Lower/Upper Pierce in IR

[teerex]

Had a great day of shooting with my IR friends at Lower and Upper Pierce Reservoir.

Here are some of the shot to share.

[Quackk]

teerex,

Solid.! like no.2, is tht a coconut tree on the right of the photo? it stood out from the rest...

[RossChang]

absolately stunning...

Question: how come ur trees came out soo whitish, while the one I've took came out slightly yellowish?... did I do something wrong with the WB?...

[billitone]

Nice shots you've got there teerex
I like #2 at most for its angle and composition.

too bad I could not join you guys....maybe next time.

[teerex]

Thanks guys, glad you like them. Still want learn some more of composition. I owe some tips to Max2.8 and PandaOng in one of my previous posts.

Quackk - Yes, that's a coconut tree. It's a solitary one among all the other trees. It's also the same tree you see in #3, from a different angle.

billitone - no problem if you can't join us yesterday, there's always a next time. In fact IR Shoot #14 is in the making, Nisa is finalising shooting location and date.

Ross - How come my trees so white? Like Pablo once said I use bleach

I get them by:

1. During the Channel Mixing step, I adjust the Red channel more than 100%. So they look a bit reddish.
2. The Hue/Saturation step, I adjust the Red and Yellow channels saturation -ve to the white I want.

You can in fact adjust them to other colours of your liking. Like these:

[melv]

i'm not really into all these IR stuff... but what i see here is amazing work! fabulous!

[tantingchin]

simply fantastic..i am still learning to tweak IR photo in PS....just bought IR filter recently....still learning.

[teerex]

Originally Posted by melv i'm not really into all these IR stuff... but what i see here is amazing work! fabulous!

Want to give it a try? Come join us if you have time.

[hazmee]

I want! I want! Have you tried IR for portraits? How will it look?

[teerex]

Originally Posted by hazmee I want! I want! Have you tried IR for portraits? How will it look?

Watch out for IR Shoot #14 in the IR Forum, should be on 29th. May 2005.

I see in your profile that you're using a C5050Z, I think it is IR capable but maybe in mono only. Max 2.8 should be able to assist you further as he used that previously for IR.

Don't think anyone of us has actually shot IR Portraits before. But here's a picture of one of the us in IR.

Picture by courtesy of Ark19

[xsys]

hi teerex,
amazing... all shots taken handheld?

[hazmee]

I have a 300D with me. I should get the filters right?

[photoexpress]

Nice shots, teerex ! I like #2 & #5 best... the rest are great too.
I'm still trying to get the brighter blue sky, worry it will lose the picture quality.

[teerex]

Originally Posted by xsys hi teerex, amazing... all shots taken handheld?

Yes xsys, all handheld. You did not see me carry or use a tripod that day did you? All I had was my bipod below my waist

[teerex]

Originally Posted by hazmee I have a 300D with me. I should get the filters right?

Yep. Be prepared with looong exposures with the 300D and pray that wind don't blow when shutter is open.

[teerex]

Originally Posted by photoexpress Nice shots, teerex ! I like #2 & #5 best... the rest are great too. I'm still trying to get the brighter blue sky, worry it will lose the picture quality.

Thanks Bob. Have you tried shooting with +1.0ev?

[hazmee]

Originally Posted by teerex Yep. Be prepared with looong exposures with the 300D and pray that wind don't blow when shutter is open.

How looong are we talking about here? Just curious. Do I need to get the remote as well? Cant wait to try... yummy.

[teerex]

Originally Posted by hazmee How looong are we talking about here? Just curious. Do I need to get the remote as well? Cant wait to try... yummy.

Dunno how long exactly. Maybe in the region of 5sec -10sec depending on the aperture used.

You may wish to go through THIS THREAD
which lists not only of cameras capable of IR but also suitable lenses.

[melv]

hi teerex... am i right to say that u must need a digital camera to shoot IR photographs? cannot shoot with manual SLRs with IR-sort of filters?

[xsys]

Originally Posted by teerex Yes xsys, all handheld. You did not see me carry or use a tripod that day did you? All I had was my bipod below my waist

Big brother, I must salute you. You really got steady hands.
Ya, I did not see you carry any tripod. Now I know why you don't need them ...