This was just an experiment with the new IR camera and my old Point and Shoot camera.
Column 1 - original images
Column 2 - inverted images
Column 3 - inverted images changed into b&w
Column 4 - original image changes straight into b&w
Column 5- image form column 4 inverted
I found it interesting to compare the results - for instance I liked the b@w produced on the top row at Column 5 much more that the "normal" b@w shown on the bottom row at Column 4 It seems cleaner and has better contrast. Probably due to a better camera!! LOL
These are extremely interesting Rob - I've never inverted anything so I find these quite striking. My preference is top row no 4. For me one if the best bits of IR is using RAW and a Silver Efex filter which really brings out the clouds. Do you use RAW at all?
@fbailey LOL FB - I sort of know what it is from seeing people mention it but my little camera only records jpeg - so I've never really investigated it. I think my new camera will do it - but then I don't know if the old editing program will work with it - another new thing to delve into!!
I agree with you re top row no. 4 - it seems the standout - but it is still obviously an IR image. So I was pretty pleased with the conversion of it into the b&w at no. 5 - it's no longer so obviously an IR image . I've tried a few other things as post editing trials - it seems you can end up with a huge variety of stuff - some OK some awful.... I'll have a go with the raw and see what happens.... BTW - that little "invert" button is also very addictive!! :)
I find it very interesting. I suppose it is difficult to draw general conclusions, and the comparison strongly depends on the original subject. Here, since you chose a living tree background, the initial IR image has a better contrast than the non IR, and the whole IR serie stays thus better contrasted. Note that my addiction is different than yours : it is the left-right flip button (not applicable to this particular shot obviously),
@robz Hi again FB - well that was all very interesting - I even discovered what JPEG stands for - "Joint Photographic Expert Group". Apparently this group got together when digital cameras were first introduced and determined the format which would become universally accepted and be commonly used by digital cameras to store images. The format of RAW images apparently varies from brand to brand and need a matching editing program to be able to be accessed. Well - my Nikon does record RAW - but my program won't open the RAW images! You can download a Nikon program to edit them - but you have to temporarily deactivate Norton to do it. Still trying to manage that!!! Nothing is ever easy! Keeps me out of mischief though. :)
@etienne Yes Etienne - it really does show up the difference between my little Point and Shoot where I have to organize the focus and the Nikon which does it all for you. It's a pretty powerful argument for carrying a heavy camera that won't fit in your pocket!! Hopefully some of the IR images will be Non IR looking enough that I can post them without people getting too sick of them.... And that Left to Right flip button is indeed a beauty!! :)
@fr1da Hi Frida - thanks so much - it does do a lot of different things - so this was useful to try to pin them down. I think it will need lots more experiments using different edits. :)
@4rky Hi 4rky - thanks for your comments. This was really useful for me - even just to highlight the difference between my little Canon and the new Nikon! Focusing is just so much easier with the Nikon. The two images you chose were also the best results for the experiment - it shows that I can use the IR Nikon to produce an image which is not immediately a weird IR shot! Cheers :)
October 2nd, 2019
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I agree with you re top row no. 4 - it seems the standout - but it is still obviously an IR image. So I was pretty pleased with the conversion of it into the b&w at no. 5 - it's no longer so obviously an IR image . I've tried a few other things as post editing trials - it seems you can end up with a huge variety of stuff - some OK some awful.... I'll have a go with the raw and see what happens.... BTW - that little "invert" button is also very addictive!! :)