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Dec 17, 2016 09:30:25   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
If you have an old or an extra digital camera, you might want to convert it to IR.

http://digital-photography-school.com/convert-camera-infrared-black-white-landscape-photography/

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Dec 17, 2016 11:32:35   #
WayneT Loc: Paris, TN
 
I did that with an old d5000. Fun camera to use I take it with me on all my shooting sprees.

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Dec 17, 2016 11:45:59   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
WayneT wrote:
I did that with an old d5000. Fun camera to use I take it with me on all my shooting sprees.


Yes, and the procession possibilities are endless.

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Dec 20, 2016 00:22:42   #
speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho
 
jerryc41 wrote:
If you have an old or an extra digital camera, you might want to convert it to IR.

http://digital-photography-school.com/convert-camera-infrared-black-white-landscape-photography/

I just do that in post if I want IR (cost nothing)!

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Dec 20, 2016 07:23:45   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
speters wrote:
I just do that in post if I want IR (cost nothing)!


Oooh! And I wasted all that money!

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Dec 20, 2016 15:25:30   #
JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco
 
speters wrote:
I just do that in post if I want IR (cost nothing)!


You can't get quite the same effect in post. Many IR photo sites ban fake post process "IR".

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Dec 22, 2016 05:32:59   #
speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho
 
JohnSwanda wrote:
You can't get quite the same effect in post. Many IR photo sites ban fake post process "IR".

That effect is good enough for me, I don't use it that often and like I said, I don't have to invest in anything and it just takes one minute, maybe two to change an image.





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Feb 14, 2017 12:06:21   #
GC likes NIKON Loc: East Greenwich, Rhode Island
 
speters wrote:
That effect is good enough for me, I don't use it that often and like I said, I don't have to invest in anything and it just takes one minute, maybe two to change an image.


I am curious as to your work flow in getting that IR effect on your lake scene.... Thanks

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Feb 14, 2017 12:49:59   #
speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho
 
GC likes NIKON wrote:
I am curious as to your work flow in getting that IR effect on your lake scene.... Thanks

Hi GC, was looking through some old posts and just noticed your request, it is just a few very simple steps, You do not even have to go into Photoshop, it is best done in ACR. You open your raw file in ACR and go to the HSL/Grayscale tab. In there you click on the word Default, as that set all the sliders to zero. Than drag both, the Yellow and the Green all the way to 100. For your black skies, dial the Blue slider all the way down to -100 (you can try to do the same with the Aquas slider (preference). Now go back to the Basic Panel and boost your dark skies and brighten the foliage with the white balance to bluer and greener (temperature to the left toward blue, tint to the left toward greener) Adjust Shadows and Blacks to taste, you can go as far as 100 (just dial down if you feel its too much. If you want to give your images that little foggy quality, dial down the Clarity, but do this carefully ( you could loose too much detail). This is pretty much it, you could add some grain in the Effects tab, but that is again preference. Go try it out and have some fun playing with it ( I think it's fun!!!) Wish you a nice day!!

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Feb 14, 2017 13:44:41   #
GC likes NIKON Loc: East Greenwich, Rhode Island
 
speters wrote:
Hi GC, was looking through some old posts and just noticed your request, it is just a few very simple steps, You do not even have to go into Photoshop, it is best done in ACR. You open your raw file in ACR and go to the HSL/Grayscale tab. In there you click on the word Default, as that set all the sliders to zero. Than drag both, the Yellow and the Green all the way to 100. For your black skies, dial the Blue slider all the way down to -100 (you can try to do the same with the Aquas slider (preference). Now go back to the Basic Panel and boost your dark skies and brighten the foliage with the white balance to bluer and greener (temperature to the left toward blue, tint to the left toward greener) Adjust Shadows and Blacks to taste, you can go as far as 100 (just dial down if you feel its too much. If you want to give your images that little foggy quality, dial down the Clarity, but do this carefully ( you could loose too much detail). This is pretty much it, you could add some grain in the Effects tab, but that is again preference. Go try it out and have some fun playing with it ( I think it's fun!!!) Wish you a nice day!!
Hi GC, was looking through some old posts and just... (show quote)


Thanks for the info, I'll give it a try !!

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Jul 15, 2019 09:11:24   #
jldodge
 
jldodge

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Jul 18, 2019 22:42:55   #
JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco
 
jldodge wrote:
jldodge


You dragged out this old thread just to post your user name?

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