Train Depot
DaddyO
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Purchased a used IR modified Canon 400D yesterday and was able to fire off some test shots immediately. Its been nothing but get ready for the long read of further discovery ever since.
I have admired IR results for quite a spell and am pleased to have this chance to see what comes of it for me
Your comments are always welcome and appreciated.
I have admired IR results for quite a spell and am pleased to have this chance to see what comes of it for me
Your comments are always welcome and appreciated.
Michael
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One of these days I'll have to figure out what my "style" is..
BTW, brother, if you get stumped on something, don't hesitate to fire off a communique to Craig. I'm sure he wouldn't mind....and I don't know anyone who knows more about that stuff than he does.
Take care,
Tom
Post 'em when you get 'em!
On this composition, I would probably like to see the depot more clearly - nice start though - the tree looks cool!
Agreed, there are a many many really superb IR's out there that one can't hardly help but admire and drive a desire to get in the game.
I put it off all along till this unit came available for $285.00. For that price it seemed silly not to try something now despite my not having done deeper research.
After the fact I wish I had done more critical reading so there wouldn't be surprises like the ones I have experienced so far.
Tension describes it well and also my personal feeling towards the area you mention. That bold black of the building is so questionable and yet is somehow working to a degree.
I should say that the black is there as is because I inverted the image along the way. Ended up liking it.
Thanks for the encouragement!
Check out billseye photos on SmugMug
insightful and thoughtful with your considerations and comments. And I know you know more than your telling. Modest good. Hot is hot even in IR where it is
some expected case by case. I will post a case that isn't along with all the others that are not and
can easily be found out there. We hope you like that one too though it is low key as hell. Meanwhile I
darkened the "hotspot" as it was too hot and I missed the need to decrease it entirely. I'll go with this and call it good for now. Thank you a ton for your comments Tom
Of course Craig (Panther) crossed my mind first thing and glad you mention. It'll be awhile before I get up to that speed but that is the aim. The kind of problems I am having now are too wordy for my typing.
I could do a small pamphlet addressing what I have run into for problems so far. Found those in the first several hours and was on the phone to the seller once discovered.
He calmed me down
Something like... just let the baby come out and try to breath through the pain.
It be all good in the end.
disconcerting. Giddy went to the sidelines for a moment or two. Once I understand those hurdles more fully I will be back to having fun and giddy as a puppy.
Totally agree with your assessment but as you already guessed ... kinda could be helped. Mostly... I could have gone right another foot or two and still kept most of the composition parts and keep those trees meeting at that point. In my defense my fingers were practically too painful from wind and cold. So I let acing it slide some. I wasn't happy with the left tilt of the tower too. I will look up the straightening tool tutorial and consider a reshoot while the leaves are still off. Lastly
about those trees. Do now and did then as luck would have it plus the fact that I love bare of leafs
trees. Especially the ancient ones. Like Ash trees or Oak for starters both of which are on that property and couple have good attributes and angles to them. I worked up another angle of that tree
and will post it in its own thread. Hope that goes well
So many ways to go with that image. Hard for me to settle on one specifically and even be sure it
really flys as its worked up. I hope you'll say for that work up too. If it deserves the time of day.
I think it does. But then I'm biased
I like how this turned out
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posted it. A craigs litst deal and very cheap to my complete surprise. It appears to take a decent
pic.
This one was my first real IR chance to try processing. I did not use any methods outlined by IR users for this workup. Simply moved around till something looked good. Inverted looked unique so I left it alone. I will post the 2nd pic work up. That one I followed directions much as I could.
I thought my "IR Sensor's" went off this morning
Really a very neat image, and you've really shown a lot
of creativity with masking the Hotspot and also inverting the
image in your Post Processing. There are quite a few good IR
Actions for Channel Swapping if that's something that might
interest you, there easy to google and find.
You're going to have to be very careful though, IR Is Very Addicting
and can consume your Photographic Passion !!!
Look forward to seeing your next installment. If I can ever help out,
Please don't hesitate to shoot me an Email or PM.
All lenses can produce a Hotspot if pushed to far or conditions are just right,
but some aren't as sensitive as others.
Craig
Burleson, Texas
A very nice surprise chalk full of valuable treats. Ain't much better than that. Thank you Craig
Pretty cool your a sensitive. Trust that notion when they drift in ever so quietly or ever so loud.
Never can tell what the volume or msg is going to be
So every lens has a hotspot depending. No Kidding. This is good to know as I was fearing it was a select type or simply bad issue lens or both. That there were hotspots throughout except those taken with his niffty 50 was very alarming as you imagine it would be. Didn't know the 50 showed no hotspot at the time cause I was concentrating on my lens captures till I got on the phone with him.
But he had the same 17-50 and mentioned he had no hotspot issue with his lens. So certain conditions might be selected f/stop and exposure + ? variances?
" IR Actions for Channel Swapping " Yes, I would like that. Most certainly. The 1 instruction video for
hands on was illuminating as I worked my Haunted Tree Or Ghost In The Tree work up. The all BW no
sepia my favored of the 2. Again an IR that doesn't look it so much. It would be great to have your opinion of that little effort too. I am delighted your liking the first workup and find it successful in its way.
I had a passion for IR, which you helped nurture on multiple occassions, before this camera but no convenient way to express it in under 30 seconds
My passion right now is dialing in a decent abstract. No body is going to go for that tree. What ta do?
Its highly appreciated that you wouldn't mind if I drop you a note full of my questions. Very good of you Craig. I dislike being a bother which is why I did not reach you earlier. Do apologize for not getting to this response quicker. There was a bit of traffic along the way