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Gearing Up & Walking the Talk

Tue Jan 30, 2007, 2:08 PM
  • Mood: Optimism
  • Listening to: Incubus
  • Reading: The Complete Guide to Digital Infrared Photog
  • Drinking: Tea


I picked up a book called, "The Complete Guide to Digital Infrared Photography".  A good book but not as complete as I would like but a damn good foundation.  I have found myself going back to this book over and over again as if I was reading a road map to infrared photography.  The good thing about it was I found a member of DA featured in the book, :iconboomslice:.  Between him, :icongilad:, :iconirphotographers: and :iconcappaholic: I am going to give this the old college try.

So if you are interested you can come along for the ride.  I plan on updating this journal with my test, failures and success.  So, as I learn you can learn as well as talk about things in an somewhat open forum.

So far I've taken a hand full of shots, 2 I feel are good to post so I have them here for you all to view and give me pointers.  
Shadow of the Sun

Editing for these were short and sweet. Mode>Grayscale and then Adjustment Layer>Levels and Adjustment Layer>Brightness/Contrast
Here is my starting point.

Somerset Winter

Here is one of my latest post.
And it's starting point


So I fell short of my goal in capturing the awesome colors seem in some IR image but I will keep at it.

Oh by the by looks like I have a domain and a new Company name that I can stick with.  SurrealeyeStudio

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~AndySimmons Feb 27, 2007  Student Photographer
Hey, congratulations with 12000 pageviews!
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~UrbanRural-Photo Feb 27, 2007  Hobbyist Photographer
Thank you, huh what? I have to go and check that out. someone IM'ed me this morning and said something about it. I was having computer issues.
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~AndySimmons Feb 27, 2007  Student Photographer
Oh, well it's a fact
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:iconurbanrural-photo:
~UrbanRural-Photo Feb 28, 2007  Hobbyist Photographer
Thank you, I am happy and lucky that so many people like to view my work.
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:iconcappaholic:
You'll get the color.
Your first tries here look just like mine did before figuring out the custom WB part of it all.

By the way, I fixed the link in the journal.
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~UrbanRural-Photo Jan 30, 2007  Hobbyist Photographer
I got it. I stopped before picking up my wife today and the first thing I did was point the camera at the grass. They look good in camera but I will see in a bit.
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:iconcappaholic:
Sweet.
Can't wait to see the results.
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:iconurbanrural-photo:
~UrbanRural-Photo Jan 30, 2007  Hobbyist Photographer
I just posted "Last Remaining Light" with the color I wanted and the correct WB. :floating:
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:iconcappaholic:
Nice color.
Are you focusing with the filter off, switching to manual focus, then carefully screwing the filter on?
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~UrbanRural-Photo Jan 30, 2007  Hobbyist Photographer
And for my next trick. No I didn't do that but I can tell you that I will be doing that next time.
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