out playing with the IR filter again, c&c?

[arc]

Been a while since i've used the IR filter, but went for a stroll yesterday. All shots are at Stafford Castle.

C&C welcomed, on all aspects including borders (i dont normally put them on)

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[faster4_tec]

no.1 and 5 are stunning, loving the tones in the trees!!

got to get myself an IR72

 

[vtec]

great shots there man., love the third one.,

 

[arc]

thanks guys. took a lot of faffing to get the post processing right, i fell out with Lightroom but found Bibble instead

 

[Focus Owner]

Wow so cool

I don't like the borders

 

[arc]

thanks

you know the borders are the same all the way round, on here the images have been resized and it messed them up

 

[Bob in disguise]

Very nice mate!

Love the sky in them.. .

 

[Focus Owner]

yes i saw its just a stupid white thing and it looks messy Just checked again missed the black bit it looks uneven tho still

 

[Magical Trevor]

They look fantastic, really ethereal quality.

*add IR filter to ever expanding wishlist*

Ps, I like the boarders, gives them depth in my opinion

 

[arc]

thanks bob

the borders are slightly uneven, out by 3 pixels i think. i was falling out with photoshop at the time, so just left them as they are!

thank-you trev, i'm not sure what canon cameras are like at IR - might need slightly longer exposure, but it's fun playing around

 

[jug]

i like them a lot

they look like screenshots from an amazing computer game.

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

I love them. Whats the IR filter? Was it an SLR?

I know a little but not alot about photography lol.

 

[Bushboy]

What length exposures were you shooting at?

Just realised why the castle seems to stand out so much! Looks like the sky&clouds have motion blur (from long exposure) but the castle is perfectly sharp.

 

[arc]

IR light is limited, and all cameras have a hot mirror (IR filter) on the sensor - so longer exposures are needed.

1> 13 seconds
2> 30 seconds
3> 13 seconds
4> 5 seconds
5> 5 seconds
6> 5 seconds
7> 4 seconds

 

[dannygp]

Some ridic pictures, I am going to have to use one as a wallpaper

 

[arc]

I love them. Whats the IR filter? Was it an SLR?

I know a little but not alot about photography lol.

Shot on a Nikon D50, dSLR. I use a hoya r72 IR filter. It filters out light below a wavelength of 720nm. The cameras sensor is senstive to IR though, so records what you can see above. With the filter in place, if you look through the lens you won't see anything.

Some ridic pictures, I am going to have to use one as a wallpaper

cheers

 

[stumac1985]

The different manufacturers vary on how much exposure they require. From my experience they go, from shortest to longest - Nikon, Canon, Olympus - I dont know about any of the others as I havent had any experience of them.

I have played with IR a bit myself, but got fed up with the post processing involved. When I upgrade my camera I may change my mind and get the E1 converted to IR only.

 

[raptor]

hey arc,

what lens have you used for them pics? i fancy a IR filter now for my d40 that and a polarising one so i can start experimenting.

 

[raptor]

do you recommend any polarising filters - or are the hoya ones an industry standard?

 

[arc]

the exposure times all depend on how much the hot mirror filters out. the D50 lets a lot more light through than current generation nikons. i've no idea about the others.

regarding post processing, i use a custom white balance they i set on the camera using grass as white, converted the RAWs to TIFF using Bibble (to retain the white balance data) and then played with the levels in Lightroom. I would say processing time was about a minute and a half per image

edit:

raptor - they are shot using the kit lens on the D50, which i believe is the same as the d40/x kit lens. I'm not sure on other brands of filters, i've always used hoya. I did have a hoya circular polariser which was very handy in summer, dialing out reflections, or just making the sky look really blue. but i lost it i need to buy a new one!