Infared Techniques Questions...

2006-09-17 Thread Mitch Conant
I have seen other posts concerning IR photography and I seem to recall some of us experimenting with it. I was out playing around with my 72R IR filter yesterday afternoon. I wasn't overly satisfied with my results. It was really windy, coupled with long exposure times the leaves on the trees

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2006-09-17 Thread DagT
Just ignore the Nikon parts and read about IR and UV here... http://www.naturfotograf.com/index2.html DagT Den 17. sep. 2006 kl. 19.44 skrev Mitch Conant: I have seen other posts concerning IR photography and I seem to recall some of us experimenting with it. I was out playing around with

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2006-09-17 Thread David J Brooks
Quoting Mitch Conant [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have seen other posts concerning IR photography and I seem to recall some of us experimenting with it. I was out playing around with my 72R IR filter yesterday afternoon. I wasn't overly satisfied with my results. It was really windy, coupled with

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2006-09-17 Thread Vid Strpic
DagT wrote: Just ignore the Nikon parts and read about IR and UV here... http://www.naturfotograf.com/index2.html It's hard to ignore his nikon-ness, but it's still a very good reading :) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED], IRC:[EMAIL PROTECTED], /bin/zsh. C|NK -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

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2006-09-17 Thread Paul Stenquist
You absolutely have to shoot off a tripod. Use manual exposure. Focus manually with the R72 filter off the lens. The auto exposure modes seem to get confused, so use manual exposure mode. I use auto white balance as well. I convert to BW in the channels mixer, using mainly the red channel.

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2006-09-17 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
Mitch Conant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was out playing around with my 72R IR filter yesterday afternoon. I've had much better results with my DS and a Lee #87 gelatin in a Cokin holder. Far stronger effect at somewhat longer exposure times (about 4 secs at f8). And its easier to take the

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2006-09-17 Thread David J Brooks
Question for you and Paul S. What are your histograms looking like at 4-5 sec and f8 ish. Are you getting a well balanced mountain type curve from low end to high ends, or is it more of a mid tone mountain curve, that i seem to get. Reason i ask, is i find if i expose for a well rounded