Nice Photos.

Hi Graham, it is a process of trial and error but most of the work is in setting up the camera. It's much easier if you have an IR converted camera, but I don't...

This was taken with an old Nikon D70 as it is known for having limited IR filtering, which is a good thing if you want to take IR pics!

An IR 'filter' of some sort is then required on the lens, which is very dark so filters much of the spectrum out and lets in the red light, often an R72 type.

Because it's so dark, you need some pretty long exposures but how long is key. So bracketing is usually required. Then ideally you want some sun shining on the trees so positioning is important and I found some good framing of the subject as normal is desirable.

It's then trial and error (and practice) to get your exposures just so such that there's some good tonal variation and they're not just shades of grey. You also should adjust the white balance in camera to really aid contrast with the filter attached otherwise it doesn't work so well.

The image that is produced is kind of like a toned BW pic on Mars, with grey details and red sky. From there you can manipulate as much as you like to get all sorts of fancy colours...MIne are just a relatively simple channel swap between the red and blue channels so that I get blue skies (and water) not red. Then, if wanted, you can make whatever regular adjustments you might make in the darkroom/with software to get contrast etc. the way you want it.

Gotta set up the camera right though, otherwise it just doesn't work, that's the hard bit.

Without wishing to shatter the 'illusion'...This is the original.

Analog 

Hi G

From my point of view, not much. Not out of any ideology or desire for purity, but simply because it's too much effort. 

I dislike HDR processing and I find sharpening degrades the picture, so most of the post-processing I use tends to be confined to converting to B&W (which requires the most work), a bit of cropping, WB adjustment, and generally that's it.

Coeur de Lion

The wrong shoes 

Haim, I like it.

(I am slightly reticent about saying how much I like a particular shot as, in fact, I like them all. This is, by far, my favourite thread.)

Life in London is rubbish. Or something.

Head of steam

ocean beach dunes at sunset 

A less crowded beach. SW Tasmania. (Click for bigger view)

Three Views of the London Eye: 1

Sniper,

My favorite thread is located in the music room but is on the same footing as yours: 'What are you listening to' there versus 'What are you seeing (through the viewfinder)' here.

Haim

Oat porridge for breakfast.

When I lived in Clifton (Bristol), the council went to 2-weekly garbage collection. As everybody lived in an apartment with nowhere to store or compost garbage, the street became a rubbish tip. Bags of garbage in the street torn open by feral animals became the norm, rather than the exception. Nasty.

In certain parts of Westminster, as in this photo, they actually have a daily, or every other day, collection. And the rubbish still piles up!

Three Views of the London Eye: 2

Guess where I've been...

Total agree with the above comments. After the 'What are you listening to' thread. This is the one I enjoy the most on the forum. Keep the amazing images coming.

Regards Graham.

Had my FE2 out...

Three views of the London Eye #3

Solitude