Infrared photography at Montjuzet

CarbonR · Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 5:52 pm Post subject: Infrared photography at Montjuzet

Going forward on my project Montjuzet, with an additionnal series : Interlude. Extracts :

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#2

#3

#4

#5

(S-M-C Takumar 35/2 @ f/4, hand held)

Poolhall · Joined: 25 Feb 2008 Posts: 1296

Very cool I've been playing with infra red myself with my Fuji e550 but not got anything as good as these yet congratulations Very Happy

Attila · Expire: 2025-11-18

Very cool! I am interesting about IR too, can you share your experience with us . How did you get this result ?

CarbonR · Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 7:01 pm Post subject:

The lens is my S-M-C Takumar 35/2, stopped down generally at f/4, hand held (I get times like 1/15 - 1/30 which is enough with the stabilization, thnaks to the relatively IR sensitive sensor of the K100D), I use a 58mm (because it is the larger common filter thread among my lenses I need to use with filters) Hoya R72 filter.
The WB is manually done with the filter, pointing something vegetal, then in Camera raw I reset it on vegetation, save it as jpeg, then in PS I invert red and blue, as usual with infrared photography on digital to get an approximatively blue sky, and whitish vegetation Wink

kds315* · Expire: 2021-03-09

Nice ones, well done!

Attila, if you start with IR, get a IR filter which starts relatively low like a 720nm (R72) or even below like 650nm, this work well even without having the internal filter removed. Some lenses have a "R" IR mark for focus compensation which should be used when manually focusing. Stepping down always helps. Since most sensors record mainly red, swapping blue-red helps to get a useful image...a matter of taste though.

Attila · Expire: 2025-11-18

Many thanks for both of you!

yadisl · Joined: 03 Dec 2009 Posts: 180 Location: the Netherlands

#3 is excellent!

spiralcity · Joined: 02 Oct 2008 Posts: 1207 Location: Chicago, U.S.A

I agree, #3 is a very nice capture! Smile