The old 19th c. images had no blue sensitivity, so they had a very similar appearance. Removing blue would give a similar result as adding red.
Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" -- Jim Elliott >-----Original Message----- >From: Larry Colen [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 06:06 PM >To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' >Subject: Fake IR portrait > >When I converted a few photos from Saturday to B&W, my first reaction was that >they looked a lot like they were shot in IR and converted to IR: >http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6665740329/in/set-72157628790152079 > >Then I realized that Marcus was lit by very red light, which is pretty close >to IR. One aspect of shooting IR is that it often hides skin blemishes. I >wonder if I could just put some red gels on studio lights, do portraits with >that lighting, convert to B&W and hide zits and other blemishes that are a bit >redder than the surrounding skin. > >-- >Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow >the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
