IR outing 23 april Sharing thread

[dglow]

Newbie on the block, sorry as color wise still tryin to adjust from Photoshop.

 

[dglow]

 

[campoes]

Newbie on the block, sorry as color wise still tryin to adjust from Photoshop.

hoooo never think of this angle, niceee
So you finally got your Photoshop bro ?

 

[dglow]

photoshop borrowed from wife laptop...wkwkkw but i did jpg instead of raw.

 

[campoes]

10. I heard a rumor that the glass roof in the Helix are made from gems mixture - ruby, emerald and sapphire.....well it seems the rumor is true after all hahahahaha

ok this 10th picture will be my last pictures from the outing, hope to shoot more in the next outing

 

[iVintage]

There is Diamond too..

Where is our Group picture BTW???

10. I heard a rumor that the glass roof in the Helix are made from gems mixture - ruby, emerald and sapphire.....well it seems the rumor is true after all hahahahaha

ok this 10th picture will be my last pictures from the outing, hope to shoot more in the next outing

 

[limwhow]

dglow, lovely colours!
Coppertone to the core!

 

[SK1968]

10. I heard a rumor that the glass roof in the Helix are made from gems mixture - ruby, emerald and sapphire.....well it seems the rumor is true after all hahahahaha

ok this 10th picture will be my last pictures from the outing, hope to shoot more in the next outing

This is very nice.

 

[limwhow]

I would like to echo iVintage's words.
I personally also find this series of IR photos from this outing very remarkable.
It is refreshing to see new IR shots from our new members in the IR forum.
I am still waiting to see a few more shots from some of the other members.. ClemC, Gapman, Tazzie21... and every one else whom I have missed out your names (apologies) and haven't posted your IR shots... hey guys, where are you photos!? ;D

 

[dglow]

thank you DrLim

 

[campoes]

This is very nice.

Thank you very muchhh SK
hm...yes, who took our group picture at that time ?? I only remember it was taken with Canon 7D camera...if I'm not mistake

 

[elmoo]

Hi All, Elmo here. Firstly Thanks to all the IR senoirs here for organising this outting and guided me throught out the outting. Learnt a lot from you guys.
Well, I'm very new to IR and first time shooting IR. I was shooting with E-PL2 with a chapalang 720 filter. Dunno my photos are IR or not. To me they look like grainy black n white photos.
Encountered a few issues, hope some of the gurus here can help.
1. I noticed that all my photos are very grainy. Is that normal for using external filter?
2. With custom WB, the photos are all look like black n white. Is it dependent on filter used?
3. Is it a must to do channel swap? I tried but the result look kns. Can't get what you guys posted. Very dissapointed. I shoot in jpg and I'm not very familiar with Photoshop. Just followed the guideline as forum Stricky stated.

 

[limwhow]

Hi All, Elmo here. Firstly Thanks to all the IR senoirs here for organising this outting and guided me throught out the outting. Learnt a lot from you guys.
Well, I'm very new to IR and first time shooting IR. I was shooting with E-PL2 with a chapalang 720 filter. Dunno my photos are IR or not. To me they look like grainy black n white photos.
Encountered a few issues, hope some of the gurus here can help.
1. I noticed that all my photos are very grainy. Is that normal for using external filter?
2. With custom WB, the photos are all look like black n white. Is it dependent on filter used?
3. Is it a must to do channel swap? I tried but the result look kns. Can't get what you guys posted. Very dissapointed. I shoot in jpg and I'm not very familiar with Photoshop. Just followed the guideline as forum Stricky stated.

Elmoo, this one is very very lovely. The classic colours of a 720nm.
You are doing good. Keep playing around with your Hue and Saturation, Elmoo.

1. Graininess arises from several issues. Allow me to list just a few:

• The ISO you used.
• The use of JPEG rather than RAW. Of course I must clarify that several very established IR shooters here in our IR forum actually do shoot with JPEG. Just that in IR we tend to need to push our PP. So certain times, artifacts do arise.
• Again, when we push the sliders of the colours of our IR photos a little too much, there may arise artifacts that appear as grains.

2. Once you custom WB your shots according to the foliage at the scene, the vast majority of your foliage will turn white (or whitish). And in your case, with the 720nm, you may find that the colours approximate more of a Black and White, as compared with say, an ELP filter, or a Goldie filter. But certainly no worries about that. The reason being, once your start to PP and start to do Hue and Saturation tweaking, the colours will come back.

3. Channel swap is certainly not a necessity. Although again, using your 720nm as an example, once you Channel swap then will you get blue sky which makes the environment appear a little more natural. If you study closely, you will find many shooters don't swap for some of their IR shots to attain a coppertone like appearance.

Hope that helps, Elmoo.
And it was great meeting up with you that day!

 

[limwhow]

Where is our group picture BTW?

Thank you very muchhh SK
hm...yes, who took our group picture at that time ?? I only remember it was taken with Canon 7D camera...if I'm not mistake

Yah... where is that Group Photo huh?!
Well... anyway SereneXMM and I weren't inside the group photo. But Ah Chua said we can superimpose our pictures into it mah... :bsmilie:

thank you DrLim

Hey, dglow... don't mention it. A man like you has to be deeply deeply poisoned. The next round you sit besides me. OK? :bsmilie:

 

[elmoo]

Elmoo, this one is very very lovely. The classic colours of a 720nm.
You are doing good. Keep playing around with your Hue and Saturation, Elmoo.

1. Graininess arises from several issues. Allow me to list just a few:

• The ISO you used.
• The use of JPEG rather than RAW. Of course I must clarify that several very established IR shooters here in our IR forum actually do shoot with JPEG. Just that in IR we tend to need to push our PP. So certain times, artifacts do arise.
• Again, when we push the sliders of the colours of our IR photos a little too much, there may arise artifacts that appear as grains.

2. Once you custom WB your shots according to the foliage at the scene, the vast majority of your foliage will turn white (or whitish). And in your case, with the 720nm, you may find that the colours approximate more of a Black and White, as compared with say, an ELP filter, or a Goldie filter. But certainly no worries about that. The reason being, once your start to PP and start to do Hue and Saturation tweaking, the colours will come back.

3. Channel swap is certainly not a necessity. Although again, using your 720nm as an example, once you Channel swap then will you get blue sky which makes the environment appear a little more natural. If you study closely, you will find many shooters don't swap for some of their IR shots to attain a coppertone like appearance.

Hope that helps, Elmoo.
And it was great meeting up with you that day!

Thanks very much. Its really help. I'll read more on IR.

 

[livideyez]

Hey, dglow... don't mention it. A man like you has to be deeply deeply poisoned. The next round you sit besides me. OK? :bsmilie:

Hmmm..I think more dangerous..sure nose bleed till the blood dried up

 

[dglow]

DrLim, I think i'm ready anytime to be poison by you guys....my nose bleed due to Leica M8 with IR filter then most of you guys using Mod IR camera, Saw toy camera with Lensbaby made my eye tears.....

 

[campoes]

DrLim, I think i'm ready anytime to be poison by you guys....my nose bleed due to Leica M8 with IR filter then most of you guys using Mod IR camera, Saw toy camera with Lensbaby made my eye tears.....

dglow, let's start with the Mod IR camera ;p, followed by lensbaby, real tilt-shift lens and the list keep going on and on :bsmilie:

 

[fatigue]

Wait until you guys meet the real poison king. hahaha...

 

[limwhow]

Wait until you guys meet the real poison king. hahaha...

Who? You?