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Perils of Infrared Photography

Started Jun 24, 2016 | Discussions thread
northcoastgreg Regular Member • Posts: 139
Re: Perils of Infrared Photography
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I've been using AWB on an IR converted EPL-1 without any issues. I get IR raw files that are fine for conversion to false color images in Photoshop. After tweaking the exposure and contrast and adding a fair measure of sharpening (~60) in Lightroom, I send a copy to Photoshop. In PS I add adjustment layers, via an action, for swapping red and blue channels, color balance, and hue/saturation. Then I go into the color balance adjustment layer and tweak the image to my liking. I flatten the image and send it to Perfect Effects, where I add dynamic contrast.

I'm not really interested in creating the "classic" false color IR look. I'm just looking for something that pleases my aesthetic sensibility.

A couple of examples:

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