IR Old Barn in Field

ziggy53

IR converted Canon XT/350D
Canon EF 17-40mm, f4L USM at 40mm, f5.6, 1/500th

The color was not painted but rather derived using Channel Mixer and Hue/Sat adjustments. The barn was masked out for the purpose of the color adjustments and only the barn was sharpened.

Awais Yaqub

Very nice work Ziggy !

Skippy

ziggy53 wrote:

IR converted Canon XT/350D
Canon EF 17-40mm, f4L USM at 40mm, f5.6, 1/500th

The color was not painted but rather derived using Channel Mixer and Hue/Sat adjustments. The barn was masked out for the purpose of the color adjustments and only the barn was sharpened.

Wow that's worked very nicely Ziggy
Does look painted, thanks for telling us how you did it.

I'm going to remember this one .... Skippy
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ziggy53

Awais Yaqub wrote:

Very nice work Ziggy !

Thanks Awais. Normally this field is planted with corn but this year they planted beans, allowing better visibility.

ziggy53

Skippy wrote:

Wow that's worked very nicely Ziggy
Does look painted, thanks for telling us how you did it.

I'm going to remember this one .... Skippy
.

Thanks Skippy. If you notice the shadows there is only one time of the day when the shadows work for both the building and the tree to the left. The clouds are also a major factor in the composition and they become more of a factor in IR. While the clouds weren't perfect, everything else was as good as it gets for this location.

jeffmeyers

This is nice. I like the contrast with the red barn. Cool. But isn't the bottom third a bit blown out? I would like to see more texture and tonal contrast in the field. But that's just me.

ziggy53

jeffmeyers wrote:

This is nice. I like the contrast with the red barn. Cool. But isn't the bottom third a bit blown out? I would like to see more texture and tonal contrast in the field. But that's just me.

Hi Jeff, I tried that but the bounding wasn't nearly as effective. This seemed best overall. The dark dots in the foreground are red clover. I also tried using them in red but they were a bit distracting. I tried lots of stuff but this treatment had the best overall feel to what I wanted.

Thanks for the comments.

GoofBckt

I think this would make a great christmas card! It looks like a blizzard hit everything but the barn. Niize!

ziggy53 wrote:

IR converted Canon XT/350D
Canon EF 17-40mm, f4L USM at 40mm, f5.6, 1/500th

The color was not painted but rather derived using Channel Mixer and Hue/Sat adjustments. The barn was masked out for the purpose of the color adjustments and only the barn was sharpened.

ziggy53

GoofBckt wrote:

I think this would make a great christmas card! It looks like a blizzard hit everything but the barn. Niize!

Thanks Carrie. A property of infrared is that vegetation is often highly reflective and comes out looking bright. Push it a bit and you can make it turn white or blown.

Yes, I too thought holiday greetings for this one. (I just won't mention "July".)

Panther

Morning Ziggy,

I like it, it's kind of High Key, Selective Colorized IR, a new Category:D

ziggy53

Panther wrote:

Morning Ziggy,

I like it, it's kind of High Key, Selective Colorized IR, a new Category:D

Thanks Craig.

That's rather the point of this image. Since the subject is smaller relative to the frame, it presents better if the surrounding is muted, like a musical solo. I also like how the image scales. At smaller sizes, after sharpening, some of the surrounding detail is lost to the sharpening, but at full size there is enough detail to support scrutiny. At all sizes I feel there is enough detail to hint at the surroundings without interference to the subject.

Allan FG

Great image, I love the comp.

ziggy53

Allan FG wrote:

Great image, I love the comp.

Thanks Allan. I drive by this scene fairly often but not usually at the right time of day or field conditions, etc.