First attempt at IR photography

[etrigan63]

I've decided to dabble in the M8's hidden ability to capture images in the near-IR part of the spectrum. I present to you for your consideration Infrared Palms.

Comments always welcome...

 

[MikeCassidy]

What time of day? What f-stop?
I've only seen IR B&W, I would have expected the sky to be darker.

 

[etrigan63]

That was taken about 1 PM but the sky was cloudy. There is a bit of sky in the upper left corner. ISO 160 F/11 1/2 s exposure on tripod

 

[gdi]

I think that's a good start, keep experimenting. Are you using an R72?


But I never warmed up to the false color and like B&W better. I am more of a film guy with IR, but with the demise Kodak HIE, I think I'll have to get more familiar with digital IR. You may like the look of B&W better.

Here is an RD-1 Shot:

 

[infocusf8@earthlink.]

Ir

Ir

Here's two IR pics with the M8, the first was taken with the 28mm F2.8 asph. and an old Leica IR filter, the second with a Canon FE 55mm F1.2 and a Hoya IR 71 filter and the lens was set on the IR focusing mark. You can have a lot of fun with this camera in IR by using different filters and lenses. I've been shooting IR with it since I got it and is one of the reasons I bought it. There is a lot of creative potential in this camera.

 

[POINT OF VIEW]

Ir / M8

Ir / M8

It appears you shot in a color mode. IR, works best shooting in B/W. The fun part is to add color tints in photo shop. I have shown both examples. These were shot with a very dense red filter, so dense when held up to the light you can barely see through, M8 set on B/W. Hope this helps.

 

[gdi]

Here's two IR pics with the M8, the first was taken with the 28mm F2.8 asph. and an old Leica IR filter, the second with a Canon FE 55mm F1.2 and a Hoya IR 71 filter and the lens was set on the IR focusing mark. You can have a lot of fun with this camera in IR by using different filters and lenses. I've been shooting IR with it since I got it and is one of the reasons I bought it. There is a lot of creative potential in this camera.

I like that first one - excellent!

Point of View:

What a good idea - I have film IR book with similar examples, but I never thought to try it. That has a lot of promise, I like it a lot better than the full false color digitals.

 

[etrigan63]

I think that's a good start, keep experimenting. Are you using an R72?


But I never warmed up to the false color and like B&W better. I am more of a film guy with IR, but with the demise Kodak HIE, I think I'll have to get more familiar with digital IR. You may like the look of B&W better.

Here is an RD-1 Shot:

B+W 092 filter. I am shooting RAW. Are you saying I should shoot in B&W JPEG for this?

 

[gdi]

I shoot raw and converted to B&W for that shot.

 

[etrigan63]

If someone could post the steps they took to acheive their IR masterpiece I would greatly appreciate it. Camera settings, exposure, filter used, steps taken in post-production, etc... I know about the focusing issues, I use a Zeiss 50mm Planar f/2 that has an IR focusing mark.

All of the links I have gotten are all of the "isn't this cool" variety (except for the digilloyd one - he wants $50 for his secrets).

 

[etrigan63]

Well the sun was out and the skies were clearer so I tried again.

Here is the grayscale version of Infrared Skies:

And the false color version:

C&C always welcome

 

[POINT OF VIEW]

Right on. The b/w conversion looks great. I use JPEG b/w. No need for conversion, and I get 200 more images per gig. I’m not saying JPEG is better, however when shooting for IR, your going for the artsy stuff, why over kill the memory. One more point regarding the color tint, in my opinion , less is more. Bill

 

[gdi]

A couple of things might help - first would be shooting when the sun is very high and strong, most of the clouds are not in direct sunlight here and look a little washed out. Also I would try over exposing and pumping up contrast as needed.

Maybe try shooting at 1250 or higher to get some grainyness and see if you like it.

 

[etrigan63]

Because I like to fiddle with things...

Hand-tint effect courtesy of LR's Split Tone controls....

 

[Holmz]

Comments always welcome...

I would add a polarizer, and try a few different IR filters.
The sky should be blacker, so the clouds jump out.