This thread moves fast. Get busy for a few days and there's about 20 images I could comment on.
Ray, you've been on an absolute roll the past few pages. Love the morning scenes along the water and your sharpening is spot of for these old Nikkors. The 180 shines as well, a lens I love every time I use it.
Scott, really like the Series E 100mm B&W shots, especially the first. Agree it's a great lens. George, if you want to demo one before buying let me know and I can drop it in the mail to you. Don't want to sell mine, but can live without for a few weeks. I'm liking the square format on that waterfall as well.
@gnet158, I'm liking your old shepherd with the 50/1.2 as well.
pbraymond wrote:
Glen, that's pretty wild how the various IR false color shots can make the same general subject so different. I can only imagine how an IR sensitive insect sees the world.
Thanks for your comment, Ray. It is precisely the wide and often surprising range of possibilities that makes IR photography so intriguing to me. It challenges me to learn how to take the shots in the first place, then skillfully apply the various tools in Lightroom, Photoshop, and the Nik plugins in such a way as to achieve a pleasing, more consistently intentional result with each image. I'm still at a very early stage of this process!
James Markus wrote:
Some IR with the 5D and the 28mm f2.8 ais along the Grand River. Saw a bald eagle today - well actually - he saw me first. Perched in a giant sycamore he watched me wheel up right under him. It was like he knew I didn't have the right gear for our encounter. The D800 had the 14mm f2.8 Rokinon mounted + the TC-16a. Got a handful of curious eagle shots, but tomorrow I am going try again with the correct equipment.
This is a beautifully created image, Jim! As Leighton pointed out, it could easily be a non-IR monochrome. It shows something of how wide a range of possibility IR has in the black and white realm, just as it has in the false colour domain.
Here is another group of photos from my IR converted Fuji X-T2 with the assistance of the 50 f/1.2 Ai-s (first image) and the 24 f/2.8 NC (the other two; you'll recognize the first of these because I previously posted a colour version of it). I think these photos show some more of the range of possibilities for monochrome IR.
Glen,The second image is very Escher's "Three Worlds"-ish. Congrats
Jim
GroWeb wrote:
Thanks for your comment, Ray. It is precisely the wide and often surprising range of possibilities that makes IR photography so intriguing to me. It challenges me to learn how to take the shots in the first place, then skillfully apply the various tools in Lightroom, Photoshop, and the Nik plugins in such a way as to achieve a pleasing, more consistently intentional result with each image. I'm still at a very early stage of this process!
This is a beautifully created image, Jim! As Leighton pointed out, it could easily be a non-IR monochrome. It shows something of how wide a range of possibility IR has in the black and white realm, just as it has in the false colour domain.
Here is another group of photos from my IR converted Fuji X-T2 with the assistance of the 50 f/1.2 Ai-s (first image) and the 24 f/2.8 NC (the other two; you'll recognize the first of these because I previously posted a colour version of it). I think these photos show some more of the range of possibilities for monochrome IR. ...Show more →
GroWeb wrote:
Thanks for your comment, Ray. It is precisely the wide and often surprising range of possibilities that makes IR photography so intriguing to me. It challenges me to learn how to take the shots in the first place, then skillfully apply the various tools in Lightroom, Photoshop, and the Nik plugins in such a way as to achieve a pleasing, more consistently intentional result with each image. I'm still at a very early stage of this process!
This is a beautifully created image, Jim! As Leighton pointed out, it could easily be a non-IR monochrome. It shows something of how wide a range of possibility IR has in the black and white realm, just as it has in the false colour domain.
Here is another group of photos from my IR converted Fuji X-T2 with the assistance of the 50 f/1.2 Ai-s (first image) and the 24 f/2.8 NC (the other two; you'll recognize the first of these because I previously posted a colour version of it). I think these photos show some more of the range of possibilities for monochrome IR. ...Show more →
I'm with Jim about the second image. I can't decide what I like most about it, I just know that I do.
Very interesting write-up on a photographer/soldier in Ukraine. She uses a Nikon (from the photo), drones, and medium format!! Would have been nice to have a longer article on her work at the frontlines, including more details on the gear.
One of the stupidest, and very tragic war ever. Reminds one of Saddam launching dumb wars on Iran and then Kuwait, well he ended up dragged out of a spider hole for his troubles and his country and the people are still paying the price.
GroWeb wrote:
Thanks for your comment, Ray. It is precisely the wide and often surprising range of possibilities that makes IR photography so intriguing to me. It challenges me to learn how to take the shots in the first place, then skillfully apply the various tools in Lightroom, Photoshop, and the Nik plugins in such a way as to achieve a pleasing, more consistently intentional result with each image. I'm still at a very early stage of this process!
This is a beautifully created image, Jim! As Leighton pointed out, it could easily be a non-IR monochrome. It shows something of how wide a range of possibility IR has in the black and white realm, just as it has in the false colour domain.
Here is another group of photos from my IR converted Fuji X-T2 with the assistance of the 50 f/1.2 Ai-s (first image) and the 24 f/2.8 NC (the other two; you'll recognize the first of these because I previously posted a colour version of it). I think these photos show some more of the range of possibilities for monochrome IR. ...Show more →
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cadman342001 wrote:
Thanks for the likes and comments, still in Rotorua, still no internet at camp.
This is called Cathedral Cove, in Hahei on the Coromandel Peninsular, N.Island.
Went looking for the eagle today (yesterday rained), and no luck. However, I found the largest, and most dense patch of snake grass that I have ever seen. It was constantly moving, and so was the camera with the 400mm f5.6 ais - tc-16a - on the D7200 (EFL=960). I barely managed to get a few in fair-good focus. Last frame is an IR of a bit of the patch with the 5D and 28mm f2.8 ais.
Thanks all for your kind comments and likes on my previous image post! Evidently monochrome IR draws more appreciation than false colour IR, at least in some images. Infrared seems to lend something special to black and white without making it as weird as false colour can be, and without imposing on or limiting the viewer's opportunity to imagine colour or not.
On a different note, here are some leafy photos from my fall colour walk a couple of weeks ago with the 85 f/1.4 Ai-s.
Quick post before heading to the land of Shakespeare for a conference. It has been a while since out last visit to London. Free time does not appear to be a luxury but will manage to a few photos.
Baseball fields performing double duty for Soccer:
pbraymond wrote:
Eclipse this morning, 180mm f2.8 AIS. First one is sorta focus stacked, I only took two shots and it took a bit to get even a rough blend.
pbraymond wrote:
Glen, that's pretty wild how the various IR false color shots can make the same general subject so different. I can only imagine how an IR sensitive insect sees the world.
Andy, thanks for the wonderful pictures and narrative from Hobbiton, enjoyed them very much.
