Testing the 17-35mm - IR

[aim54x]

With sunny conditions, an itch to test some more lenses and amazingly a bit of time off work I managed to get out and shoot some IR today. Nothing too flash, just an outing to Mrs Macquaries Chair.

I started off in the CBD, this seemed more of a monochrome image...


As I moved away from the buildings and into the greenery....some false colour trickery seemed to be fitting






I can now happily add that the AF-S 17-35mm f/2.8 is a fine infrared lens (at least for my camera) I couldnt get this lens to hotspot, and it was difficult to get this lens to flare.

[chrisk]

They look fantastic cam. Very nice wb choice. Care to share your wb and pp workflow.

[surenj]

#4 has nice composition Cam. Print it after you clone those buildings out! Perhaps Metallic?? I wonder how that would turn out.

[Remorhaz]

Yep that last one is very nice (the last two in fact) - so is this your IR D70?

[aim54x]

They look fantastic cam. Very nice wb choice. Care to share your wb and pp workflow.

White Balance was a custom preset I took ages ago...it worked well so I havent changed it since, it can be hard at times to find a nice green patch of grass in full sun!

Workflow is as follows:
-take photo (RAW, Custom WB, standard colour mode)
-open in CNX2
-adjust exposure (Quick Fix -> Exposure Compensation)
-adjust hue (LCH -> Hue -> 180 deg -> drag all the way up) this is the equivalent of a Red/Blue channel swap
-D-Lighting (if applicable)
-adjust contrast (if applicable)

NOTE: if I decide to go to a monochrome image I will not bother to adjust hue (channel swap) and then do the conversion after I have adjusted exposure/d-lighting/contrast

[aim54x]

#4 has nice composition Cam. Print it after you clone those buildings out! Perhaps Metallic?? I wonder how that would turn out.

Thanks Suren....metallic print would be interesting.

Yep that last one is very nice (the last two in fact) - so is this your IR D70?

Thanks Rodney. Yes these are from my D80 IR (720nm), it is the only Nikon I own that is sensitive to IR enough to be useful, although I am yet to test the J1 (not holding my breath)

[photomarcs]

awesome stuff man!

Loving the blue hues and the white tones.

[zafra52]

They are all very nice images, but I believe
the second is the best. It works better
than the others for me.