The majority of the IR works I have seen down here seem to focus on landscapes, so I thought...why not try IR at closeup and seen what are the effects?
This seem to be more difficult than I thought. Landscapes tend to be easier to shoot, with lots of contrast between foliage, sky and the ground/water. But at closeup, its kind of difficult to find enough contrast to make the picture stand out. Flowers and foliage are all white and its kind of difficult to frame them against a contrasty background...for e.g. a flower appears white among the white foliage... (at least this is what I feel).
Anyway, this is what I managed to get. Not that good IMHO, and I would appreciate it if the seniors here can give advice on how to take better closeup IRs, and what are the things to look out for.
#1 Small flowers
#2 Heliconia flower
#3 Succulents
#4 Baby Orchids
#5 Underside of leaf
*Can't seem to make the veins stand out - argh*
This seem to be more difficult than I thought. Landscapes tend to be easier to shoot, with lots of contrast between foliage, sky and the ground/water. But at closeup, its kind of difficult to find enough contrast to make the picture stand out. Flowers and foliage are all white and its kind of difficult to frame them against a contrasty background...for e.g. a flower appears white among the white foliage... (at least this is what I feel).
Anyway, this is what I managed to get. Not that good IMHO, and I would appreciate it if the seniors here can give advice on how to take better closeup IRs, and what are the things to look out for.
#1 Small flowers
#2 Heliconia flower
#3 Succulents
#4 Baby Orchids
#5 Underside of leaf
*Can't seem to make the veins stand out - argh*