IR at Newport News Park

Scott_Quier · September 10, 2012

My IR converted 20D finally died about a month ago. I turned it in to the Canon Loyality Program and got a break on a refub T2i. Verified that it was working correctly and then shipped it off to be converted to 830nm IR only.

Finally got a chance to take it for a spin on Sunday and here are a couple of the images I came away with.

FWIW - these were all taken with either a Takumar 50mm f/1.4 or a Takumar 28 f/3.5 - both manual focus and aperture. Great glass!

Because the RGB elements of the Bayer filter reacts almost equally to the 830nm light, there's not much opportunity for false color in the resulting images. So, one of the PP steps is to run the images through the Greg Gorman B&W Photoshop action one can find at www.atncentral.com.

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Enjoy

JC · September 10, 2012

#1 is really nice, very nice exposure and distinction between the elements. #2 doesn't quite work for me, the brightness in the distance draws my eyes away from the foreground which just starts to look like something i have to see through to see the distant treeline.

rwells · September 10, 2012

Hey Scott,

First, great to see you posting again

I don't know anything about IR, except that I like it. These appear to be fine images to me...

I especially like the first image.

Scott_Quier · September 11, 2012

kolibri wrote: »

#1 is really nice, very nice exposure and distinction between the elements. #2 doesn't quite work for me, the brightness in the distance draws my eyes away from the foreground which just starts to look like something i have to see through to see the distant treeline.

Yeah, you're right - hadn't thought about it quite that way.

Scott_Quier · September 11, 2012

kolibri wrote: »

#1 is really nice, very nice exposure and distinction between the elements. #2 doesn't quite work for me, the brightness in the distance draws my eyes away from the foreground which just starts to look like something i have to see through to see the distant treeline.

rwells wrote: »

Hey Scott,

First, great to see you posting again

I don't know anything about IR, except that I like it. These appear to be fine images to me...

I especially like the first image.

Thanks. I'm a little (maybe a lot) ADHD and another hobby drew me away for an extended period of time. I really like IR photography and, since my first IR camera died, I finally got another to replace it.

jonathanlord31 · September 11, 2012

Both are very nice shots. I love the #1.

ziggy53 · September 11, 2012

rwells wrote: »

Hey Scott,

First, great to see you posting again

...

+1 on that.

I like both images, but I suspect that the second image works better at a large size (i.e. the Internet does not do it justice.)

Gotta love Pentax glass, especially the old Takumar 50mm f/1.4. (I have 2 copies.) Looks to be working nicely for IR.

Scott_Quier · September 11, 2012

ziggy53 wrote: »

+1 on that.

I like both images, but I suspect that the second image works better at a large size (i.e. the Internet does not do it justice.)

Gotta love Pentax glass, especially the old Takumar 50mm f/1.4. (I have 2 copies.) Looks to be working nicely for IR.

My Takumar 50 f/1.4 is the second version - the 7-element, radioactive one

When I bought it, the cement between the elements that make up the groups had all turned yellow. Took me the better part of a month of sun tanning to restore the lens to clear. What I'm really looking to find is a good 8-element version of the Tack 50mm f/1.4.

And, before anyone starts getting upset about the "radioactive" property of the lens .... the glass of one of the elements (the one closest to sensor) has a touch of thorium added to it's chemistry resulting in some radioactivity. The level is sooo close to background that it's virtually undectable. But, this really is one of those that qualify for "They don't make 'em like that any more!"

IR at Newport News Park

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