Post Your Infrared Shots

BackdoorArts

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Since there's no IR forum (yet) I thought I'd at least start a thread where anyone shooting IR can post their Infrared shots (I didn't see one already).

My hope is that in addition to posting photos folks will also talk a bit about the post-processing applied to each, particularly if it deviates from previous posts.


Update - My intent is for this thread to be for IR converted cameras and not for post-processed IR-like filtered photos. IR film shooters are welcome as well.
 
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BackdoorArts

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Here are a couple shots I took at Merritt Island Nature Preserve in FL this week. I applied a custom IR profile in LR that my brother built for me (I'm hoping to do a tutorial on this in the next couple weeks) that converts the largely red/blue IR image to a yellow/blue that I like a lot. From there, I went into Photoshop and applied some Color Balance adjustments and then used Nik Viveza to add structure and contrast, and Color Efex 4 to extract some details. Then I used a Selective Color adjustment to reduce the amount of yellow I had in the whites, reduce reds and blues in the neutrals and blacks, and to selectively boost blacks. I then applied a high pass layer to sharpen.

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wornish

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So do you take a standard shot then apply a custom Lightroom profile or have you modded the sensor in some way ?
I really like these shots.
 

hark

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So do you take a standard shot then apply a custom Lightroom profile or have you modded the sensor in some way ?
I really like these shots.

I believe Jake's camera is converted to IR, but the idea of altering a regular photo to simulate IR is intriguing!
 

BackdoorArts

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So do you take a standard shot then apply a custom Lightroom profile or have you modded the sensor in some way ?
I really like these shots.

I have my converted D7000 listed in my signature - a 720nm conversion done by Kolari vision.
 
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BackdoorArts

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Red and blue channels swapped in PS, but that's about all. Nikon D40x converted by Life Pixel with their Super Blue filter.

Interesting as I hadn't heard of this filter. So it seems it's a partial 705nm conversion that also lets in UV and some other visible light. It definitely yields an interesting effect!!
 

John P

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Here are a couple from today. Both shot at iso 100, f5.6, 20 second shutter speed with a Hoya R72filter. My D7100 takes 4 times longer shutter speeds to get the same exposure as my D40. Just shows you how much the filters over the sensors have changed.

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John P

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Sorry,
I read the update after I posted. My camera is not converted. I shoot with a Hoya R72 filter.
Feel free to delete.
 

Englischdude

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went for a hike up the local mountain today, took the converted D70 with me. Probably took longer to post process the 80 pics I brought back than the whole hike itself ;)

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Sandpatch

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In the mid-1970s I recall shooting a roll of b&w infrared print film. That was a long time ago and I've forgotten the details, but infrared is sensitive to heat sources, right? I see to have a hazy memory of a shot of a mall parking lot and the various states of engine heat could be seen on the car hoods and I seem to recall that a special focus was needed and that the lens I used at the time had a little red dot somewhere on the distance range.

I may be badly mistaken with all of this --- I was young and it was .... yikes, 40 years ago!
 

Blade Canyon

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This was old school infrared film, left in my camera from some other project, and I had to mail it off to Johns Hopkins Hospital to get developed. No filter. This was scanned in from a slide, which just goes to show you we've been dealing with "sensor dust" in many different ways since the film days.
 
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Englischdude

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Sorry,
I read the update after I posted. My camera is not converted. I shoot with a Hoya R72 filter.
Feel free to delete.

hi john,

i dont think it needs to be deleted. You have taken a real IR shot, whether the filter is on the front of the lens or in front of the sensor is not important. What Jake meant is no shots which have been taken with a normal camera and lens, and then using some sort of post processing mask in a program like photoshop to give an IR like effect.
 

BackdoorArts

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Sorry,
I read the update after I posted. My camera is not converted. I shoot with a Hoya R72 filter.
Feel free to delete.

I should have included shooting with filters in my original post - your shots are fine here, and very nice as well. My thought was to excluded any "faux infrared" produced solely via post-processing.
 

Englischdude

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so for something a little different. I noticed with the converted IR camera my wife's sunglasses became see through, so was trying to see what the results would be on other glass items. This is a pic I took this evening of the cooking plate in the kitchen. PPssss, dont tell anyone though, my wife would kill me if she knew I had taken and posted this pic without cleaning the cooking plate first. ;)

- sharpened a little
- contrast lifted
- changed WB and swapped R B channels

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SteveH

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so for something a little different. I noticed with the converted IR camera my wife's sunglasses became see through, so was trying to see what the results would be on other glass items. This is a pic I took this evening of the cooking plate in the kitchen. PPssss, dont tell anyone though, my wife would kill me if she knew I had taken and posted this pic without cleaning the cooking plate first. ;)

- sharpened a little
- contrast lifted
- changed WB and swapped R B channels

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That's brilliant!
 
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