Thanks Hans. I have a very limited palette of color which I think are aesthetically pleasing for IR. First choice for me is gold, which reminds me of a gold toned black and white paper I used for some enlarging back in the 1980s and 1990s. Next I like bronze, and this is what I call rose bronze which can go to a ruby bronze on darker images. Most "enhanced color" 665nm IR images look weird to me. I image the file with making 830nm looking black and white images as the final product, but sometimes the color is actually much better than the black and white - IMO. These were shot September 23rd 2022 in IR, and summer weather. Lens choice has an effect on color, and you can't push the files too much or they get noisy.
Jim
hans98ko wrote:
Of all the IR photos I have seen so far, this set captures my attention most because it looks so natural and beautiful with my first impression asking myself are those monochrome or IR taken in winter time?
Thanks for sharing!
James Markus wrote
Jay,
I'm loving these silhouette night time landscapes. Is there any hdr treatment?
Jim
No HDR, the moon light was near maximum so I had to lower the tones while keeping the sky. Then, what seemed good I thought might be better to lighten up a bit. Hopefully they look acceptable without loosing the feeling of night!
You're bringing back memories of Nelson's Gold Toner! I can still tell 110 degrees F by feel...
Lots of beautiful pictures from this thread and if I have to thanks every single one for it, it will take me days if not months to type them.
Everyone took their own sweet time to frame and expose them. No machine gunning and auto focus needed, and still takes better pictures than those with the latest and fastest auto focus system available today.
This is one thread that I keep coming back to look for new ideas and methods.
Thanks everyone!
If you care to, compare on Flicker what the UD and the 15mm do from side to side and corner to corner.
On the UD you have to choose which edges and corners you want to make sharp wehn focusing, if some are far and some close you cannot have all.
On the 15mm you can make it work for all corners and edges.
Either way one must look at the corners when manually focusing these old Nikkors. You can do it on any Nikon camera, heck, even the D3 had great live view for manually focusing across the frame.
spoupard wrote:
Dang it, Ray! I've been debating on whether or not to get this lens. Your beautiful photo pushed me over the edge and I just ordered one from Japan.
Scott, I do not think you will be disappointed. The 25-50 f4 is a great lens. I sold my copy a while back and do miss it. It went to a good home of another member on this forum who has put it to good use.
Scott
