reasons that the Webb space telescope is designed to use infrared light (see the NASA release of photos on Tuesday, July 12).

It is simply not possible to get the same effect with Photoshop manipulation of an image from a normal camera. For example, here is a photo of the glacial grooves in a rock outcrop over Puget Sound. The distant shore and clouds are sharp and clear, even though the day was hazy.

This photo was taken with an "Enhanced Color" filter conversion (665 nm) by Life Pixel. I prefer the black-and-white postprocessing here, although it could also be processed to color, with blue sky and yellowish or reddish foliage.

Cap Sante park near Anacortes, WA

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Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

usnret wrote:

Has anyone here ventured into the world of infrared photography? From watching several u-tube videos it looks to be quite challenging but at the same time a rewarding endeavor.

I had my Old D70 converted years ago B&W only and you had to sent a lens with it the lens was calibrated for the focus shift of IR.
Below in a link to some of my work all processed in PS and shot with a custom W/B using green grass in bright sunlight as a reference.
Some nudity with-in. https://pbase.com/manglesphoto/infrareds

dbrugger25 Loc: Raleigh, NC

https://singh-ray.com/shop/i-ray-690-infrared-filter/

The link is Singh-Ray's explaination of how their IR filters work. They have some effect but I was expecting more dramatic results.

Tote1940 Loc: Dallas

Wow! May want to try this, much more exiting than monochrome
So 720 filter and channel swap alone?
They are really fantastic thank you for sharing amazing work