Wow, very impressive pictures. My favorites are 1 , 3, and 5.
Okay, I have no idea about IR. Do you convert a camera to do IR and if so is that all it will do? Or do some cameras have it as a function?
Please clue me in.
thanks! : i had my rebel XT converted to full-time IR, so that's all it does now (no regrets). some of the sony cams have a nightshot mode that you can use with an infrared filter to do similar things. i've used the F707, F717 & F828 with good results.
These are stunning pictures. I love #1. I know nothing about IR. Are these regular pics that were PP into IR, or were they shot like this with a special lens/setting on the camera?
thank you very much! : these were taken with a Rebel XT that's been modified to record only IR/near IR wavelengths, then a trick or two in PP to make them pretty. see below for all the info...
I'm a HUGE IR fan - I take 'em as much as I can...but I'm still saving up for the Maxmax conversion on my F717...the appliances keep needing attention from that thingy in my back pocket...
Ok........finally to the good stuff!
Thanks again to everybody! I hope I didn't miss anyone there, if I did my apologies. Now, on to how these were done...
You should have seen by now that I used a MaxMax converted Rebel XT ( http://www.maxmax.com/aXNiteCanonRebel.htm ). They also do Nikon & others. This is the 2nd conversion I've had from them & they're great. Quality work & very fast shipping.
I usually shoot in P or AV & let the camera figure out the exposure (it's got a brain built for that, so why not!). ISO 100, -1 EV. Always in RAW. After download to the PC, the first steps are in Canon's DPP 2.1.1.4...mainly to add a bit of sharpening, maybe adjust exposure a tad...but that's it. I don't mess with the colors in RAW at all. "Tools>Transfer to Photoshop" in DPP opens a TIFF for editing in Photoshop. Resize for target (these were for the web, so I went with 900x600). Then, run David Burren's PS Action (found at the bottom of this page, after lots of good IR info: http://burren.cx/photo/ir_cameras.html ). The action uses adjustment layers, so the original image is still there under all the adjustment layers as the background layer. I then use Noise Ninja on the background layer to get rid of any weird color noise which shows up after the Auto Levels in the action runs (which NN clears up nicely) and let NN apply a bit of USM. Then flatten the image & make any minor levels adjustments to the final image if necessary.
That's it.
Takes longer to explain that it does to actually go thru the steps & it may sound much more complicated than it actually is. Once you do it a few times, it's no big deal. Hope this answers some questions!
Just got back from looking around the Moab, Utah area. Wow is it cool there! Here are a few of my fav IR pics from the trip. Hopefully they're not too big...
Taken with MaxMax converted Rebel XT + 10-22mm or 24-105mm.
Enjoy!
Hi there Kerry....... gosh you've dont a great job with this lot
I like the colour tones you've applied.
Cause you do realize your not helping those who are trying really hard to resist from getting an IR converstion done to the Cameras
I love this series...... well done Skippy (Australia)
I concur that these are great IR shots. Desert scenes do well, don't they!
However, I notice they're still not immune to a bit of noise probelm, as in the third one.
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Thanks again to everybody! I hope I didn't miss anyone there, if I did my apologies.
You should have seen by now that I used a MaxMax converted Rebel XT ( http://www.maxmax.com/aXNiteCanonRebel.htm ). They also do Nikon & others. This is the 2nd conversion I've had from them & they're great. Quality work & very fast shipping.
I usually shoot in P or AV & let the camera figure out the exposure (it's got a brain built for that, so why not!). ISO 100, -1 EV. Always in RAW. After download to the PC, the first steps are in Canon's DPP 2.1.1.4...mainly to add a bit of sharpening, maybe adjust exposure a tad...but that's it. I don't mess with the colors in RAW at all. "Tools>Transfer to Photoshop" in DPP opens a TIFF for editing in Photoshop. Resize for target (these were for the web, so I went with 900x600). Then, run David Burren's PS Action (found at the bottom of this page, after lots of good IR info: http://burren.cx/photo/ir_cameras.html ). The action uses adjustment layers, so the original image is still there under all the adjustment layers as the background layer. I then use Noise Ninja on the background layer to get rid of any weird color noise which shows up after the Auto Levels in the action runs (which NN clears up nicely) and let NN apply a bit of USM. Then flatten the image & make any minor levels adjustments to the final image if necessary.
That's it.
Takes longer to explain that it does to actually go thru the steps & it may sound much more complicated than it actually is. Once you do it a few times, it's no big deal. Hope this answers some questions!
kerry
Hi there Kerry....... gosh you've dont a great job with this lot
I like the colour tones you've applied.
Cause you do realize your not helping those who are trying really hard to resist from getting an IR converstion done to the Cameras
I love this series...... well done
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However, I notice they're still not immune to a bit of noise probelm, as in the third one.