Infra Red... anyone tried?

[The Snockerty Friddle]

A bit of a cliche perhaps but I think it's my best effort so far

[Roger]

How did you take this?

What was the equipment?

[The Snockerty Friddle]

It was taken on a D70 with an infrared filter on the lens.
You cant see through it so you have to compose the shot first and then put on the filter and bracket LOTS. The colour varies quite a lot with the exposure and the results can be almost impossible to see well on the camera screen, I usually convert them to B&W or sepia on Photoshop.
Just to make it a bit more difficult I think the point of focus is somehow slightly different for IR so small apertures may be best. I'm just finding out by trial and error and t'internet.

[SuperKev]

Originally Posted by The Snockerty Friddle

A bit of a cliche perhaps but I think it's my best effort so far

Call me Mr Cliche but that really appeals to me

[youmademerealise]

Originally Posted by The Snockerty Friddle

It was taken on a D70 with an infrared filter on the lens.
You cant see through it so you have to compose the shot first and then put on the filter and bracket LOTS. The colour varies quite a lot with the exposure and the results can be almost impossible to see well on the camera screen, I usually convert them to B&W or sepia on Photoshop.
Just to make it a bit more difficult I think the point of focus is somehow slightly different for IR so small apertures may be best. I'm just finding out by trial and error and t'internet.

Many camera lenses (prob not these days) have an 'r' setting on the focus ring which is for IR photography. Just shy of the infinity mark.

Why? Let me know when you find out. For some reason I can't fathom the focus is different

[Kehtcuf Geimpas]

Not quite right, a bit wishywashy, you will get better like this.
Not mine BTW, I wish.

[youmademerealise]

Originally Posted by Kehtcuf Geimpas

Not quite right, a bit wishywashy, you will get better like this.
Not mine BTW, I wish.

Lovely gardens. Does it say where they are?

[Kehtcuf Geimpas]

Originally Posted by youmademerealise

Lovely gardens. Does it say where they are?

Photographer:Mark BondSubject:Sheffield Park, EnglandCategory:Landscapes Location:United Kingdom - Sussex, EnglandComments:Taken with hoya R72 infrared filter. swapped red/blue channels.
Wonderful Photo.

[The Snockerty Friddle]

Originally Posted by youmademerealise

Many camera lenses (prob not these days) have an 'r' setting on the focus ring which is for IR photography. Just shy of the infinity mark.

Why? Let me know when you find out. For some reason I can't fathom the focus is different

I found this but it's only confused me more....
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/re...slr.shtml#more
I think the small aperture for max depth of field is probably the way to go.

Also says that the camera will filter out any IR light before it reaches the sensor... in which case, if I add a filter to keep out all but IR light, how do I get any image at all?

[smoker]

Not bad at all Snockerty, how long was the exposure?

I'd expect it to be fairly long as DSLRs pass very little IR on account of the IR-blocker filter. I reckon that garden shot was done with a modified camera.

Originally Posted by The Snockerty Friddle

if I add a filter to keep out all but IR light, how do I get any image at all?

I think it's because the IR blocker isn't 100% efficient. I'll see if I can lay my hands on a transmission graph.

If you were serious about this lark, you could get a cheap obsolete model off fleabay (eg Canon EOS10D) and get the filter ripped out.

PS, this was shot with a 742nm IR-pass filter and Imaging Source webcam, if that counts.