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Here’s something a little different. It’s not a colour pop but an image from a IR converted camera and rather process down the monochrome route I’ve given the saturation a bump. Aside from levels and sharpening that’s pretty much as came from the camera. Granted it’s a bit of a marmite shot - you’ll either tolerate or hate it.


Bridge56 by Red.5ive.Oh, on Flickr
 
Most current camera sensor technologies are sensitive well into the infra red region. To make a camera with a similar sensitivity to that of the human eye, manufacturers use IR blocking filters with a cut off point just beyond what humans judge to be red. IR converted cameras have the this filter removed and either replaced with plain glass (to maintain a similar light path and hence enable the the autofocus to be adjusted true) or a filter to block visible light.

The picture above was taken with camera with a 820nm filter. Using filters closer to the visible light region (typically 600 to 700nm) can be used to produce false colour images. Filters in the 700 to 800nm produce images with less useful colour data but with a 'stronger' IR effect.

IR images have characteristic light foliage / dark sky appearance. IR film was originally developed by the military for recon as it less effected by haze and makes it easier to spot green tanks (dark) against green foliage (white). Later used by photographers for pictorial effect.
 
Here's one I've edited a little more than usual. Recently I've stepped away from using PS too much, the photos simply didn't need heavy editing but now and then it's nice to try something else. So here is the before (SOOC) & after.

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We headed out to High Force waterfall yesterday, the idea being to get some long exposure shots of the fall itself. I over exposed most of them and the Haida ND filter seems to generate some really heavy colour casting and vignetting so I have binned pretty much all of them.

On the way back though, the path follows a nice bend over a small bridge. The shot is stitched together from 3 shots. Ideally I would have liked to get a greater DOF but I needed the f3.5 to bring in the light and shutter speed as it was hand held. Still, quite pleased with how this came out


IMG_2302 by moran.simon, on Flickr

Although we have been living in Newcastle now for around 4 years, I've never been to the Angel with my camera. Well it was a beautiful morning today so off I went. Got most of the standard angles which I wont bore you with but I thought this one worked quite well. Would have been nice to have some cloud coverage behind it to make the sky a little more interesting, but I'd never say no to a nice blue sky so there you go


Angel of the North by moran.simon, on Flickr

As always, comments and criticism more than welcome
 
Looks like maybe you could have gotten lower for that last shot and then you might gotten a bit more than just a sliver of grass in? I'm assuming that's how the shot came out the camera? Or did you crop the bottom like that?
 
King Damager said:
That looks like you're enjoying the 35L, although the EXIF refuses to give it away....

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It was and I am, I've not had much chance to play with it yet because I've been working so much (hence the money to afford it) but I've been loving the pictures it produced from a quick walk after work before it got dark.
 
Phal said:
Looks like maybe you could have gotten lower for that last shot and then you might gotten a bit more than just a sliver of grass in? I'm assuming that's how the shot came out the camera? Or did you crop the bottom like that?
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Yeah one of those ones where you get home and realise the composition could have been a little better. Plenty of sky to crop but no more grass. I guess I could clone some in.
 
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