Steve - it is very unpredictable. In this case, the lake had a lot of green algae and other stuff floating around and it came out pretty well. In other cases the shadows completely went black.
In case you're wondering - there are a lot of ways to do infrared with digital cameras. One way is to remove the infrared filter that's in front of the sensor - i.e. that camera becomes dedicated for infrared.
Some cameras are poor at filtering infrared. My old Canon A75 for example - if I point it at my remote control and press a button so it emits infrared - it shows up fine.
The best I've seen is with some high-end Sony cameras which have a night mode where the camera actually slides the infrared filter out of the way.
Digital infrared, from what I can see is not exactly the same as with film because light seems to bounce around a lot because of the lack of an anti-halation layer. But I have seen beautiful digital work done with the Sony (I forget the model).
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It is expensive. Anyway - this is my own personal favorite so far. I think it makes something out of *almost* nothing.
Definitely my favorite of your IR series posted so far. Tied for second: Willow Tree and Lake, and Willow Tree Close Up. All very nice.
I really like the deep shadow tones in the water at bottom - it looks as if it holds a lot of shadow detail as well?
Steve - it is very unpredictable. In this case, the lake had a lot of green algae and other stuff floating around and it came out pretty well. In other cases the shadows completely went black.
In case you're wondering - there are a lot of ways to do infrared with digital cameras. One way is to remove the infrared filter that's in front of the sensor - i.e. that camera becomes dedicated for infrared.
Some cameras are poor at filtering infrared. My old Canon A75 for example - if I point it at my remote control and press a button so it emits infrared - it shows up fine.
The best I've seen is with some high-end Sony cameras which have a night mode where the camera actually slides the infrared filter out of the way.
Digital infrared, from what I can see is not exactly the same as with film because light seems to bounce around a lot because of the lack of an anti-halation layer. But I have seen beautiful digital work done with the Sony (I forget the model).
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