This what I was going to post yesterday before I spilt my wine.
I had gone in search of some of the fall color on the peaks. It is a bit early but some aspens are changing about 8000 ft.
@zram49 Thank you so much, playing with the raw adjustments is fun. @golftragic Thank you a great deal for the fav. Flagstaff is at 7000ft so 8000 isn't all that much but. I just was happy to find this road before the it got too muddy to drive. I did have my other camera with me in the hopes to capture some 'normal' shots but the battery was kaput. @haskar Thank you a great deal. I haven't used soft focus too much before. @quietpurplehaze Thank you so much. @gardenfolk Thank you so kindly for the fav. Photoshop can be habit forming. @ingajohansson Thank you. This the first time that I had driven this road and I will explore it much more but might have to wait until next spring. @fbailey You are so very kind, thank you ever so much for the fav. I was hoping that the soft focus wouldn't over whelm things. @lanikyea Thank you hugely for the fav. I am always amazed by the aspens, they are just in pockets in this area.
Beautiful shot! Joy, your IR shots intrigue me. I hope you don't mind me asking how you do them. If a digital camera is converted, various sensors can be fitted according to wavelength, A true B/W IR would have a wavelength of about 720 or 850nm, the latter giving very high contrast images. Lower wavelengths tend to give 'false colour' images. I'd be interested to know if you have one of these fitted.. or if you use other means
@yrhenwr I played around with the attached filters for a bit but got so darned frustrated. I was getting halos and no great results. I did convert my first dslr, a Sony A37 to IR. I used Life Pixel. So worth the money - about $250. The learning curve for processing did and still does take me into fits now and then. I leave the white balance set so that my temp and tint remain fairly consistent when I process the raw image. I have to convert my images with the Adobe DNG converter since my version of Photoshop (CS5) doesn't recognize my raw images. Just another step but one gets used to it. I also started to take screen shots of what I do so that I can have a reference. There are several books on this. I started with ( https://www.amazon.com/Infrared-Photography-Artistic-Techniques-Brilliant-ebook/dp/B019M8MZ3U/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1539320201&sr=8-2&keywords=infrared+photography ) Laurie Klein and her son make it somewhat understandable. The youtube university can be a okay place to get some ideas but I found just keeping notes and screen shots of what I have done works best for me.
I like having one camera dedicated to IR so that I don't have to fuss as much. Learning to 'see' what works in IR is a growth process- there is a cloud of swear words that is floats around my computer but it fades now and then.
Hope this helps some. Please feel free to ask any question you might have with this most wonderful world of IR.
Many thanks, Joy. I have only used infra red film which is expensive and i have found it hard to master. I have no idea how a scene will turn out and tend to bracket exposures, so the film is soon used up..I'm wondering why the white balance is an issue for you... if you shoot RAW then you can easily adjust it with Adobe DNG can't you? I love to see your IR work... seems you are well on top of it, tho' of course I can't see how many get rejected or hear all that swearing!
@joysabin Thanks Joy... the use of filters in front of the lens makes it as complicated as using IR film! I use Ilford SFX 200 film with an R72 Hoya IR filter and have to bracket exposures in the hope of hitting the right one. Not so bad with digital, given the immediate feedback.. but with film I don't get the results until I've forgotten what I did! So what I want is a converted digital camera and shoot IR in RAW. I'm sure this will be much simpler and a lot quicker (I hope!). Fingers crossed, I have ordered the IR camera with the most extreme IR sensor that won't allow any visible light through at all. The disadvantage is that i won't be able to get lovely colour effects like you have produced here. But I can reliably leave that to you... I don't want to compete!
@eudora You are so very kind, thank you for the fav. The colors are just coming to life around here. It is raining today so I'm not sure what it will look like after we get done with this storm.
October 14th, 2018
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@golftragic Thank you a great deal for the fav. Flagstaff is at 7000ft so 8000 isn't all that much but. I just was happy to find this road before the it got too muddy to drive. I did have my other camera with me in the hopes to capture some 'normal' shots but the battery was kaput.
@haskar Thank you a great deal. I haven't used soft focus too much before.
@quietpurplehaze Thank you so much.
@gardenfolk Thank you so kindly for the fav. Photoshop can be habit forming.
@ingajohansson Thank you. This the first time that I had driven this road and I will explore it much more but might have to wait until next spring.
@fbailey You are so very kind, thank you ever so much for the fav. I was hoping that the soft focus wouldn't over whelm things.
@lanikyea Thank you hugely for the fav. I am always amazed by the aspens, they are just in pockets in this area.
I like having one camera dedicated to IR so that I don't have to fuss as much. Learning to 'see' what works in IR is a growth process- there is a cloud of swear words that is floats around my computer but it fades now and then.
Hope this helps some. Please feel free to ask any question you might have with this most wonderful world of IR.