> > Very interesting photo.I think you did a very good job on it. > I shoot IR film but have yet to try working with digital.I believe it was > Larry from Prescott,has dabbled > in this aswell, with some dramatic results..
As I've understood, film IR is a pain in the ***! Digital too is not so immediate, but at least you don't have to care about heat (!), light, black bags, etc... Not to mention the fact that you can shot a lot of test photos without wasting film (that I believe is quite expensive in this case, right?) AND, If I've been able to achieve some results, then all of you should be able, trust me. > > > The things I've discovered, and that you hardly find in all the sites > > that talk about it (I mean that you MUST go out, shooting, and testing, > > following the suggestions gathered on internet) are: > > How long was the exposure time and what shutter f stop combo. I shoot my > film at PDML recommended, 125 shutter and f 11 aperature. No meter > readings.Out of 36 at least 32-33 are usable > using that combo. > The program I use does not gives me the full information (crwinfo, in linux). It is written for a canon D60 it gives me this info: ISO 400 (I thought It was set to 100) f/11 (seems correct) shutter speed was something like 3,2 / 6 seconds (it does not say this, it gives me an error! but I remember this two values) Anyway, after some failure tests, I've founded out that I must overexpose by 5 Exposure stops, against what it says with the filter on. (this could depends on which camera you use, mine is an EOS 300D) About your photos, they are a lot of white. Is an Infrared photo meant to be *so* white? (I know it depends on *my* taste but...) Next time I'll try to include more trees, the high contrast between wood and leaves (in your photos) is really attracting... BTW, I'm forced to use my 50mm lens 'cause the 18-55 of the canon kit just gives crappy photos in IR (everyone has a white circle in the center...) and I haven't any other wide lenses, otherwise I'd like to do some wide angle IR shot... (no I'm not going to buy one of those ultra-wide / ultra-expensive lenses just to shot IR) Thank you for your attention. and thank to all of you who commented, I've really appreciated. now I can go back lurking... Ciao Danilo.
