Starting up the learning curve with Infrared Photography

[slothead]

Good stuff Bill. I hope I can get a chance to get mine out soon (since I found my charger and spare batt's). Supposed to rain all day here today.

 

[roundball]

Had a new roof put on the house Friday & half of Saturday...beautiful October weather for the job, then rain started Sunday night and its rained ever since. Trailing edge of the storm was getting patchy late this afternoon and during a brief period of bright sunshine I took an IR shot of the house & new roof. Wish the small Cedar tree wasn't right in the way but it was the most open view of the whole house, and the shot still works for my purposes...just sharing it for the sake of Infrared.
Canon FDn 28-85/4.0, IR/NEX-7


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[roundball]

Saw this scene of fall colors today...shot in IR to see what it would look like...not overly impressed. Canon FDn 28-85/4.0, IR/NEX-7


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[roundball]

Infrared test / fall foliage scene...Canon FDn 28-85/4.0, IR/NEX-7

INFRARED COLOR SOOC
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PLUS ‘GIMP’ AWB
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PLUS ‘GIMP’ RED & BLUE CHANNEL SWAP
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[slothead]

Infrared test / fall foliage scene...Canon FDn 28-85/4.0, IR/NEX-7

INFRARED COLOR SOOC
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PLUS ‘GIMP’ AWB
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PLUS ‘GIMP’ RED & BLUE CHANNEL SWAP
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Very well saturated Bill.

Here are a couple I took today (not anywhere nearly as saturated as yours):

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[roundball]

That 2nd one might have really popped if the sky had been clear for a dark blue

 

[slothead]

That 2nd one might have really popped if the sky had been clear for a dark blue

Yeah I know Bill. I didn't expect a lot of good scenes today. It has been overcast for 24 hrs, rained this morning, and is supposed to be rainy all day tomorrow.

 

[roundball]

Between being tied up for 2-3 days having a new roof installed...then shut in by 3 days of dark, cloudy, rainy WX...when I finally went for a drive on a clear day yesterday and saw the condition of the trees I worried I may have missed most of the fall colors peak, but figured I'd find a few spots today, tomorrow, next couple days.
Unfortunately a huge rain front that was moving mostly north has now turned east and will be sitting right over GA, SC, NC, VA until Thursday so I've basically lost this fall's colors.

 

[roundball]

Worst of the rain is over but still cloudy...made a quick run to a place and tried another experiment shooting fall colors in IR.


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[slothead]

Worst of the rain is over but still cloudy...made a quick run to a place and tried another experiment shooting fall colors in IR.


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This is a really interesting shot Bill. I'm really surprised that you could get all the colors into it.

 

[roundball]

This is a really interesting shot Bill. I'm really surprised that you could get all the colors into it.

So far I've mainly just been doing the 2 major actions like AWB + Channel Swap. This time I experimented playing around with additional things like Highlights, Shadows, Saturation, etc...and was also surprised so many colors came out.

Here's the same shot without the Red/Blue channel swap...just AWB then a few tweaks like I listed...whiter foliage but overall, I think the channel swap is the better image due to the sky.

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[slothead]

So far I've mainly just been doing the 2 major actions like AWB + Channel Swap. This time I experimented playing around with additional things like Highlights, Shadows, Saturation, etc...and was also surprised so many colors came out.

Here's the same shot without the Red/Blue channel swap...just AWB then a few tweaks like I listed...whiter foliage but overall, I think the channel swap is the better image due to the sky.

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Bill, I like the first one better too.

 

[roundball]

Just a simple Infrared test shot in the neighborhood early this morning to see what trees & fog would look like in cloudy / foggy conditions before sunup...pleasantly surprised to see so much IR light reflected in these conditions.
Canon FDn 35-105/3.5, IR/NEX-7


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[slothead]

Just a simple Infrared test shot in the neighborhood early this morning to see what trees & fog would look like in cloudy / foggy conditions before sunup...pleasantly surprised to see so much IR light reflected in these conditions.
Canon FDn 35-105/3.5, IR/NEX-7


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I like it. RB swap?

 

[roundball]

I like it. RB swap?

Yes, GIMP AWB + R/B Swap.
I was really surprised at how bright the foliage was given the very low light conditions...foggy / cloudy / no sunlight.

 

[roundball]

Routine small lake scenic, Infrared shot under cloudy / gloomy conditions.
Canon FDn 24-35/3.5-L, IR/NEX7


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[slothead]

Routine small lake scenic, Infrared shot under cloudy / gloomy conditions.
Canon FDn 24-35/3.5-L, IR/NEX7


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I think it is interesting Bill, that this image doesn't really look like an IR, but more like a typical B&W image. I think this is the result of the season and one reason why spring and summer are the best seasons for IR imaging. It is still a good image, if 'only' a B&W image. Well done.

 

[roundball]

Well, it's definitely an Infrared shot, tweaked with GIMP Channel Swap/Monochrome for a different look...just not the common classic snow white leaves variety.

 

[roundball]

One of things I'm finding appealing about Infrared, is that there are very little of the same tired old conventions about what an image 'should' look like. Here's that same IR shot with yet a different look:


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[slothead]

Here is the kind of stuff I got on that foggy morning this past Thursday. While you can see the nasic hue/tone of the images, the color band swap didn't work well at all and it may be that the colors just weren't strong enough. I don't remember exactly what I did in PP for these images, but do recall that in one of them I did the swap and it looked exactly the same afterwards.

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