Ok, Photshoppers, I am looking to recreate the effect of infared photography on my digital images... Anyone got an action or a workflow that they use?
I sat down and tried to figure that out one day and concluded that about all you can do is 'hand color' the image in Photoshop to simulate an IR effect. The problem is that IR photos show how different materials reflect IR in different ways. So a green leaf next to a green shirt next to a green piece of metal all look different in a true IR shot, and just messing with the channels, levels, or curves won't successfully simulate that.
I experimented with a Hoya RM90 on the *ist-D and got some decent IR effect. This filter basically blocks most visible light, allowing only the IR spectrum through. Here is an example:
http://www.markcassino.com/temp/IMGP0896.jpg
You get the nice gauzy light coming off the leaves. I ran some other tests (which I can't locate right now) that revealed the nice black skies that IR produces. But - the filter is a PITA to work with (you can't see through it, so you have to set everything up and then mount it) and exposre times go way up - like 30+ seconds at ISO 800. But, it does produce a nice IR effect and I expect to make good use of the filter come summer (and sunshine).
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Mark Cassino Photography
Kalamazoo, MI
http://www.markcassino.com
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