Campbell Park Pond

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Another from the primary IR attempt. I know its soft.

Hi, nice to see some more IR work on this forum. This is good image if this your first attempt. You have chosen a good subject pond, trees and sky. Water always comes out dark as it does not reflect IR very well at all, which is the same as the blue sky although the clouds can add a lot of impact to a IR image. The foliage on the trees and ground will reflect a lot of IR giving you the white effect. I will usually try to overexpose by about 1 stop, but keep a eye on your histogram so that you don't burn anything out. I noticed that you were using f5.6 , I would have gone for a lowest setting that your lens would allow like f2.8 or f3.5 so that you could use a shorter shutter speed in order to reduce the blur caused by the wind blowing the foliage around. Even maybe left the ISO to 200 but no more otherwise you will be getting a lot of noise.

You must be pleased with this image, as I know I would have been when I started playing with IR, finding a old wall or old building with trees around is also a good IR subject. But remember if you are using a filter then you do need good strong sunlight to bring out the IR otherwise all what you get is flat images - I know because I have been there.

I will look forward to seeing more from you as the sun shines.

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Thanks for the advice Barry. Yes this was the first attempt and I didn't think it was too bad. I did read up on your tutorial first which helped no end and I also found another on the net which gave some good advice. I don't know if the softness in the trees is due to windblow or the different focal length needed for the IR filter (Heliopan 715). I'll keep practising anyway! Thanks for the encouragement!

Pete

I prefer this one of the two IR shots you have posted simply because of the greater tonal range the IR has produced. Nice blacks through to almost whites.

Barry (Ogofmole) ... what a good lesson in IR. A wealth of knowledge in two short paragraphs ... good stuff mate

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