My IR pics are always red

cabbages · 19th June 2009

Hi all

I'm very new to IR photography

I've stuck a hoya R72 lens infront of my a700 and no matter what I do the pictures I take always turns out red, I've tried playing with the CWB on the camera and pointed it and everything I can think of, but hte pictures always turns out red.

I want to be able to do something like this, but becuase my picture always comes out red, I can't seem to be able to tweet it in GIMP to be like it.

catchlights · 19th June 2009

Tell us how you set your camera custom WB for IR in the first place.

cabbages · 19th June 2009

I point my camera at the grass with out the IR lens on to get focus.

Then I put then lens on and and go into custom, set and then it takes a 30 sec picture.

I then use that setting to take a picture of the sky.

catchlights · 19th June 2009

Originally Posted by cabbages

I point my camera at the grass with out the IR lens on to get focus.

Then I put then lens on and and go into custom, set and then it takes a 30 sec picture.

I then use that setting to take a picture of the sky.

don't have to in focus,

just aim at a patch of foliage under the same lighting, fill the whole frame (for Sony, just the center will do), take a custom balance with filter on.

anyway, I just Google how to set custom WB on A700, so after you take the patch of foliage, follow the instruction and select the photo you took as referance.

hope this help.

night86mare · 19th June 2009

you can always shoot in RAW

and select tree/foliage as white point, also works

Blueangle · 19th June 2009

A newbie myself using Gimp. Try go to colours and look for auto white balance. Click on it. than below it under components play with channel mixer. I hope this works.

GeckoZ · 19th June 2009

can show some sample of the photos u taken?

weekh · 20th June 2009

I have Lightroom.
Is there the Channel Mixer is these 2 software? Or is it only available in PHotoshop?

cabbages · 20th June 2009

Yup Figured it out, it wasn't saving the settings.

It's saving it now and I'm getting some really good shots, almost like the ones above, but for some reason all the trees are green? and not white? but the shkys and buildings are coming out like the pictures above.

Do I need to add a UV filter or something? or am I get the CWB wrong and I should point it at something else?

P.s. get GIMP, it's awesome and free!

weekh · 21st June 2009

How to do this in GIMP?

wildcat · 15th July 2009

Been having the same problem and I think I have the same experience as Cabbage (everything comes out red). Yep, I wasn't saving the WB settings either. Going to try again...

I did not mod my camera (Panasonic G1) so have been trying to figure if not removing the filter has been the problem (I can see the light on my tv remote control though).

Thanks for this thread

19th June 2009	#1
cabbages New Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3	My IR pics are always red Hi all I'm very new to IR photography I've stuck a hoya R72 lens infront of my a700 and no matter what I do the pictures I take always turns out red, I've tried playing with the CWB on the camera and pointed it and everything I can think of, but hte pictures always turns out red. I want to be able to do something like this, but becuase my picture always comes out red, I can't seem to be able to tweet it in GIMP to be like it.

19th June 2009	#2
catchlights Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Punggol Posts: 10,795	Re: My IR pics are always red Tell us how you set your camera custom WB for IR in the first place. __________________ Shoot to Live, Live to Shoot www.foto-u.com \| www.benjaminloo.com \| email

19th June 2009	#3
cabbages New Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3	Re: My IR pics are always red I point my camera at the grass with out the IR lens on to get focus. Then I put then lens on and and go into custom, set and then it takes a 30 sec picture. I then use that setting to take a picture of the sky.

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night86mare Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: in your mind Posts: 19,332	Re: My IR pics are always red you can always shoot in RAW and select tree/foliage as white point, also works __________________ Gallery \| Dreamscapes 09 Pentaxian 伪君子之所以更可憎

19th June 2009	#6
Blueangle New Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 15	Re: My IR pics are always red A newbie myself using Gimp. Try go to colours and look for auto white balance. Click on it. than below it under components play with channel mixer. I hope this works.

19th June 2009	#7
GeckoZ Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Telok Blangah Posts: 657	Re: My IR pics are always red can show some sample of the photos u taken?

20th June 2009	#8
weekh Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 3,368	Re: My IR pics are always red I have Lightroom. Is there the Channel Mixer is these 2 software? Or is it only available in PHotoshop? __________________ WEEKH Blog Olympus EP-1 Gallery

20th June 2009	#9
cabbages New Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3	Re: My IR pics are always red Yup Figured it out, it wasn't saving the settings. It's saving it now and I'm getting some really good shots, almost like the ones above, but for some reason all the trees are green? and not white? but the shkys and buildings are coming out like the pictures above. Do I need to add a UV filter or something? or am I get the CWB wrong and I should point it at something else? P.s. get GIMP, it's awesome and free!

21st June 2009	#10
weekh Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 3,368	Re: My IR pics are always red How to do this in GIMP? __________________ WEEKH Blog Olympus EP-1 Gallery

15th July 2009	#11
wildcat Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Bishan Posts: 228	Re: My IR pics are always red Been having the same problem and I think I have the same experience as Cabbage (everything comes out red). Yep, I wasn't saving the WB settings either. Going to try again... I did not mod my camera (Panasonic G1) so have been trying to figure if not removing the filter has been the problem (I can see the light on my tv remote control though). Thanks for this thread