An early Mother's Day present arrived - some filters for the IR camera.
This is pretty much SOOC from the IR camera with an ND2 filter attached. This is all very new to me - but the filter seemed to produce a greater contrast with slightly blue tinges added to the white and the sky slightly lightened. All in all a very useful result.
I'm guessing that the shutter speed was a bit longer allowing more light to enter - but not enough to give the vivid blue of overexposure????????? Any suggestions would be gratefully received. :)
I am so pleased you got this camera! I mainly use mine in AP which was the recommended setting but I lost my preset WB and used SP instead which converted the end result to b&w instantly. I got very confused with this! You are much more experimental than I am, will watch your pics with great interest:)
@fbailey Hi FB - how nice to hear from you - and I'm also so pleased that you helped me buy this camera - it's been such an interesting project.I also accidentally lost the preset WB setting and everything went to red and black!! After a lot of messing around I found that I could get it back to "normal" via the Pre setting in the AWB section on the menu - it was a bit confusing too - you actually had to click the shutter to allow it to choose the preset readings. Boy - was it a relief to get rid of the red and black!
I think the filters might be quite good - they seem to allow more definition and contrast - they were really cheap too!. All very new to me though. I noticed that you commented that you didn't use invert edits - you might like to play with it - it does some really effective things to the IR photos - especially the ones which have those bright blue sections. It is a very addictive little button though. On my program it's actually called a "negative" edit button. Again - it was so nice to hear from you - thanks so much. Cheers Rob
I have no idea how to operate an IR camera so can't help with advice. But what I find so fascinating with this and several others you've taken like it is how the leaves make the tree look like it's laden with frost. Cool shot!
@fbailey Thanks for this link FB - it's got so many good ideas on it. I think I can try adapting most of them to my old program - although I won't be able to save anything as a preset - but that's OK.
Do you use the grey card as the object you focus on to use the preset option when adjusting the white balance?
@robz Think that's the idea of a grey card Rob, but am not sure where to get one - Dr Google I guess! The info with my camera said to take a shot of a tarmac road surface if you lose the WB - doesn't always seem to work for me.
I'd like to thank each of you for your interest, appreciation and responses to this image and to the other IR images that I've been playing with. It's been quite fascinating to discover what the converted camera can (and can't!) do and all of your comments and feedback have been most encouraging and helpful. I'm most grateful for your continued support and help. Cheers Rob
I think the filters might be quite good - they seem to allow more definition and contrast - they were really cheap too!. All very new to me though. I noticed that you commented that you didn't use invert edits - you might like to play with it - it does some really effective things to the IR photos - especially the ones which have those bright blue sections. It is a very addictive little button though. On my program it's actually called a "negative" edit button. Again - it was so nice to hear from you - thanks so much. Cheers Rob
Might be useful, I found it so today. Am going to get a grey card for future mishaps!
Do you use the grey card as the object you focus on to use the preset option when adjusting the white balance?
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