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nice pics! looking around at some of the work people have done, i think i may make a trip to the camera store today and see if they have an RM72 laying around...
 
Hi

Really liked your photos!!

Think the first one is the best, nice!!

I have problems taking IR shots these days, is always raining and dark here in Norway now…Looking forward to more sunny days:-)

Andre
 
Nice pics!
Is it possible to see some examples with human faces?

BBR (Best Belgian Regards)
SheikYerbouti said:
Wow ... great images! They're sooo "wrong",
yet sooo interesting and beautiful ... :-)
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Jaco
http://www.jacobel.net
http://belgiumdigital.com (crew member)

Nikon D70
Nikkor 12-24mm f:4
Nikkor 18-70mm f:3,5/4,5
Nikkor 16mm f:3,5
Nikkor 20mm f:2,8
Nikkor 105mm f:2,5
Nikkor AF 35/135 f:3,5
Nikkor 70-200 VR f:2,8
Nikkor AF 85 f:1,8
Nikkor ED 180 f:2,8
Tamron 28/200 f:3,8
Tamron 500 f:8
 
Thanks Dan,

I followed instructions posted by someone else (dont have the link with me, but will post it here later tonight).

Basically, something like this:
All images were shot RAW, in aperature priority mode (F8) on a tripod.

White balance was adjusted in Photoshop CS Raw plugin - custom setting with the grass (or something close to it) as the base.
In some cases I needed to brighten up the image (still in raw plugin)

Once in photoshop, I did the following (if I remember correctly - again, check later for link):
run Auto Levels
Channel Mixer - Red Channel (change value of Red to 0%, Blue to 100%)
Channel Mixer - Blue Channel (change value of Blue to 0%, Red to 100%)

Hue/Saturation - desaturate all red channels (red, magenta), play around with the blues and the greens.
run Auto Levels

This produces good results and I initially run it from a saved action. If I really like the shot, I redo it manually, playing with settings to get the best results.

Enjoy!
alek
danharperphotography.com said:
Hey Vanilla, great shots!
I bought a Hoya R72 a couple weeks ago and haven't had a chance to
use it yet. Could you tell me your process in making these photos
such as exposure time and whatever you did for post processing...

Thanks
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-Dan
http://www.danharper.com/
http://www.danharperphotography.com/
http://www.wpgphoto.com/

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Hum... interesting question. Actually, I think I might have taken one of two when I first got the filter... However, I'm not sure if the person in the photo would like to have it displayed on the web ;) ... I'll look for it tonight and see.. either way its probably a terrible shot, hand held and with wrong settings...

a.
Jaco-Belgium said:
BBR (Best Belgian Regards)
SheikYerbouti said:
Wow ... great images! They're sooo "wrong",
yet sooo interesting and beautiful ... :-)
Click to expand...
--
Jaco
http://www.jacobel.net
http://belgiumdigital.com (crew member)

Nikon D70
Nikkor 12-24mm f:4
Nikkor 18-70mm f:3,5/4,5
Nikkor 16mm f:3,5
Nikkor 20mm f:2,8
Nikkor 105mm f:2,5
Nikkor AF 35/135 f:3,5
Nikkor 70-200 VR f:2,8
Nikkor AF 85 f:1,8
Nikkor ED 180 f:2,8
Tamron 28/200 f:3,8
Tamron 500 f:8
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Hi Vanilla

Shoot yourself in a mirror!
;-)
vanillastring said:
a.
Jaco-Belgium said:
BBR (Best Belgian Regards)
SheikYerbouti said:
Wow ... great images! They're sooo "wrong",
yet sooo interesting and beautiful ... :-)
Click to expand...
--
Jaco
http://www.jacobel.net
http://belgiumdigital.com (crew member)

Nikon D70
Nikkor 12-24mm f:4
Nikkor 18-70mm f:3,5/4,5
Nikkor 16mm f:3,5
Nikkor 20mm f:2,8
Nikkor 105mm f:2,5
Nikkor AF 35/135 f:3,5
Nikkor 70-200 VR f:2,8
Nikkor AF 85 f:1,8
Nikkor ED 180 f:2,8
Tamron 28/200 f:3,8
Tamron 500 f:8
Click to expand...
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--
Jaco
http://www.jacobel.net
http://belgiumdigital.com (crew member)

Nikon D70
Nikkor 12-24mm f:4
Nikkor 18-70mm f:3,5/4,5
Nikkor 16mm f:3,5
Nikkor 20mm f:2,8
Nikkor 105mm f:2,5
Nikkor AF 35/135 f:3,5
Nikkor 70-200 VR f:2,8
Nikkor AF 85 f:1,8
Nikkor ED 180 f:2,8
Tamron 28/200 f:3,8
Tamron 500 f:8
 
vanillastring:

These are beautiful! I got this filter for the kit lens also. When I first tried it, everything was RED! I didn't use RAW and I failed to set the WB with the filter on. And since that time, we have had no sunny days where I can try it out the right way.

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Lisa
http://ci2i.smugmug.com/
 
Between the RM72 and the RM90? I am considering getting an IR filter, but I am not sure if I should splurge and get the most expensive one. Your shots lead me to beleive I will be getting at least the RM 72 this week.

Thanks in advance.
 
I'm interested in this as well.. given the EXTREME price difference and that I won't be specializing in IR work, I believe I'll be going with the 72.. I'd still like to know, in any case.
yunfat said:
Between the RM72 and the RM90? I am considering getting an IR
filter, but I am not sure if I should splurge and get the most
expensive one. Your shots lead me to beleive I will be getting at
least the RM 72 this week.

Thanks in advance.
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I have seen to many great IR shots lately not to get a Hoya R72, but should I get it for my kit lens or my 50mm f1.8 ?

It is nice to have the zoom of the kit lens, but given light requirementsm, and my wanting to be able to do these handheld, would it be better to get the filter for the prime?
 
Ken Rockwell suggests that you should get all your filters at 77mm size, and get step-up rings so that you can use them on lenses with smaller filter sizes. I read this after I bought a few filters for my kit lens, but i do have a step up ring allowing me to use them on my other lenses, with smaller filter size.
TKphoto said:
I have seen to many great IR shots lately not to get a Hoya R72,
but should I get it for my kit lens or my 50mm f1.8 ?

It is nice to have the zoom of the kit lens, but given light
requirementsm, and my wanting to be able to do these handheld,
would it be better to get the filter for the prime?
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Good idea, but being a cheapie, I have to consider that the 52 mm is less than half the cost of the 67mm
 
Great shots! (Guess my making this comment is pretty unenecessary at this point.)

I just got my IR filter and decided to try I out. It was so cold outside I only got one shot, and there are all kinds ofthings wrong with it (like the lense flare and composition) - it is only a test shot. However, I was wondering why the sky came out as dark (even with EV comp + 1) and why there is so much noise in it. Surely shadow/higlight recovery adds some in the last pic below, but even before noise is pretty high.

The shot is taken with CWB set at the grass, 1/25 and f3.5, in program P, ISO 200.



Opened in PS Auto-levels, swapped the channels and corrected the colors.



Shadow/highlight recovery in PS:

 
I havent shot ir but.....it's kinda basic photog 101. When you have all that white in the frame the camera will try to make it gray (18%). You would need to compensate. Same goes if the frame was mostly black, camera would open up to make it grey.
TKphoto said:
Great shots! (Guess my making this comment is pretty unenecessary
at this point.)

I just got my IR filter and decided to try I out. It was so cold
outside I only got one shot, and there are all kinds ofthings wrong
with it (like the lense flare and composition) - it is only a test
shot. However, I was wondering why the sky came out as dark (even
with EV comp + 1) and why there is so much noise in it. Surely
shadow/higlight recovery adds some in the last pic below, but even
before noise is pretty high.

The shot is taken with CWB set at the grass, 1/25 and f3.5, in
program P, ISO 200.



Opened in PS Auto-levels, swapped the channels and corrected the
colors.



Shadow/highlight recovery in PS:

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