Some Cemetery IR shots (4 large)

Higgmeister

Went back to Virginia City, NV yesterday to shoot some more IR in the cemetery. After two shoots, I've covered maybe 1/4 of the cemetery.
From the first shoot (not the spooky ones):




A couple from yesterday:




Hope they don't give you any nighmares ,
Chris

gubbs

Great IR effects Chris, the black skies and brilliant white foliage are excellent.

The contrasts in the first shot are cool, but I can't help thinking the shot would be improved if the statue wasn't so central in the frame

The last two, I really like, the contrasts are so dramatic but imo they lack a focal point and fail you to draw you in. Maybe getting low and wide with one of the gravestones in the foreground
Fantastic location, shoot some more

Higgmeister

Hi Gubbs,

gubbs wrote:

Great IR effects Chris, the black skies and brilliant white foliage are excellent.

The contrasts in the first shot are cool, but I can't help thinking the shot would be improved if the statue wasn't so central in the frame

The last two, I really like, the contrasts are so dramatic but imo they lack a focal point and fail you to draw you in. Maybe getting low and wide with one of the gravestones in the foreground
Fantastic location, shoot some more

Do you mean a little more like this for the first one?


I know what you mean with regards to the last two. After looking again, seems I fell into the IR trap; the effect becomes the subject. For the last two, I think I was going for mood as the subject, very difficult to achieve. I did notice that for most of my first shoot, there was a central, tangible subject.
Luckily, this site is close to home, so I'll be going back time and time again. Very photogenic.

Thanks for your comments, definately something to keep in mind,
Chris

Mongrel

Hi Chris...

gubbs wrote:

Great IR effects Chris, the black skies and brilliant white foliage are excellent.

The contrasts in the first shot are cool, but I can't help thinking the shot would be improved if the statue wasn't so central in the frame

The last two, I really like, the contrasts are so dramatic but imo they lack a focal point and fail you to draw you in. Maybe getting low and wide with one of the gravestones in the foreground
Fantastic location, shoot some more

Not trying to sound like a parrot here, but after viewing the shots I came to the same conclusion as Gubbs-the IR processing is excellent. Very well done imo. However, where you loose me is in the composition. As you noted in your post above-it looks like the effect has become the subject.

You second post of the statue from #1 is much more pleasing to me, I like it much better.

There is nothing in the shots that a bit of selective cropping won't fix-again in my *humble* opinion.

Higgmeister

Thanks Mongrel,
I'll relook at the shots with a more critical eye.

Thanks for the comments,
Chris

Angelo

VERY Tim Burton. nice

Higgmeister wrote:

Went back to Virginia City, NV yesterday to shoot some more IR in the cemetery. After two shoots, I've covered maybe 1/4 of the cemetery.



Hope they don't give you any nighmares ,
Chris

Higgmeister

Thanks Angelo,

Angelo wrote:

VERY Tim Burton. nice

Thanks for looking and commenting. By the way, I love your tag line:
cameras don't shoot people.....

Chris